Today is day three and I'll be reading John 7 through 9 in the new living

translation and we're on page 31 of the Let's Read the Gospel's Gu journal. John 7. After this Jesus traveled around Galilee. He

wanted to stay out of Judea where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death, but soon it was time for the Jewish

festival of shelters and Jesus's brother said to him, leave here and go to Judea, where your followers

can see your miracles. You can't become famous if you hide like this. If you can do such wonderful things, show

yourself to the world. For even his brothers didn't believe in him.

Jesus replied, now is not the right time for me to go.

But you can go any time.

The world can't hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.

You go on, I'm not going to this festival because my time has not yet come. After saying these things

Jesus remained in Galilee. But after his brothers left for the festival Jesus also went

those secretly staying out of public view. 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 but 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.

Then midway through the festival Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach.

The people were surprised when they heard him.

How does he know so much when he hasn't been trained? They asked. So Jesus told them,

my message is not my own. It comes from God who sent me. Anyone who wants to do the will of God

will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own. Those who speak

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