{"id":448,"date":"2025-07-09T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=448&2025"},"modified":"2025-07-07T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:00:21","slug":"free-from-worry-john-8-12-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/free-from-worry-john-8-12-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Free From Worry: John 8:12-20"},"content":{"rendered":"
Focus Passage: John 8:12-20 (NCV)<\/div>
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12<\/sup> Later, Jesus talked to the people again, saying, \u201cI am the light of the world. The person who follows me will never live in darkness but will have the light that gives life.\u201d <\/p>\r\n

13<\/sup> The Pharisees said to Jesus, \u201cWhen you talk about yourself, you are the only one to say these things are true. We cannot accept what you say.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

14<\/sup> Jesus answered, \u201cYes, I am saying these things about myself, but they are true. I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don\u2019t know where I came from or where I am going. 15<\/sup> You judge by human standards. I am not judging anyone. 16<\/sup> But when I do judge, I judge truthfully, because I am not alone. The Father who sent me is with me. 17<\/sup> Your own law says that when two witnesses say the same thing, you must accept what they say. 18<\/sup> I am one of the witnesses who speaks about myself, and the Father who sent me is the other witness.\u201d <\/p>\r\n

19<\/sup> They asked, \u201cWhere is your father?\u201d <\/p>\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus answered, \u201cYou don\u2019t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father, too.\u201d 20<\/sup> Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the Temple, near where the money is kept. But no one arrested him, because the right time for him had not yet come.<\/p>\r\n

Read John 8:12-20<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n

While reading the passage for this journal entry, a phrase jumped out at me. While I am sure that I\u2019ve read it numerous times before, this particular time, it stood out as distinct.<\/p>\r\n

The phrase is how this passage ends. The last portion of verse 20 says, \u201cBut no one arrested him, because the right time for him had not yet come.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n

This stood out to me because John, the author of this gospel, is drawing our attention onto something significant: There were God-established times for each of the events in Jesus\u2019 life. There was a time to grow (the younger years), a time to witness\/preach\/teach, a time to heal, and a time to be arrested (and be crucified).<\/p>\r\n

In Jesus\u2019 life, He had a lot of flexibility in how He ministered because He understood that nothing would happen to Him unless it was included in the God-approved events for His phase of life. Jesus was able to be free from worry because He had complete trust in the Father\u2019s care.<\/p>\r\n

This leads me to think about my life today, and it prompts me to ask myself some challenging questions:<\/p>\r\n