Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” For even his own brothers did not believe in him. Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.” John:7:3-8
This just cannot get worse for Jesus you would think. His own brothers are challenging him to go to Jerusalem and make a public display of GOD's power and reveal Himself as the Messiah. But Jesus patiently denies their request and goes to the festival unseen to avoid unwanted attention. For the time has not yet come for Jesus to reveal Himself as the Messiah. We see on many occasions Jesus strictly advising people not to publicize Him in order to keep His enemies plans at bay until the time is right.
Here though, Jesus' own brothers are kind of taunting Him for they did not believe in Him. How did Jesus resisted the urge to heed to their words? With the power at His disposal He could have done anything to them or gone to Jerusalem and made a public spectacle of His power. But He didn't. The key to Jesus staying calm even in this situation was that He has already experienced such kind of taunts earlier. Where? Jesus was tempted by the devil right before His earthly ministry began and those encounters with the devil stood Him in good stead when He faced similar temptations like this one from His brothers.
Are you feeling weary and lost because of too much temptations and troubles? Don't lose heart. It's all for your good and it's a learning curve for you to pass the future tougher temptations with flying colors. Remember, GOD never tempts us (James:1:13) but it's from the devil. GOD uses those temptations and bad experiences in our lives as lessons for us to learn which will help us to succeed in our future.
Blessings!
This just cannot get worse for Jesus you would think. His own brothers are challenging him to go to Jerusalem and make a public display of GOD's power and reveal Himself as the Messiah. But Jesus patiently denies their request and goes to the festival unseen to avoid unwanted attention. For the time has not yet come for Jesus to reveal Himself as the Messiah. We see on many occasions Jesus strictly advising people not to publicize Him in order to keep His enemies plans at bay until the time is right.
Here though, Jesus' own brothers are kind of taunting Him for they did not believe in Him. How did Jesus resisted the urge to heed to their words? With the power at His disposal He could have done anything to them or gone to Jerusalem and made a public spectacle of His power. But He didn't. The key to Jesus staying calm even in this situation was that He has already experienced such kind of taunts earlier. Where? Jesus was tempted by the devil right before His earthly ministry began and those encounters with the devil stood Him in good stead when He faced similar temptations like this one from His brothers.
Are you feeling weary and lost because of too much temptations and troubles? Don't lose heart. It's all for your good and it's a learning curve for you to pass the future tougher temptations with flying colors. Remember, GOD never tempts us (James:1:13) but it's from the devil. GOD uses those temptations and bad experiences in our lives as lessons for us to learn which will help us to succeed in our future.
Blessings!
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