Welcome to our new project, the Daily Bible Devotional. The goal is to help you understand and apply

scripture as you go through a New Testament Bible read five days a week, Monday through Friday,

as we move from Matthew straight through to Revelation. In under four minutes each morning, we will recap the chapter,

make some application, present thought questions for the day, and offer a prayer together.

I'm excited about exploring God's word with you, so let's get started.

Welcome to our study today from John the 7th chapter.

Jesus unbelieving brothers encourage him to go to Jerusalem and publicly work miracles.

Jesus refuses and later goes up more privately, and he eventually enters the temple and teaches the people.

He gives all glory to his father for his words of wisdom.

Though many believed in Jesus,

when he acknowledged having come from the father, many Jewish leaders sought to kill him. Jesus makes a series of beautiful claims. He is soon to return to his father. All who come to him with spiritual thirst

will be gifted a flowing river of living water.

Those who believe in him will be given the Holy Spirit.

These messages divide the crowd.

Some claim him as the Christ, but the Pharisees will not believe and become even more angry.

Even Jesus' brothers had doubts about him before his resurrection from the dead.

Jesus continues to be patient with them and with all his disciples in his teaching. He is also

insistent that he has come from the Father and he has all authority to teach and he would be

returning to the Father. The kingdom would leave no

middle ground for disciples to believe in his blessings without also trusting in his lordship.

Jesus will come and take us home with Him. He will fill us with eternal life and the Holy Spirit,

but there cannot be doubt within us. We must confidently assert him to be, quote, the prophet

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