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John 7:5 · BSB
7:5 For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
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…and who would not mind watching. Then John adds the flattest sentence in all four Gospels, for even his own brothers did not believe in him.John chapter 7 verse 5Nine words. No explanation, no defense, no attempt to soften it. John could have left that line out. Every instinct of a movement trying to…
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…at the Feast of Booths. Or the Feast of Tabernacles, the Jewish Sukkot. So we're going to read, we're going to go back and we're going to readJohn chapter 7, verses 1 through 6. So it says, after this, Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews' Feast…
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…When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. He's out of his mind, they said. And a few years later, John mentions in uhJohn 7, verse 1 through 5, he says, After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee and he wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death. But soon…
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…Jesus life and ministry, it says James did not believe in him. Actually, all the brothers did not believe that Jesus was who he said he was.John 7:5says, for not even his brothers believed in him. I want you to think about that. That familiarity can blind you from who Jesus is. You could grow…
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…the incarnation but they believe in the resurrection later on right later on they believe in the resurrection Christ and that was why we readJohn 7 verse 1 to 5and we will realize that the people in this context are the brothers of Jesus and he says and his bread and said unto him verse 3 go into Judea…
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…was doing his ministry in the earth you realize that realized that James was not a believer in Jesus Christ as the Messiah. You can find that inJohn Chapter 7 verses 2 through 8. It says none of his brothers really believed that he was the Messiah. So he had a radical conversion post resurrection because in first…
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…got to be taken back by that today as we begin this letter. And we know, even more than that, we know that James did not always follow Jesus. SoJohn chapter 7 verse 5says, the biological brothers of Jesus Christ did not believe in him. John tells us that explicitly. So what happened to him? You can imagine James…
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…James, the evidence that we have for James is that he was not a believer of Jesus before Jesus' death. And we find this in one of the passages isJohn chapter 7, verses 1 through 5, where John records this. After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He wanted to stay out of Judea where the Jewish leaders were plotting his…
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…yet during Jesus' earthly ministry, James was not a believer. James, his brothers and sisters did not believe that Jesus was who he said he was. InJohn chapter 7, verse 5, it says plainly, for not even his brothers believed in him. Now, when you read that, I wonder, well, did the sisters believe? I mean, it's…
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…is Jesus' life was completely unremarkable. So much so that they they won't believe in him because of it. Even his brothers who grew up with him.John 7, verse 5says they wouldn't believe in him. Earlier in Matthew, remember his family wanted him to come inside because they thought he was out of his mind.…
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…His family didn't understand him. They did not believe his message. We know this not just from this passage, but from other passages as well.John 7 verse 5says, just expressly, at this point, his brothers did not believe him. They grew up with him, they knew him, they did not believe him. In Mark…
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…experienced in this moment. And if you think back through the Gospels, I mean, we could sit here for hours and talk about Jesus' loneliness. Jesus,John chapter 7, verse 5, was rejected by his family. Jesus, in Mark 14, was abandoned by all his friends. They couldn't help him in the Garden of Gethsemane. Remember that…
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…that eventually Mary and the brothers of Jesus will believe and will follow. We know that. And yet we also know that right now they are struggling.John 7 verse 5tells us that not even Jesus's brothers believed in Him. Then in Mark chapter 3, we see this exact event, this same scenario, the he's just told…
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…Jesus' half-brother. They have the same mom. Mark chapter 6, verse 3 mentions that Jesus had James and three other brothers and some sisters. AndJohn chapter 7, verse 5tells us not even his brothers believed in him. However, after James saw the risen Lord, he believed. And his life was completely changed. And he…
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…bowing down to worship him. Anyone have siblings in this room? Have you ever thought about maybe bowing down and worshiping them? Probably not.John chapter 7, verse 5says this even his own brothers did not believe in him. Actually, if you read the verses around that, they mocked him and they made fun of him and…
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…name, which I find really interesting. This is Jesus' half-brother. Mary was their mutual mother, and they had different fathers, obviously. But inJohn chapter 7, verse 5, it tells us that Jesus' brothers did not even believe in him. Mark 20 tells us that his family actually sets out to restrain him because, and this…
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…know that this is the brother of Jesus, as we know him as the name Jude in the book of Jude. But it's the same guy. And we learn in the Gospel ofJohn, chapter 7, verse 5, that Jesus' own brothers did not believe in him, meaning Jude was not a believer during Christ's first advent. But by the time Jesus is…
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…responses on, you know, who is Jesus? As they're trying to figure him out. You know, his brothers don't believe him. Did you know that? That'sJohn 7, verse 5. People said he was a good man. That's verse 12, chapter 7. Also in verse 12, it says, no, this man's leading people astray. Then crowds begin to…
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…he gets. And in uh Mark chapter 3, verse 21 says this. For they were saying, He's out of his mind. His family thought that he was crazy. And inJohn chapter 7, verse 5goes on to say, Not even his brothers believed in him. Not even his brothers believed in him. Now, fast forward, there's a man named Saul of Tarsus…
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…they did not believe he was really the Messiah, and you might think,"Well, surely his own family believed that he was the Messiah," but we know inJohn chapter 7, verse 5, we know it says very clearly that even his own brothers did not believe in him as the Messiah while he was still on this earth, before he had died…
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