God In The Dock: Glory Seekers

So first of all, the charge, verses 41 to 42.

Have a look at verse 42.

40 first of all to get the context jesus ended at last week's section saying you are not willing you're not willing to come to me to that you may have life we ended the last section jesus concludes the evidence and he says though the heart of the problem is the problem of the heart

you're not willing jesus says you don't want to come to me for life

And that reminds us, as I said last time, of the question Jesus asks in this chapter that I've been asking over and over again in this series.

Do you remember the question Jesus asked to the paralyzed man? Do you want to be healed? The heart of the problem

is the problem of the heart.

You see, Jesus is saying that the Jewish leaders are like that paralyzed man by the pool.

They're content with the situation.

They're not making any effort to come to have life.

Now, Jesus now goes on and he's going to explain this more, this charge.

Firstly, verse 41, he gives a bit of a clarification that we'll come back to later on.

Jesus says, I don't receive honor from men.

In other words, I'm not really looking for you to come to me exactly.

I'm not relying on human testimony and I'm not looking for human praise either.

But he says, verse 42, I do know all about you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

That's the charge.

It echoes the statement that Jesus made in verse 38.

He said already to the Jews, you do not have God's word abiding in you.

And now he says they don't have the love of God in them either.

Equally shocking statements.

The Jewish people, for one thing, they were the people of the book.

They were the people who prized God's word.

And Jesus says you've never actually heard it.

And now he says to these people who prize themselves on being people who worshipped the one God, he says, you don't actually love him.

So first of all, the charge, verses 41 to 42.

Have a look at verse 42.

40 first of all to get the context jesus ended at last week's section saying you are not willing you're not willing to come to me to that you may have life we ended the last section jesus concludes the evidence and he says though the heart of the problem is the problem of the heart

you're not willing jesus says you don't want to come to me for life

And that reminds us, as I said last time, of the question Jesus asks in this chapter that I've been asking over and over again in this series.

Do you remember the question Jesus asked to the paralyzed man? Do you want to be healed? The heart of the problem

is the problem of the heart.

You see, Jesus is saying that the Jewish leaders are like that paralyzed man by the pool.

They're content with the situation.

They're not making any effort to come to have life.

Now, Jesus now goes on and he's going to explain this more, this charge.

Firstly, verse 41, he gives a bit of a clarification that we'll come back to later on.

Jesus says, I don't receive honor from men.

In other words, I'm not really looking for you to come to me exactly.

I'm not relying on human testimony and I'm not looking for human praise either.

But he says, verse 42, I do know all about you, that you do not have the love of God in you.

That's the charge.

It echoes the statement that Jesus made in verse 38.

He said already to the Jews, you do not have God's word abiding in you.

And now he says they don't have the love of God in them either.

Equally shocking statements.

The Jewish people, for one thing, they were the people of the book.

They were the people who prized God's word.

And Jesus says you've never actually heard it.

And now he says to these people who prize themselves on being people who worshipped the one God, he says, you don't actually love him.