Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | November 12, 2010

The Division

Today’s devotion is John 7:40-44.
 
“40  Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.” 
                                 
 41  Others were saying, “This is the Christ.”  Still others were saying, “Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He?
                                       

 42  “Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

 43  So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him.

 44  Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.”  John 7:40-44. 

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Regarding the division, we are reminded of Jesus’ words in Matthew 10:34-39.   “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth;  I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.  “For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;  and A MAN’S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.  “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me;  and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.  “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.  “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.”  Matthew 10:34-39. 

We also remember John 6:66-69.  “As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.  So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?”  Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?  You have words of eternal life.  “We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.”  John 6:66-69.

The division is sharp.  On which side are you?

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