John 9: His parents say so because they fear the Jews have decided to expel from the synagogue anyone acknowledging Jesus as Christ!
- The religious leaders have power and they use it or better said abuse it to threaten ordinary people!
- They don’t care about the truth or better said they tell about their own truth which is the opposite of God’s truth because it serves their own interests!
- Thus how can they serve ordinary people’s interests?
- Have you seen the title: Jesus vs the religious leaders?
- It is to show the differences between Jesus and religious leaders!
- It seems to be that they belong to two opposite worlds!
John 11: Jesus has waited for Lazarus’ death to resurrect him. When he sees Lazarus’ sisters weeping, he can’t avoid weeping too even if he is going to resurrect him. But Jesus is sensitive, he feels something when people suffer. And he goes to the tomb and before resurrecting Lazarus, he prays God. As a consequence, many of the Jews put faith in him.
- We know that Jesus cured many people!
- Even among the Jews, many could see his miracles!
- Some put faith in him, others no!
- Those who didn’t put faith in Jesus knew he was the Christ!
- But they preferred to keep their positions!
- They looked for their personal interests!
- Those who put faith in Jesus had a better disposition of the heart!
John 12: Jesus goes back to Bethany where he resurrected Lazarus. There is an evening meal at the house of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. Mary puts an expensive perfumed oil on Jesus’ feet and wipes his feet dry with her hair. Many Jews come to see Jesus and Lazarus. The chief priests conspire to kill Lazarus because many Jews put their faith in Jesus. The next day Jesus is received in Jerusalem as king of Israel. Hid disciples will understand what was written about him after his death. Jesus tells his disciples that the time has come for him to die and be resurrected. The Jews want to know why according to the Law the Christ must remains forever and Jesus says he must be lifted and they also want to know who the Son of man is. But the Jews don’t want to put faith in him. Many rulers put faith in Jesus but they don’t want to acknowledge it because of the Pharisees.
- Again the Jews know who Jesus is but they don’t want to put faith in him because they wan to keep their power!
- Those who put faith in him don’t acknowledge it because they want to keep their power!
- It is always the same story!
- The religious leaders prefer to sell themselves to keep their power!
- They don’t belong to God!
- It is always a personal choice!
- Looking for God or for power!
- The religious leaders usually prefer power!
- This world is superficial and the majority prefers superficiality!
- They think they can get everything without doing anything!
- But it has never work like that!
- God’s word is not man’s word!
- But anyone receives his own reward on time!
- God’s law always applies!
- It is only a question of time!
- When it’s too late, it’s too late!
- There is no surprise!
- It is written and it has been written for so long!
- It is only necessary to open the Bible and read it carefully again and again!
John 2: So after making a whip of ropes, he drives all those with the sheep and cattle out of the temple, and he pours out the coins of the money changers and overturns their tables!
- And he tells those selling the doves to take it away from the house of his Father!
- And his disciples recall that it is written: “The zeal for your house will consume me.”
- Man’s tradition against God’s word!
- Think of that: the Jews have no shame!
- They let the merchants sell animals inside God’s temple!
- You just think of that and you understand that they only teach man’s tradition which opposes completely God’s word!
John 5: This is why the Jews began seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he was also calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
G2470 isos (Key) = adjective
Probably from εἴδω (G1492) (through the idea of seeming)
equal, in quantity or quality
ἴσος ísos, ee'-sos; probably from G1492 (through the idea of seeming); similar (in amount and kind):—+ agree, as much, equal, like.
- Jesus speaks about God as his Father!
- It tells about a strong relationship between God and Jesus, between Father and son!
