 All right so yeah so we were talking about you know the Lord Jesus and how he compares to the manna which was provided by Moses in the wilderness and he says that he is the bread of life you know and the kind of life that he has to offer it is everlasting life and that people can receive God's salvation not just for this physical life but also for the life to come and he talks about him offering up his body for the people and that they can continue to receive life from his body and some of the people don't like what he was teaching them so they were upset with him you know they said that this is a hard teaching so then what happens you know Jesus asks that he says why like what happened are you offended by what I what I am telling you you know sometimes God's word can offend people this doesn't mean that we say things to offend people but when we speak the truth and when we speak the truth and love even at that point it's possible that people get offended so Jesus realized that he just spoke the truth he didn't want to hurt anyone and still people were offended simply by the truth so he asks that does this offend you what then if you should see the son of man ascent where he was before so he's trying to tell that look you're not able to receive something of the kingdom something spiritual that I'm sharing with you but the reality is that you're going to see greater things at one point you will also see me ascend up back into heaven which is what happened in the book of acts he was taken up right and the disciples stood there and they saw something supernatural take place in front of them so he's asking the people how will you be able to receive more spiritual things if you're offended by my one say that he tells them that look don't go by the things of the flesh okay because the flesh to make the flesh happy it's only the worldly things that you must depend on but the things of the spirit they are more precious and those are the things that we must actually be focusing on so he says the spirit gives life the flesh profits nothing okay and the words that I'm speaking to you they are actually spirit and they are life so I am talking to you about greater things and I want you to latch on to the things that are eternal but some of you you know what the problem that some of you have is the problem of faith it's a faith issue he says you're not believing to do not believe and Jesus kind of knew from the beginning you know the people who had the right heart and the right attitude and the others who would betray him so you know later as he's speaking about all these things the disciples many of his disciples in fact it says it was 66 they went back and they walked with him no more so Jesus was betrayed in a sense and rejected people who had trusted him till now when he started talking about spiritual things about the kingdom of God they could not receive it all they wanted was a good life here on me so they went away from Jesus that Jesus looked at the 12 and he asked that you know that bond has been created between Jesus and his disciples so it's like you're asking the people whom you love right will you also leave me so in that way Jesus asks that he says do you also want to go away but thankfully the 12 of them right they were beginning to see that this Jesus he is indeed from heaven he's from the father he will do what he is saying he will do and you know provide for our eternal rescue so he is going to be that leader okay that he is talking about so they had put that trust in Jesus and Simon Peter he looks at Jesus and when Jesus says okay will you also go away are you also going to leave me Simon says lord to whom shall we go you have the words of eternal life so the eyes the spiritual eyes of these 12 people seems like compared to the others these people are awakened they are alert they are able to receive the spiritual things that Jesus is speaking to them and you know Jesus but Peter says where can we go you know we have found the ultimate you have your words of spirit they are life when we found life how can we leave you Jesus right so they realize that this is the savior of the world now even if you when we look back in church history when we look at you know times of great persecution there were many believers who suffered persecution despite you know the pain that they were going through physically emotionally financially in every way because they had received the spiritual okay and they had tasted the spiritual and that was greater than the physical challenges which they were going through and same way like Peter's Simon Peter said God where can we go okay where can we go you have the words of eternal life he latched on to Jesus and we've seen many people who have withstood difficult times without rejecting Christ you know I am reminded of this person called Richard Wombrin who wrote a book called in God's Underground and he talks about all the persecution that he experienced in a country Romania where he was forced to reject Jesus but he went through everything but he never let go of Jesus because he says how he lived his life for himself for the things of the flesh till his younger days okay and he wanted to taste everything you know living moral life and just experiment and just enjoy life but none of that gave him that eternal satisfaction over here Jesus says I'm the bread of life you want you just want normal Bali loaves and a fish okay I understand that you need it but I'm the bread of life I can satisfy you spirit solid body so you know Richard Wombrin he talks about how he received Christ and that was the greatest satisfaction of his life and from that point onwards he decided that he's not going to live for these worldly pleasures that don't fill that eternal void in a human being's