Judging with right judgment is seeking what is objectively true to shape our opinions.

2. John 7:11-13
The Jews were looking for him at the feast,
and saying, “Where is he?” 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.” Yet for fear of the Jews no
one spoke openly of him.
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3. John 7:14-16
About the middle of the feast Jesus went
up into the temple and began teaching.
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How
is it that this man has learning, when he
has never studied?” So Jesus answered
them, “My teaching is not mine, but his
who sent me.
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4. John 7:17-18
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. 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.
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5. John 7:19-22
Has not Moses given you the law? Yet
none of you keeps the law. Why do you
seek to kill me?” The crowd answered,
“You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill
you?” Jesus answered them, “I did one
work, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave
you circumcision (not that it is from Moses,
but from the fathers), and you circumcise a
man on the Sabbath.
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6. John 7:23-24
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? Do not judge by
appearances, but judge with right
judgment.”
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7. John 7:25-27
Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore
said, “Is not this the man whom they seek
to kill? And here he is, speaking openly,
and they say nothing to him! Can it be that
the authorities really know that this man is
the Christ? But we know where this man
comes from, and when the Christ appears,
no one will know where he comes from.”
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8. John 7:28-29
So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the
temple, “You know me, and you know
where I come from. But I have not come of
my own accord. He who sent me is true,
and him you do not know. I know him, for I
come from him, and he sent me.”
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9. John 7:30-31
So they were seeking to arrest him, but no
one laid a hand on him, because his hour
had not yet come. Yet many of the people
believed in him. They said, “When the
Christ appears, will he do more signs than
this man has done?”
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11. TRUTH doesn’t change
relative to our OPINIONS.

12. TRUTH doesn’t change
relative to our OPINIONS.
BOOTHS reminded the people of protection,
tabernacles the PRESENCE of God,
INGATHERING the harvest of God.

13. TRUTH doesn’t change
relative to our OPINIONS.
BOOTHS reminded the people of protection,
tabernacles the PRESENCE of God,
INGATHERING the harvest of God.
Jesus is God’s PROVISION that through faith
in Him we may be included in His HARVEST to
enjoy His PRESENCE.

14. People are, always have
been, and always will be,
DIVIDED over Jesus.

15. People are, always have
been, and always will be,
DIVIDED over Jesus.
Both perspectives reflect OPINIONS, but both
cannot be TRUE.

16. People are, always have
been, and always will be,
DIVIDED over Jesus.
Both perspectives reflect OPINIONS, but both
cannot be TRUE.
People will be divided over Jesus because
TRUTH divides right from wrong opinions.

17. People are, always have
been, and always will be,
DIVIDED over Jesus.
Both perspectives reflect OPINIONS, but both
cannot be TRUE.
People will be divided over Jesus because
TRUTH divides right from wrong opinions.
PERCEPTION is subject to DECEPTION.

18. There must be consistency
between what is TAUGHT and
what is PRACTICED with the
WORD of God.

19. There must be consistency
between what is TAUGHT and
what is PRACTICED with the
WORD of God.
Are your OPINIONS based on RIGHT judgments?

20. There must be consistency
between what is TAUGHT and
what is PRACTICED with the
WORD of God.
Are your OPINIONS based on RIGHT judgments?
Jesus highlights their inconsistency in
INTERPRETATION leading to MISAPPLICATION.

21. There must be consistency
between what is TAUGHT and
what is PRACTICED with the
WORD of God.
Are your OPINIONS based on RIGHT judgments?
Jesus highlights their inconsistency in
INTERPRETATION leading to MISAPPLICATION.
Judging with right judgment is seeking what is
OBJECTIVELY true to shape our OPINIONS.

22. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
NEXT STEPS
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Meditate on what it means to judge with
right judgment
( ) List objective facts about Jesus that shape
my opinion of “who He is”
( ) Identify if my opinions are being shaped
more by the world or by Scripture
( ) Meditate on John 7:11-31
( ) Other________________________