The Gospel of John 7:21-24 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” (John 7:21-24 KJV)

The Lord Jesus, responds to their accusatory and judgmental statement of Him being a demon-possessed by referring them back to the one miracle He did at the pool of Bethesda. It was a great sign He had shown healing a man who was lame for Thirty Eight years. And, it caused quite a stir for He healed the man on a Sabbath. It created hostility on the religious Jews which led them to hatch a plan to kill Him.

He also brought up the covenant sign of circumcision between God and Abraham, which Moses required the Israelites to perform on the eighth day from birth of a male child even if it falls on the Sabbath. This is a ceremony to cut off a piece of a child's body to ensure blood is shed to be a partaker in the blessings promised by God to Abraham. The religious Jews continue doing this even on the Sabbath, and the Lord affirms its importance to bring light over the healing He performed to make whole a person's body on a Sabbath. He said Sabbath is made for man (Mark 2:27).

With the inconsistency on the part of the Jews, the Lord reminded them, and us all in this age who truly receive Him our Savior and are born again by faith, through His grace. If ever we judge, we must judge righteously not on appearance, but by the content of the heart. And, we can't see the content of the heart! Only God can see the heart. Hence, we are called upon, as it is written: ““Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.” (Matthew 7:1-2 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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