life and so God's word is spirit and life so he learned God's word he learned it by heart even in the prison like he used to you know kind of recall scripture that he had learned by heart so that is the way which he stood up for the word he stood up for Christ in the midst of persecution because he tasted you know scripture say right taste and see that the Lord is good so Jesus is telling get a taste of eternity and the salvation that I have to offer for you stop living for just the worldly things and the things of the flesh so looks like Simon Peter got that point and he's saying if we leave you Jesus where will we get this kind of you know this kind of spiritual food you have the words of life so we are not going to leave you like these other people who just left you and they believed in the Lord Jesus Christ he says we have come to believe and know that you are the Christ the Son of the living God now we will see the next chapter the identity of Jesus is what is at question the disciples 12 of them they understood that Jesus is the Christ so then from that point onwards you know they knew how they can continue living with Jesus it doesn't matter they don't want to go back to their old life but for a lot of other people it was a question mark who is this Jesus who is the one who is doing these miracles and speaking truth that is so deep so there were all kinds of titles that people wanted to give this back but the disciples gave him the right recognition and they said we cannot leave you because you are the Christ the Son of the living God and Jesus tells them did I not choose you the 12th and one of you is the devil so he is speaking prophetically of Judas and what Judas is carrying is going to do but then you know the 12 of them they kind of stuck on to Jesus and they followed Jesus throughout while other people left Jesus okay so just journey along so far what have we seen we've seen miracles we have seen the people responding to Jesus some are not ready to accept his miracles you know and they start complaining but some follow him but when he starts talking about deeper things they are not able to accept okay so this is what we have observed so far and Jesus starts talking quite clearly and says I am the bread of life okay and I am from heaven these are the claims that he is making about himself and thankfully the 12 disciples understood that he is the Christ now let's move on chapter 7 after these things Jesus walked in Galilee for he did not want to walk in Judea so what is the reason Jesus is not walking in Judea opposition okay as Jesus works Jesus's teachings are becoming popular with the people the Jews are fed up at this point they don't want to harm them in a small way but they're quite clear that they want to kill this man okay now what was this period when Jesus went to Galilee it is the time of the feast of the tabernacles so the feast of the tabernacles was a festival like a week-long festival where people remembered how God led them through the wilderness and tabernacles means tent so they would make make shift tents and dwell there and remember the faithfulness of God so in this manner you know people are celebrating the feast of the tabernacles and at that time the brothers of Jesus they come to him and they say Jesus why are you here why don't you go to Judea and you do your miracles over there the reason is you will become popular in Judea okay but Jesus is already quite well known by now and yet the brothers they are talking like they want a bigger platform for Jesus and his ministry you know by now a lot of people would have come up to his brothers and said hey your brother is doing miracles so they were happy with the fact that Jesus is becoming popular but they felt that being in Galilee it's not a good you know like a marketing strategy how about you go back to Judea and do little more miracles there you'll become more famous Jesus but the way the brothers were talking was a very worldly way and it shows us that they also did not understand who Jesus is they just thought oh this guy he's a miracle worker and he needs to become popular so they continue to tell him they say look if you go to Judea and you do you'll become famous and they say for no one who does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly so they're telling you take a larger platform and you become more popular if you do these things show yourself to the world okay so it's like the brothers want to make a buck or two out of Jesus's popularity but do they really have faith that Jesus is the Christ not even his own brothers at this point but we know now the 10th and resurrection of Jesus and later on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit Jesus's family was a part of it okay and Jesus's brothers the part of the disciples of the early church and in fact James the brother of Jesus was the first leader of the early church so later they believed but while Jesus was alive and he was doing all these works even his own family did not understand that he is the Christ his brothers did not believe in him then Jesus just tells them because he had God's purposes for which he was living but his family is living for the world's purposes so he understood I can't convince these people so he says look my time has not yet come but your time is always ready really you are the people of the world at all every time is a good time for you but I cannot do things as per the world's calendar I am going by the father's calendar and you are so happy your lives are so good because the world cannot hate you you're part of the world you know when we are part of the world there there will be other kinds of problems which we face but the world will not hate us because we are saying yes to everything that the