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15) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 9: His parents say so because they fear the Jews have decided to expel from the synagogue anyone acknowledging Jesus as Christ!

- The religious leaders have power and they use it or better said abuse it to threaten ordinary people!

- They don’t care about the truth or better said they tell about their own truth which is the opposite of God’s truth because it serves their own interests!

- Thus how can they serve ordinary people’s interests?

- They don’t want people to know the truth!

- They like darkness and work in darkness!

- Jesus always warns us against them!

- We must open our eyes and ears!

- It is a question of life or death!
 
16) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 9: The man says how it is possible that they don’t know where he is from whereas he opened his eyes!

- Thus he can only be from God!

- The Pharisees answer him he was born in sin thus he can’t teach us!

- So they throw him out!

- The former blind man tricks the religious leaders at their own game!

- Of course, it is against their own interests!

- Thus they deny the obvious!

- But it is a dangerous game because it shows their real nature!

- And it is not from God!
 
17) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 9: Jesus explains that he has come so those not seeing might see and those seeing might become blind!

- Some of the Pharisees ask him if they are blind!

- Jesus answers saying that if they were blind, they would have no sin!

- They say they see so their sin remains!

- Jesus is clear the religious leaders are blind because of their attitude and their pride (we can say the same of kings).

- They don’t want to listen!

- They prefer to defend their own interest!

- They are condemned!

- No way to escape their judgment!

- Their guilt is double because they mislead the people who follow them!

- So many bad examples!

- They are deaf and blind!

- They will never understand!
 
18) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 10: Jesus speaks about the one not entering into the sheepfold through the door but climbing in by another way is a thief and a plunderer!

- Jesus compares the religious leaders to thieves and plunderers!

- When we remember that they are only looking for their own interests, it makes sense!

- So many people died or became slaves because of them when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans!

- How many will follow the same end because of them when God puts an end to this world?
 
19) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 10: Jesus says that the one who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep!

- The doorkeeper opens to him and his sheep listen to his voice!

- He calls them by name and leads them out!

- He goes ahead of them and they follow him, because they know his voice!

- They won’t follow a stranger because they don’t know his voice!

- Jesus is the shepherd, the religious leaders are the strangers!

- The sheep follow him, listen to him!

- He knows the name of each one!

- He leads them out!

- But they will by no means follow a stranger!

- On the contrary they flee from him

- Because they don’t want to get into trouble!
 
20) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 10: Jesus tells about the hired man who is not a shepherd and to whom the sheep do not belong!

- When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and flees!

- Then the wolf snatches them and scatters them!

- THE SHEPHERD vs no shepherds at all!

- THE SHEEP BELONG TO THE SHEPHERD!

- WHEN THE WOLF IS COMING THE HIRED MAN ABANDONS THE SHEEP AND FLEES!

- He is a HIRED MAN and DOES NOT CARE FOR THE SHEEP!

- THE HIRED MAN / ABANDONS THE SHEEP / FLEES

- It is difficult to be more clear!

- Do you need the real SHEPHERD or the HIRED MAN!
 
21) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 10: The Jews are divided because of Jesus’ words!

- Some think he has a demon whereas others he has not!

- It is not something new!

- And it keeps going the same way!

- It is the same with Bible translations!

- It seems there are many Bibles!

- That’s why it is important to keep in mind the original text!

- Jesus said many would come in his name and turn his message in something else to mislead the majority!

- Thus we must be careful!

- Thus we must check everything!

- Thus we must take time on a daily basis to learn about the Bible!

- It is like a trip that will never end!

- The more we understand the more we want to learn!

- And it is not possible to stop!

- But you can’t postpone this trip!

- It is a question of life and death for each one of us!

-If you think you don’t have the time, what do you think that Jesus will say when he comes back regarding to you?
 
22) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 10: Then the Jews surround him and begin to say to him: “how long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

- They are not serious!

- Better said, they are ridiculous!

- How is it possible to say such words?

- Everybody is speaking about Jesus’ miracles!

- And they can hear his teaching even if they don’t want to listen to it!

- The way you ask questions shows who you are and if you are really interested!

- You can act with bad faith!

- But you can’t cheat people except if they want it!

- The way you act and speak gives many indications of who you really are!​
 
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22) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 10: Then the Jews surround him and begin to say to him: “how long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

- They are not serious!

