{"id":7207,"date":"2015-12-17T00:08:40","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T08:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2015-12-17T00:08:40","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T08:08:40","slug":"breakers-of-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/12\/17\/breakers-of-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakers of the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach. <\/p>\n

\tThe Jews then were astonished, saying, \u201cHow has this man become learned, having never been educated?\u201d <\/p>\n

\tSo Jesus answered them and said, \u201cMy teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThe crowd answered, \u201cYou have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?\u201d <\/p>\n

\tJesus answered them, \u201cI did one deed, and you all marvel. For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath? Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.\u201d (John 7:14-24)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tJesus had no credentials. He was not the student of a famous rabbi. The \u201cJews\u201d listening to him were struck with the contradiction: how could he know so much when he\u2019d never had a formal education? <\/p>\n

\tWhen the gospel writer John uses the term \u201cJews\u201d he generally does not mean the ordinary people of Israel, but rather the religious establishment who had rejected Jesus. They were the educated elite. They claimed to know it all. So, after they questioned his credentials, Jesus questioned theirs. If they were so educated, then why they were planning on violating one of the more obvious of the Ten Commandments, the one that forbid murder?<\/p>\n

\tWhy did they want to kill him? Because they thought they knew how the Messiah should act and it wasn\u2019t the way Jesus acted. <\/p>\n

\tToo easily do human beings believe they know everything. When that happens, it\u2019s no longer possible for them to learn anything. People don\u2019t look for an answer if they believe they\u2019ve already found it.<\/p>\n

\tJesus had no formal education and he turned out okay. The religious leaders had a lot and it hadn\u2019t done them any good. True education leads to humility, rather than arrogance; a desire to hear more than a desire to speak.<\/p>\n

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