world throws at us so in the same manner Jesus understood these are worldly men they have a worldly life they have worldly preferences okay the world is happy with you but the world was becoming the world was beginning to oppose Jesus okay and he realized that so he says but I know the world hates me because I testify of it that its works are evil okay so he says okay you go up to the feast you go and do what you need to do but I'm going to remain here in Galilee so he does not take their advice to become more popular and you know you see here even as believers right sometimes we feel that how is it that unsafe family members they don't understand what God is doing in our lives but Jesus did not let that bother him he said okay you want to do what you want to do go ahead I have to look for God I have to go by God's timing and he follows God and he does not let the own family own brothers they are not understanding him but he does not let that discourage him okay and he continues with the purposes of God now let's see his own brothers did they say he's the Christ not at all let us see what happens now his brothers they went up though he said that you know he will not go up to the feast we see here that he goes up secretly okay or he does not want to be seen he does not want to be known that's the whole point it's not that he does not want to celebrate God's faithfulness but he does not want to be out in the open just as yet so when he goes secretly the Jews they notice him at the feast and we are actually trying to look for him so you know there's all these questions where is he and all that and there's a lot of confusion among the Jews some people they say he's a good person you know some others say no he's a deceiver he's trying to draw people away from God draw people away from the authorities at that time however you know they did not have the courage to speak up openly about Jesus because as they were divided right the yeah among the leadership they were divided the ones who wanted to kill Jesus the people would have had a mixed opinion so they were scared oh what if we say that he's evil and he's a deceiver and the people turn against us so they kept their opinion to themselves but there was a lot of confusion going on his disciples believed in his brothers didn't believe in among the Jews some are saying good some are saying deceiver okay now when Jesus goes up and he begins to teach he goes to the temple and I told you like you know people would be given opportunity to share so Jesus goes up and he teaches there in the temple the Jews are marvelling so this shows us that Jesus was a very good teacher okay now why are they marvelling they're marvelling because of the grip that he has of the scriptures so they they asked themselves this question this man knows letters having never studied how is it possible okay so that tells us that Jesus was quite well read when it came to the scriptures so Jesus you know he responds obviously Jesus is not from a wealthy background he's not from a background like Paul Paul was taught by the rabbis he was taught by Gamaliel so he was well prayed in the scriptures Jesus never had that upbringing and yet the Jews are marvelling at the teachings of Jesus so where did Jesus get his training from and Jesus is going to give the answer to that question so he says Jesus says it was 16 chapter 7 my doctrine is not mine but his who sent me so Jesus is saying that I got my training not from any college okay which is here in whatever Galilee or Judea but I got my training from heaven that's the point he's saying that he continues he says if anyone wants to do his will he shall know concerning the doctrine whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own authority and he's saying that those of you who have a heart to understand the ways of God you will understand whether what I'm teaching is from God or not okay so that is the answer which Jesus gives them yeah okay so verse 18 he says he who speaks from himself seeks his own glory but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true and no unrighteousness is in him did not Moses give you the law yet none of you keeps the law why do you seek to kill me so Jesus is telling them you're marvelling at my teaching let me tell you I got my doctrine directly from heaven the father is the one who gave me what I am speaking and I don't speak with my own authority okay but I am backed up by the father remember earlier also he said the seal the father has given me believe me because of the seal or the fact that I am a sent one from the father now for us as believers we wonder how is it possible how is it that Jesus got trained without the you know like the pattern of learning which existed in his times where teachers had to teach you you know one John in fact John writes right one John is at 2 verse 7 where he says that the annoying thing will teach us all things wait let me give you that scripture so in this case he's saying the father yeah correct 227 in this case he's saying the father has started but we also know that the Holy Spirit can teach us okay one John to 27 so but does that mean that we don't need teachers no it doesn't mean that we don't need teachers because God himself has given us teachers right but still the point that we receive is that we can also directly be equipped by God and that is the manner in which Jesus received his teachings and he was telling the Jews that I'm directly connected to the father that teach from his authority and that is why you know you're finding my teachings so amazing and you know you know that what I'm doing is right and those of you who can discern you know you please discern it why are you trying to kill me you know when there's so much when I'm teaching the right