1. Jesus would not go to Jerusalem for the Feast of Booths because the Jews were seeking to kill him, though it was required for all Jewish males to attend. 2. Jesus tells his brothers he will not go to the feast yet because his time has not fully come, though they should go. He remains in Galilee. 3. When Jesus does go to the feast secretly, the people debate whether he could be the Christ, as he teaches with learning but has not studied, and the authorities do not stop him even as they seek to arrest him.

1. My Time Has Not Yet Come
John 7:1-9
Maud church of Christ
By Jim Bradshaw
Sunday Morning, September 21, 2014

2. Are We There Yet?

3. Christ’s Death Would Come at the Right
GTaiml 4:4e ESV But when the fullness of time had come, God sent
forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
2Pe 3:4-9 ESV They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For
ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were
from the beginning of creation." (5) For they deliberately overlook this
fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of
water and through water by the word of God, (6) and that by means of
these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.
(7) But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored
up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the
ungodly. (8) But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the
Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
(9) The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness,
but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all
should reach repentance.

4. The Jews Were Seeking to Kill Him
The Feast of Booths was at hand
Joh 7:1-2 ESV After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go
about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. (2) Now the
Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand.
Deu 16:16 ESV "Three times a year all your males shall appear
before the LORD your God at the place that he will choose: at the
Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast
of Booths. They shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.
CONFLICT

5. The Jews Were Seeking to Kill Him
Joh 7:3-5 ESV So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea,
that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. (4) For no one
works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things,
show yourself to the world."(5)For not even his brothers believed in him.
Mat 13:54-57 ESV and coming to his hometown he taught them in their
synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man
get this wisdom and these mighty works? (55) Is not this the carpenter's
son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and
Joseph and Simon and Judas? (56) And are not all his sisters with us?
Where then did this man get all these things?" (57) And they took
offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor
except in his hometown and in his own household.
Act 1:14 ESV All these with one accord were devoting themselves to
prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his
brothers.

6. The Jews Were Seeking to Kill Him
1. He would not go to Judea because the Jews Wanted to kill Him.
2. All male Jews (include Jesus) were required to go to Jerusalem to
attend the Feast of Booths.
3. Jesus has been antagonized and challenged by His own fleshly
brothers.
4. Why were the Jews seeking to kill Jesus?
Joh 5:16-18 ESV And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus,
because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. (17) But Jesus
answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."
(18) This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him,
because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling
God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
Joh 5:6 ESV When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had
already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be
healed?"

7. My Time Has Not Yet Fully Come
Joh 7:6-10 ESV Jesus said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your
time is always here. (7) The world cannot hate you, but it hates me
because I testify about it that its works are evil. (8) You go up to the
feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come."
(9) After saying this, he remained in Galilee. (10) But after his brothers
had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
1. Jesus would not walk on earth much longer, but it was
not yet time for Him to give His life.
2. The world cannot hate its own
3. The works of the world are EVIL.

8. My Time Has Not Yet Fully Come
Gal 5:19-24 ESV Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual
immorality, impurity, sensuality, (20) idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,
jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, (21) envy,
drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you
before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of
God. (22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control; against
such things there is no law. (24) And those who belong to Christ Jesus
have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Rom 6:3-5 ESV Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized
into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? (4) We were buried
therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was
raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in
newness of life. (5) For if we have been united with him in a death like
his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

9. My Time Has Not Yet Fully Come
Time Belongs to God
Act 1:6-8 ESV So when they had come together, they asked him,
"Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" (7) He
said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father
has fixed by his own authority. (8) But you will receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

10. Can This Be the Christ?
Joh 7:11-16 ESV The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and
saying, "Where is he?" (12) And there was much muttering about him
among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said,
"No, he is leading the people astray." (13) Yet for fear of the Jews no
one spoke openly of him. (14) About the middle of the feast Jesus went
up into the temple and began teaching. (15) The Jews therefore
marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has
never studied?" (16) So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not
mine, but his who sent me.
Joh 7:25-26 ESV Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, "Is not
this the man whom they seek to kill? (26) And here he is, speaking
openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really
know that this is the Christ?

11. Can This Be the Christ?
Did the Authorities Know?
Evolution
Abortion
Alternate
Lifestyles
Did the Religious Authorities Know?
Instrumental
Music
Role of
Women
How to be
SAVED?

12. Can This Be the Christ? No One Laid a
Hand on Him
Joh 7:30-34 ESV So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a
hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. (31) Yet many of the
people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do
more signs than this man has done?" (32) The Pharisees heard the
crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and
Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. (33) Jesus then said, "I will be with
you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. (34) You
will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come."
Mat 24:36-39 ESV "But concerning that day and hour no one knows,
not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. (37) For
as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (38)
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the
ark, (39) and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them
all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.