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A Gentle Response

Text: John 12: 35

A GENTLE RESPONSE

Jesus did not want to engage in another long and unfruitful exchange of words with the crowd. He had explained who He was many times. But what He had said had not been understood. Another long explanation would not help them anyway.

“Then Jesus said to them, ‘A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where is going.’”

John 12:35

1. “Then Jesus said to them”

a. Jesus still cared enough to talk to the unbelieving crowd who followed Him.

b. They were certainly not following or serving Him in any way.

c. They were following Him to find fault with His teachings.

d. Nevertheless, Jesus still spoke gently to them.

2. “A little while longer the light is with you:

a. Jesus was that light.

b. He would be on earth for a little longer.

c. He was not going to use the short time He had left to waste it in arguments.

d. He had left sufficient light for them to guide them to the truth of who He truly was.

3. “Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you”

a. The light was to be found in the teachings Jesus had given.

b. The light was to be found in the miracles that He had performed.

c. The danger was to walk away from the light and to allow darkness to take over.

4. “He who walks in darkness does not know where he is going”

a. Darkness is expressed in so many ways.

b. Darkness can prevail.

i. Sin is well expressed in darkness.

ii. Unbelief is an expression of sin.

iii. Being fault-finding and quarrelsome strengthens the hold of darkness.

c. The individual then does not know where he is going.

i. Questions may be asked if one is truly seeking answers.

ii. Questions may also be spurious and directionless, when one is walking in darkness.

经文：约翰福音 12：35

一个温和的回应

耶稣不想与人群进行另一次冗长、无益的交流。祂已多次解释自己是谁。但祂所说的还是无法被理解。再一次的细说解释对他们还是毫无帮助的。

“耶稣对他们说：“光在你们中间还有不多的时候，应当趁着有光行走，免得黑暗临到你们。那在黑暗里行走的，不知道往何处去。””

《约翰福音 12：35》

1. “耶稣对他们说”

a. 耶稣仍然关心跟随祂的人群。他们虽不信，但耶稣还是与他们交谈。

b. 他们肯定不是在跟随耶稣的教义或侍奉祂

c. 他们跟随祂是为了在祂的教训中挑错

d. 耶稣仍然温和地对他们说话

2. “光在你们中间还有不多的时候”

a. 耶稣就是那光

b. 祂会在世上多待一些时候

c. 祂不会把在世上仅剩的短暂时间浪费在无谓的争论中

d. 耶稣已留下了充足的光，来引导他们了解祂真正是谁的真理

3. “应当趁着有光行走，免得黑暗临到你们”

a. 光可以在耶稣所给予的教训中找到

b.光可以在耶稣所施行的神迹中找到

c. 倘若离开光，我们就会面临被黑暗临到身上的危险

4. “那在黑暗里行走的，不知道往何处去”

a. 黑暗有很多的表达方式

b. 黑暗能够得胜

i. 罪恶在黑暗中明显体现

ii. 不信是一种罪恶的表现

iii．总是爱挑错，爱争吵将加强黑暗对我们的掌控

c. 那个人就不知道往何处去

i. 我们得质问的是这人是否真心诚意在寻找答案

ii. 当人在黑暗行走时，所发的问题往往会虚假且毫无方向。