But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
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… things that Abraham did. As it is, you're determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham didn't do such things. You are doing the things your own father does. And then they go, we're not illegitimate children, they protested. The only father we have is God himself. Okay, listen to this. Jesus said to them, if God were your father, you'd love me. For I came from God, and now I am here. I've not come on my own, but he sent me. Why is my language not clear to you because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desires. That's pretty strong. I mean, Jesus did not mess around. He says, he goes, oh, you think you're, you're, that Abraham's your father. You think God's your father. No, you know who your dad is? The devil. Wow. He goes, you know why? I can tell by your actions. …
… Either I surrender or I fight. Now, that's the way we find Jesus in this crowd that surrounded him in John chapter 8, verses 12 to 59. He is not around a crowd that had never heard of God. I want to make that clear. He is in a context of religion. As a matter of fact, one of the three great festivals of the year is where he was at the time he spoke the words of John 8, the Feast of Tabernacles. Remember the other time that he brought a sword? He said, Are any of you thirsty? Come to me and drink. They were pouring out the water from that sacred vessel on that sacred altar, and he said, Wait a minute! Let me tell you where real water is. It's in me, and you come to me, you'll never thirst again. Oh, that was a sword. And it started an argument that still hasn't ceased. Now, he comes to this place called the treasury, according to verse 20 of chapter 8. …
He who has ears to hear the word of God, let them hear. Let us pray. Father, we need help in understanding the words of Jesus that we've just read. And so we invoke the help of the Holy Spirit who would illumine for us, for our understanding, for our edification, the words of this text. We ask it in the name of Jesus. Amen. You may be seated. We've already seen in the earlier portions of chapter 8 and even before that, going back to chapter 6, how the hostility of Jesus' contemporaries is escalating against Him, and He is moving relentlessly toward His hour, His final hour, when He will be betrayed and crucified. But in the passage that we've read today, there are some very important insights for our understanding as Christians that come out of the context of debate. One of the singular benefits of debate throughout church history is that sometimes we know debate generates more heat than light, but also when issues are debated, important distinctions and clarifications are made so that we can get to the heart of the matter. And so we need to listen attentively to the key points that Jesus is making here in His debate with His adversaries in the first century. Last week we had read verse 30 as he spoke these words, that is that the Father had sent him and so on, many believed in him. But now we pick it up today where Jesus said to those who did believe in him, if you abide in my word, you are my disciples indeed. …