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devotional. Hey, what's up everybody? Thanks for tuning in or logging on or downloading or whatever

you do to listen. I'm not very tech savvy, but I'm sure grateful for those

who are the people that make this happen are super grateful for them. My name is Mike Bro, and we hang here

Monday through Friday for a few minutes, just sticking some hope, some wisdom, some truth in our

hearts. And we're trying to learn a little bit more about the person of Jesus. And we're currently

learning about Jesus by walking through what is called the Gospel of

John. It's a book that's all about what Jesus said, who we encountered, and the amazing supernatural

things that Jesus did. And we left off yesterday in chapter 7. Jesus is in Jerusalem for this

huge annual festival. And he's just trying to lay low for a while.

I mean, he is very aware that the religious leaders hate him, and they're looking for ways

to take him out.

So let's pick up in verse 11, where we will see there's differing opinions about Jesus.

It says as the Jewish leaders tried to find him at the festival and kept asking if anyone

had seen him.

There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued he's a good man. Others said he's nothing but a fraud who deceives the people.

But no one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public,

for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders.

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