thing and I'm teaching you what God has given why is it that some of you are disturbed and you want to kill me now look at this you know people are saying that he is a deceiver people said why did you heal somebody on the Sabbath you just look at the mindset of the people verse 20 some people are saying to Jesus you have a demon okay who is seeking to kill you so they are blaming Jesus in different ways okay I'm putting him down and it's quite obvious they were threatened by him and they are just trying to be mean and able to Jesus there this time they are saying you have a demon so it's the right thing if you get killed it would be great for the community and Jesus answered to them look I did one work and you all marvel Moses therefore gave you circumcision not that it is from Moses but from the fathers and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath so he kind of goes back to that whole Sabbath episode of healing on the Sabbath day and he says you are so jealous about keeping the traditions of Moses okay about circumcision you're you're so happy but why is it that when I made somebody completely well on the Sabbath you're not able to receive it so he's addressing the hard heartedness of the people okay and he's telling them that you're not thinking right what is important it's not important in your sight but you're just rejoicing and in the you know in the structure in the frame and not the substance of things Moses and Sabbath you know that mattered more than the healing of somebody now when the people are continuing to listen to Jesus yeah some of them say this is not he who they seek to kill but look he speaks boldly and they say nothing to him do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ however we know that where this man is from but when the Christ comes no one knows where he is from so you know I told you the identity of Jesus is the issue here now some of them they said you have a demon but some others they are believing okay that this is the Christ at the Jews are trying to kill him but something is hindering you know the the if you may call it the completion of their faith they do trust that this is the Christ but they add a clause to it and they say when the Christ comes we won't know where he's coming from but this man Jesus we know he's a carpenter he's Joseph's son no he's from Nazareth so how can he be the Christ on the one hand they believe yeah this is the Christ but on the other hand you know they have made up certain arguments in their head and they're not able to receive that he's the Christ so there's a struggle which is going on among the people who is this man how is he doing the miracles how is he teaching with this kind of authority you know maybe maybe he could be the Christ and you know that is the kind of conclusion that they are coming to then Jesus so he responds to them and you know he says you both know me and you know where I am from and I have come I have not come off myself but he who sent me is true whom you do not know but I know him for I am from him and he sent me was 28 and 29 so you also notice in both of these chapters Jesus keeps talking about his relationship with the Father okay and we begin to understand the fellowship within the Godhead the Father the Son and also the roles where Jesus is repeatedly saying I have come from heaven I you know I speak by the authority of the Father so the Father has given it that authority he sent me you know the roles and the assignment that Jesus had and how the Father authorized him to do the works so we can understand about the Godhead we can understand about the fellowship of the Godhead the interactions of the Godhead the assignments of the Godhead in the way Jesus is speaking in both of these chapters so when Jesus started talking like this and he started claiming you know oneness with the Father the people did not like it they were looking out to take him but they were afraid okay I already told you they were afraid because of public opinion so what is going to happen what if the people reject us if we do something against Jesus but at the same time the Word of God also tells us that his hour had not yet come you know so this is also something that we must bear in mind though there was opposition according to God's calendar it was not yet time for Jesus to be killed on the cross so none of this opposition was able to stop him completely okay and remember we when we talked about James and Peter James was was killed by the sword in Acts 12 but Peter didn't die and we wonder why the timing right of the life assignment you know maybe there was more things for Peter to do in his lifetime and that is why he continued living on and here though the Jews wanted to kill Jesus we see in verse 30 his hour had not yet come meaning there was a timing okay and that timing did not match up for Jesus's trial and his execution and at that time you know when all this is going on you had some people who did not believe and then scriptures now add and say that many of the people believed so there was this divided opinion among the people where people believed and some people did not believe okay now moving forward the Pharisees they are getting more and more agitated about the teachings and the good works of Jesus so they are just kind of figuring out how to curb this so-called teacher among us and they're also observing the crowds you know the crowds are murmuring oh he's the Christ he's good and you know he's not the Christ he's a deceiver and they're taking note of all these things and while all this is happening you know Jesus he tells them I shall be with you a little while longer and then I go to him who sent me you know again he's talking about his relationship with the Father but he's speaking prophetically