John 7:1-15

Two Kinds of Unbelief

• Agenda: if you were the Messiah, you wouldn't act like this
  • Shame on you, God
  • Why do bad things happen to good people?
• Affirmation: if you were the Messiah, you wouldn't talk like this
  • Contradiction and disagreement are risks you run in a genuine relationship

John 7:16-24

Overcoming Unbelief

• Stay rooted (v. 16)
  • Jesus is committed to saying what the Father has said (John 12:49-50)
  • Jesus is the point of what the Father is saying (John 5:39)
  • Jesus is in the flow of God's revelation to us - there is consistency
• Inviting willingnesss (v. 17)
  • Debate can clarify issues but cannot settle them
  • Obedience results in authentication (and shows the inconsistency of life apart from Him)
• Keeping mission (v. 22-23)
  • The mission is wholeness
  • Expect opposition
  • Kingdom cannot be understood apart from the mission of wholeness