Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.
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… Verse 6, Jesus said to them, My time is not yet at hand. Your time is always opportune. Verse 8, Go up to the feast yourselves. I do not go up to this feast because my time has not yet fully come. Now you read that verse and you say, well, it's his plan not to go to Judea. He tells them that. And yet a little later on in this chapter, he goes to Judea. There are those who say he lied to his brothers. As a matter of fact, a gal named Debbie who left the first service this morning said, I could have shouted when you made a point of that passage in verses six through eight. This past week, a fellow teacher in the same school where I teach cornered me and he said, ah, you're a Christian? Do you know that Jesus lied? And she said, no, I didn't. He said, look. And she said, he opened up John seven and showed me verses six, seven, and eight. He said, now, What do you have to say about that? …
He's trying to be killed by the leaders, consumed by the crowd, but verse 5 really got me. It said, even his own brothers did not believe in him. So, he's got a crowd trying to kill him. He's got leaders that are trying to crucify him. He's got disciples who don't really get him. The disciples never fully got Jesus. I'll prove it to you. Lazarus died. Jesus said, he's sleeping. I'm going to wake him up. He was speaking in code. The disciples said back, well, Lord, if he sleeps, he'll get better. The Bible says then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead. Have you ever had to explain things to people more than you should at this point. That's John chapter 11. By John chapter 11, I should not have to tell you everything. But Jesus has a leadership team that's trying to kill him, a crowd that's consuming and taking from him, and disciples who don't get him. Even his own brothers don't believe in him. …
… For even his brothers did not believe in him. Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify of it that its works are evil. go up to the feast, I am not yet going up to the feast, for my time has not yet fully come. And when He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee. But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were, in secret. And then the Jews sought Him at the feast and said, Where is He? And there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. Some said, He is good. Others said, No, on the contrary, He deceives the people. However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews. He who has ears to hear the Word of God, let them hear it. Let us pray. …