- Better said, they are ridiculous!

- How is it possible to say such words?

- Everybody is speaking about Jesus’ miracles!

- And they can hear his teaching even if they don’t want to listen to it!

- The way you ask questions shows who you are and if you are really interested!

- You can act with bad faith!

- But you can’t cheat people except if they want it!

- The way you act and speak gives many indications of who you really are!​
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Hi JLG, I am not following. What is it you want to discuss?
 
- Have you seen the title: Jesus vs the religious leaders?
- It is to show the differences between Jesus and religious leaders!
- It seems to be that they belong to two opposite worlds!
 
23) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 11: Jesus has waited for Lazarus’ death to resurrect him. When he sees Lazarus’ sisters weeping, he can’t avoid weeping too even if he is going to resurrect him. But Jesus is sensitive, he feels something when people suffer. And he goes to the tomb and before resurrecting Lazarus, he prays God. As a consequence, many of the Jews put faith in him.

- We know that Jesus cured many people!

- Even among the Jews, many could see his miracles!

- Some put faith in him, others no!

- Those who didn’t put faith in Jesus knew he was the Christ!

- But they preferred to keep their positions!

- They looked for their personal interests!

- Those who put faith in Jesus had a better disposition of the heart!
 
24) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 12: Jesus goes back to Bethany where he resurrected Lazarus. There is an evening meal at the house of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. Mary puts an expensive perfumed oil on Jesus’ feet and wipes his feet dry with her hair. Many Jews come to see Jesus and Lazarus. The chief priests conspire to kill Lazarus because many Jews put their faith in Jesus. The next day Jesus is received in Jerusalem as king of Israel. Hid disciples will understand what was written about him after his death. Jesus tells his disciples that the time has come for him to die and be resurrected. The Jews want to know why according to the Law the Christ must remains forever and Jesus says he must be lifted and they also want to know who the Son of man is. But the Jews don’t want to put faith in him. Many rulers put faith in Jesus but they don’t want to acknowledge it because of the Pharisees.

- Again the Jews know who Jesus is but they don’t want to put faith in him because they wan to keep their power!

- Those who put faith in him don’t acknowledge it because they want to keep their power!

- It is always the same story!

- The religious leaders prefer to sell themselves to keep their power!

- They don’t belong to God!

- It is always a personal choice!

- Looking for God or for power!

- The religious leaders usually prefer power!

- This world is superficial and the majority prefers superficiality!

- They think they can get everything without doing anything!

- But it has never work like that!

- God’s word is not man’s word!

- But anyone receives his own reward on time!

- God’s law always applies!

- It is only a question of time!

- When it’s too late, it’s too late!

- There is no surprise!

- It is written and it has been written for so long!

- It is only necessary to open the Bible and read it carefully again and again!
 
25) Jesus vs the religious leaders

John 13: Jesus tells his disciples that if, being the Lord and teacher, he washes feet of one another, they should also do it!

- Every religious leader wants to become the top leader!

- It is the same in politics and business!

- Power is not to share!

- It is so different from Jesus!

- Only wolves!

- God’s world is going to be totally different!

- We can’t imagine how it is going to be!

- It is necessary to prepare now to be able to adapt!

- We must prepare our mind!

- Only one leader, God and nobody will be able to oppose him!

- Only two options: accept God’s authority or die!

- Those who think to behave like the Israelites will be eradicated straight away!
 
26) looking for Jesus

John 2: So after making a whip of ropes, he drives all those with the sheep and cattle out of the temple, and he pours out the coins of the money changers and overturns their tables!

- And he tells those selling the doves to take it away from the house of his Father!

- And his disciples recall that it is written: “The zeal for your house will consume me.”

- Man’s tradition against God’s word!

- Think of that: the Jews have no shame!

- They let the merchants sell animals inside God’s temple!

- You just think of that and you understand that they only teach man’s tradition which opposes completely God’s word!

- Then you may understand Jesus’ anger!

- They don’t even respect God’s house!

- Shame on them!
 
27) looking for Jesus

John 3: Jesus asks him how he can be a teacher of Israel and he doesn’t know these things!

- Jesus speak about what he knows and he bears witness about what he has seen but they don’t receive the witness he gives them!

- How will it be possible for them to believe heavenly things if they don’t believe earthly things?

