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My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）

My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音） 
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Day 102

An Attempt to Correct Misconceptions

Text: John 7: 28-29

AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT MISCONCEPTIONS

Jesus knew what His hearers were struggling with. They had seen His miracles. They had heard Him preach about the Kingdom of heaven. They were struggling with misconceptions and thus they could not come to full faith in Him as the Messiah. He sought to address these problems.

“Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, ‘You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of 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.’” 

John 7:28-29

1. “Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple”

a. The misconceptions had to be addressed.
b. If they were not corrected, these errors would remain.
c. Doubts would continue to hinder faith.
d. Worse, others would be led into error.
e. Salvation in Christ would then not be possible.

2. Addressing the question of knowing Jesus

a. They do know Him.
b. Their knowledge of Jesus and His earthly parentage was not wrong.
c. But that was not the main thing to know!

3. The more important issues

a. Who was the One who sent Jesus?
i. This was the more important piece of knowledge to obtain.
ii. The prophets of old always claimed that God was the One who sent them.
iii. Jesus had always made the same claim – that God the Father had sent Him.
iv. His authority came from the Lord God Himself.
v. He had not sent Himself.
vi. The problem was His hearers did not know God as well as they think they do.
b. “But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me”
i. This was the really important thing to know.
ii. Jesus knew His Father who had sent Him as the Messiah.

As long as they did not really know or believe in God, they would not be able to have true faith!

经文：约翰福音 7：28-29

试图纠正误解

耶稣知道听律法的众人正在挣扎着什么。他们见过祂的神迹。他们听过祂宣扬天国。他们在误解中挣扎，因此他们不能完全相信祂是弥赛亚。祂试图解决这些问题。

“那时，耶稣在殿里教训人，大声说：‘你们也知道我，也知道我从哪里来。我来并不是由于自己，但那差我来的是真的，你们不认识他。我却认识他，因为我是从他来的，他也是差了我来。’”

《约翰福音 7：28-29》

1. “那时，耶稣在殿里教训人，大声说”

a. 误解必须有所处理
b. 如果没有纠正，这些错误仍将存在
c. 疑虑将继续阻碍信靠
d. 更糟糕的是，其他人会被误导
e. 在基督里得救就不可能了

2. 解决了解耶稣的问题

a. 他们认识祂
b. 他们对耶稣及其属世的父母的了解并没有错
c. 但这不是最重要的事情！

3. 更重要的问题

a. 是谁差遣了耶稣?
i.这是必要获知的更重要知识
ii. 古时的先知总是声称派遣他们的是上帝
iii. 耶稣也同样的声称是父神差遣了祂
iv. 祂的权威来自上帝
v. 祂不是自己差遣自己
vi. 问题是凡听他的听众不是真的认识上帝
b. “我却认识他，因为我是从他来的，他也是差了我来。”
i. 这是非常重要的事情
ii. 耶稣认知祂的父神已差遣祂为弥赛亚
只要他们不真正了解或信靠上帝，他们就无法拥有真正的信心！