Hi, friends. I'm Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books

of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ

life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles. Each month,

we read all four books. So go ahead and subscribe today. Join us as we read the Gospels together.

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I'll read three chapters to you. You can listen or read along in your own Bible or online. And then

I'll pray. And that's it. Today is April 11th, day 11. And I'll be reading John chapters seven

through nine. And this month, I'm reading from the message. John seven. Later, Jesus was going

about his business in Galilee. He didn't want to travel in Judea because the Jews there were

looking for a chance to kill him. It was near the time of Tabernacles, a feast observed annually

by the Jews. His brother said, why don't you leave here and go up to the feast so your disciples

can get a good look at the works you do. No one who intends to be publicly known does everything

behind the scenes. If you're serious about what you're doing, come out in the open and show the

world. His brothers were pushing him like this because they didn't believe in him either.

Jesus came back at them. Don't pressure me. This isn't my time. It's your time. It's always your time.

You have nothing to lose. The world has nothing against you, but it's up in arms against me.

It's against me because I expose the evil behind its pretensions. You go ahead. Go up to the feast.

Don't wait for me. I'm not ready. It's not the right time for me. He said this and stayed on in

Galilee. But later, after his family had gone up to the feast, he also went. But he kept out of the

way. Careful not to draw attention to himself. The Jews were already out looking for him,

asking around, where is that man? There was a lot of contentious talk about him circulating

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