SERMON 3/10/24

Pastor Gary Findley

“The Credentialed Teacher”

SERMON INSIGHTS:

I. His Scholarly Ability

II. His Special Authority

III. His Superior Approach

SCRIPTURE
John 7:14-24

Joh 7:14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching.
Joh 7:15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?”
Joh 7:16 So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
Joh 7:17 If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
Joh 7:18 The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.
Joh 7:19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?”
Joh 7:20 The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?”
Joh 7:21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it.
Joh 7:22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
Joh 7:23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well?
Joh 7:24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”