about his work on the cross and he's telling them look I'm only going to be with you for a little while that means that soon he is going to die the opposition which is rising against him you know there will come a time when the Jews will actually get him and his trial will take place then he's just trying to warn the people and he's saying you know how much longer do you all need while I'm with you you're not believing but you know there will come a time when I'm not going to be there speaking to you so he tells them verse 34 at that point you will seek me and not find me and where I am you cannot come so it's like him persuading the people and telling them look right now you know the they're not able to kill me my my hour has not come but it will come and at that point if you try to seek me you will not find me okay so there is a limitation put your faith in me right that's the call which he has for the people that the Jews you know they seem to be asking all kinds of Jesus is talking in a spiritual way but they are asking you know in a very natural simple kind of a way their understanding is small so their question is where does he intend to go he's saying that where he goes we cannot come so where is this place where is he going to go that we shall not find him okay do you think this Jesus because at that time the Jews existed and also there were Greek settlements okay so they were wondering is Jesus saying that he's going to leave the Jews that he's going to go to the Greek people and teach the Greeks maybe that's what he means because you know he may have an agenda of reaching out to some other people so they were confused they were confused they didn't realize that he was speaking by prophecy okay and you see those who know the prophetic word in fact Jesus himself in his lifetime you will notice sometimes he'll say right so that it may be fulfilled and then he'll quote an Old Testament passage prophetic passage so Jesus was living his life to fulfill the prophecy of God he knew what God had spoken over his life but look at the Jewish people they knew the scriptures but they never understood that those scriptures the prophetic and they were pointing to the Lord Jesus how sad isn't it we are so familiar with the with the scriptures but to understanding understanding is lacking we're not able to relate that okay this Jesus is the Messiah and you know the servant we read about that in Isaiah 53 he will be rejected he will be killed but they're not able to relate to that and they are wondering what is he talking he's going somewhere we won't find him you know we can't see him after some time and they were thoroughly confused now anyway leave the Jews as they are now Jesus brings it something else okay so far he was relating with the father and he was saying he who sent me he who sent me his authority now verse 37 something so beautiful he on the last day of the feast Jesus stands up and he cries out and he says anyone does let him come to me and drink so what was his claim earlier I am the bread if you're hungry come and eat or be satisfied on similar lines he's saying I add water okay because he's saying come and drink so he's offering himself as water and he's saying that I am going to satisfy it's only me who can satisfy you he who believes in me as the scripture says and he adds apart from being satisfied he says how about this that not just being satisfied but I give you a source within you isn't that amazing you know there is not a source outside of you that will satisfy you but how about I give a source within you and that source continually releases living water okay so Jesus is making a grand offer here and he says he who believes in me as the scripture has said out of his heart will flow rivers of living water giving a source of water within the believer now what was he referring to one he said is he is the one who can satisfy the thirst okay so that we understood now the second part where he says that rivers of living water will flow out of the person who believes he's actually referring to the Holy Spirit or the third person of the Trinity is being introduced here and he says that this Holy Spirit in us okay and he is talking about a time when the Holy Spirit will be poured out and it will become a source of blessing to the world around us and that happened isn't it we've seen that in the book of Acts we've seen how the Holy Spirit of God the people were baptized in the spirit they were filled in the spirit and this spirit has become a source of blessing that goes and ministers to people all around so you have the apostles they are moving in signs wonders and miracles you have the believers they are also moving in the supernatural blessing the lives of the people so this is the great promise that Jesus gave the believers and said look he who believes in me what is going to happen out of his heart some translations say out of his belly okay belly referring to the spirit again to the spirit of the man again so out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water and he clarifies this he says but this he spoke concerning the spirit who those believing in him would receive at when at the time after his ascension so on the day of Pentecost this actually happened but right now nothing was done you notice how God speaks to the disciples much ahead of the actual event itself why does God do this why does God speak to us before hand he tells us okay I'm going to pour out my spirit for the preparation of the heart so he wanted his disciples to be ready these are the things that are going to take place the spirit is going to be poured out and at that time you know you will move around with the the source within you okay and you can serve God powerfully and what what an encouraging