- Think of that : Jesus tells a teacher of Israel and he doesn’t understand him !

- When he is with his disciples, he uses progressive teaching, yet they don’t understand him !

- They need him to die and go away and then they start to understand !

- Moreover, they receive holy spirit to help them understand !

- Do you understand Jesus’ message about what we have to do to understand his message ?

- We can’t let others do the job ?

- We need to work hard individually !

- And nobody knows better !

- It’s just a question of working hard !

- If you don’t do it as when you eat and drink and sleep daily, how can you work hard ?

- How will you understand ?

- Jesus used to teach every day !
 
28) looking for Jesus

John 4: Jesus asks a Samaritan woman for a drink!

- She is surprised because the Jews don’t do that!

- Then he starts to speak with her and teaches her about everlasting life!

- And he tells her about the five husbands she had and the last man she is with is not her husband!

- So she understands Jesus is a prophet!

- He tells her that the hour is coming when the true worshipers will worship God with spirit and truth!

- Then he tells her he is Messiah!

- Then the disciples arrive and they don’t understand why he is speaking with a Samaritan woman!

- The woman comes back with more men to be taught by Jesus!

- Then he tells his disciples that teaching and doing God’s will is more important than eatin!

- Many Samaritans put faith in Jesus and they ask him to stay with them and he stays for two days. And more Samaritans put faith in him!

- Jesus decides to speak with this Samaritan woman because he knows her heart!

- He knows she has been married many times and that she now lives with a man who is not her husband!

- But he has nothing to do with prejudices!

- And in fact, she accepts his message and she helps others to accept his message!

- The disciples can’t understand because they see with man’s eyes!

- Jesus will have a lot of work to do with them but he knows their hearts too!

- He has come for the Jews but in this case he makes an exception!

- He always can adapt to the situation!

- A lot to learn from his attitude!
 
29) looking for Jesus

John 5: A man is there who has been sick for 38 years!

- He can see the man lying and is aware that he has already been sick for a long time!

- So he asks him if he wants to get well!

- Jesus is conscious of man’s pain and sufferance!

- He is also conscious that he has spent a lot of years ill!

- Now participating in God’s creation is one thing!

- But coming down the earth and living as a human being is something else!

- Jesus could feel directly and personally human pain and sufferance!

- He could see it with his own eyes and through human eyes!

- He could also share their pain and sufferance!

-There is nothing better than participating!
 
30) looking for Jesus

John 5: Jesus tells him to pick up his mat and walk!

- And the man immediately gets well, and he picks up his mat and begins to walk.

- Jesus did many miracles!

- Every time he was precise!

- He knew exactly what he was doing!

- He is a perfectionist!

- He has learned everything from his Father!

- Through a deep collaboration!

- His teachings and his actions are perfect!

- Everything at the right time!

- And he shows us the way!

- But it will never be man’s way!

- Only God’s way!

- And he told us that God’s word was going to be corrupted!

- And we can trace this corruption since the beginning!

- The devil told Adam and Eve that they would not die but they died!

- And the Israelites went after other gods!

- And they mixed God’s word with man’s word!

- And through man’s history, man has been doing the same mixing God’s word with man’s word!

- It is so different from “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”

- Maybe it is too simple so man prefers man’s corrupted word!
 
31) Looking for Jesus

John 5: But he answered them: “My Father has kept working until now, and I keep working.”

- When we look at the universe, “rest” doesn’t mean anything!

- Everything is always in movement!

- Constantly renewing itself!

- There is continuity!

- Thus “God has kept working until now”!

- God doesn’t need to eat or to drink or to sleep!

- And Jesus does the same, he keeps working!

- Once again we must be careful to a translation because it may not mean what we are used to!

- And here I am not speaking about the corruption of God’s word through man’s word or tradition!
 
32) Looking for Jesus

John 5: This is why the Jews began seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath but he was also calling God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

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isos (Key) = adjective
Probably from εἴδω (G1492) (through the idea of seeming)
equal, in quantity or quality
ἴσος ísos, ee'-sos; probably from G1492 (through the idea of seeming); similar (in amount and kind):—+ agree, as much, equal, like.

- Jesus speaks about God as his Father!

- It tells about a strong relationship between God and Jesus, between Father and son!

- They are equal and of the same nature!

- Jesus comes from Heaven!
 
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