Are You Making Righteous or Unrighteous Judgments? John 7:21-29

John 7:21-29 NASB  Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel.  (22)  "For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man.  (23)  "If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath?  (24)  "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."  (25)  So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill?  (26)  "Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they?  (27)  "However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from."  (28)  Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.  (29)  "I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me."

Dr. Kelly Nelson Birks
Messiah Reformed Church, Omaha NE
www.kellynelsonbirks.com