word from Jesus so now while Jesus is speaking these these uh you know golden precious truths from uh God's kingdom the people around are continuing to be confused okay okay some are saying this some are saying that now the question arises again who is he so from the ground some people are saying he truly he he is a prophet okay and some are saying this is the Christ but others are getting confused Galilee was not a place that uh you know learning when came from so some people ask the question okay if he's the Christ how is it that he's from Galilee how can Christ come from Galilee of all places okay because the scripture said that the town from which Christ will come is Bethlehem where David was so it's become a theological uh sort of a uh struggle they're trying to figure okay what does the prophetic word say at who's this guy who is this person we have to understand so there is a division argument that's going on people are divided on the uh the identity of this man the Lord Jesus Christ yeah and the Jews as we already know they are hesitating to grab hold of Jesus because this is not the time for Jesus to actually be uh right okay so now that they're not able to catch him okay trying to figure out a way to make this happen so the officers they came to the chief priest at the Pharisees and says they said why have you not brought him okay uh and the officers say no man ever spoke like this man so you see even among those who are supposed to uh catch him there is a lot of confusion so somehow you know the circumstances are such that it's not matching God's timing the Pharisees are keen you know the priests are keen okay get and kill him but the situation you know it it is such that the type is not right yet for the Lord Jesus to be caught and uh go into the next thing which is dying on the cross so the leaders are very upset they're blaming the officers and they're saying what is this we know that the people are confused but don't tell me even you are confused you know they they say verse 47 are you also deceived they ask the officers okay but uh the the confusion kind of remained okay so uh nothing much could be done at that time okay now Nicodemus I think one of you uh had posted a question about Nicodemus in the chat so here in verse 50 there's a statement from Nicodemus so Nicodemus okay what does he say he says there's a Lord judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing so uh the answer I read you asked the question when Jesus told Nicodemus about being born again did he get born again it seems like he did but in the the Bible we don't have a confirmation of that you see the question which Nicodemus is asking here does the Lord judge a man before it hears him so it's as if he's trying to buy time for Jesus so he is in favor of Jesus that much we can figure out okay but to clearly say that he became born again or that he did not become born again we don't see that in the scripture but he's in favor of Jesus so it is likely that he accepted Christ okay and final uh few verses here in chapter seven so they answered uh they got upset so the leaders got very upset and they kind of uh you know rebuking uh those who are speaking for Jesus some are saying nobody spoke like this man then Nicodemus is now saying don't you think you should give him some time so while listening to all this they're getting furious and they are saying what is this you know are you people also from Galilee why are you supporting him uh go and study your Bible properly go and read your scriptures properly don't you know that there is no prophet who has come from Galilee okay so it is not possible for this man Jesus to be any kind of a teacher or any kind of a great individual so that is the conclusion to which the Pharisees and the high priests are coming and people are still divided and they are wondering what to do about him so with all this confusion finally you know it says so everyone went to his own house they were confused a decision could not be made about Jesus and God is giving Jesus more time to continue to do the works of the father okay so this is what we have seen so far and going forward you know again we will see more miracles of Jesus we will see you know uh slowly eventually we will see how the trial happened and you know John describes how the Lord Jesus ultimately became that sacrifice for us so all that will unfold in the coming few chapters and one of you asked the question about the assignment so for the e-learning students the assignment is already released but for your online batch today I will post your questions and I gave you the information that there will be only two assignments okay not three assignments just to make it simpler and the first assignment will be for 50 marks the second assignment will be for 50 marks so it's easy like you know you will be able to complete it well in time and just to keep you all informed about the assignments also so I hope you're doing okay and you got something out of today's class yeah okay great great wonderful all right so I just request one person to please pray because you would need to go for another class so anyone could you just lead us in prayer I think I'll ask Kiran Kiran could you please pray okay not sure if she can hear uh yeah let me yeah you can yeah okay okay pray here pray here closing okay for the good once again we just come before your time for the good for thanking you for the classes for the good thank you for revealing me a new thing for the good thank you for everything upcoming time under submitting to your hand for us and take care of every side for the good thinking almighty Jesus name be pray amen thank you thank you Kiran thank you babe Thomas thank you ma'am yeah god bless have a good day thank you ma'am thank you bye