{"id":370,"date":"2024-10-16T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=370&2024"},"modified":"2024-10-14T18:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T00:29:25","slug":"right-beside-us-john-7-1-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/right-beside-us-john-7-1-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Right Beside Us: John 7:1-9"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: John 7:1-9 (NASB)<\/div>

1<\/sup>\u00a0After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. 2<\/sup>\u00a0Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. 3<\/sup>\u00a0Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4<\/sup>\u00a0For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known<\/em> publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5<\/sup>\u00a0For not even His brothers were believing in Him. 6<\/sup>\u00a0So Jesus *<\/span>This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.<\/span>said to them, “My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.<\/span> 7<\/sup>\u00a0The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.<\/span> 8<\/sup>\u00a0Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.”<\/span> 9<\/sup>\u00a0Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee. <\/p>

Read John 7:1-9<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

As I read the gospels, sometimes I get the feeling as though Jesus and His disciples were together 24\/7, and there was only an occasional break, such as when He sends 72 followers out to the neighboring villages, or when He sends the disciples alone across the lake while He goes up onto the mountain to pray.<\/p>\r\n

However, in my mind, I see these breaks as the exception rather than the rule. Which is why when I read this journal entry\u2019s passage, I have to ask myself the question: \u201cWhere were Jesus\u2019 disciples?\u201d<\/p>\r\n

After Jesus is baptized and He begins His public ministry, we really don\u2019t see much interaction between Him and His earthly family. This passage is really one of only a few places where interaction is recorded.<\/p>\r\n

Perhaps one reason Jesus limited His interactions with His family is because of the pressure they put on Him to reveal Himself as the promised Messiah, or maybe it is an entirely different reason.<\/p>\r\n

What we do know from the context and surrounding chapters is that just prior to this family dialog, Jesus had just finished pushing most of His popular crowd away, and He had left the area to return \u201chome\u201d with only the core group of 12 disciples.<\/p>\r\n

Looking at the progression of events, Jesus\u2019 brothers must have wondered why He would have done this. After all, in their minds, a Messiah who was going to overthrow the Romans needed lots of people rallied together to fight. Getting such a crowd, then pushing them all away for not being committed enough seems like a very counterproductive move.<\/p>\r\n

But then what about our own lives? Are there ever any times that we feel closer to Jesus than others? Are there times where we are in a spiritual high point that contrasts sharply from the spiritual lows we all face?<\/p>\r\n

Perhaps when we don\u2019t see the disciples in this passage, or when we don\u2019t see Jesus\u2019 brothers included in most of the gospel story, we can conclude that there are times when Jesus will be\/feel closer, and times when He feels farther away. This doesn\u2019t mean He cares any more or less about us, but it may mean that we have moved closer to or further away from Him.<\/p>\r\n

There may be times we don\u2019t feel close to Jesus, but this doesn\u2019t mean Jesus isn\u2019t still right beside us.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

This thought was inspired by studying the Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p>

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