Week XVI John 7:32-53 Is Jesus Christ? 4/8, Tues.

John 7:32-36
•What was Jesus talking about?
•What did the Jew think Jesus mean?

John 7:37-39
•What day was the last and greatest day of the feast?
•What were the Jews doing on that day?

Living Water
•Where have we already heard this message about being thirst and living water?
-Jn 4:10-14
•Where in OT did Jesus refer to when he said “Rivers of living water will flow from within him”?
-Ex 17:6,Ezek 47:1
•What does the water refer to?
•Where does the living water come from?
-Jesus: Jn 2:21, 19:34
-Church: 1 Peter 2:5CCC 1179
-Heaven: Rev 22:1, 17

John 7:40-43
•Where in OT it was prophesized about “Messiah from Bethlehem, David's family “?
-PS 89:3-4, Mic 5:1-2

Is Jesus Christ?
•What’s Jesus’ last name?
•What does Messiah mean?
•What’s the Jewish understanding of Messiah?
-Orthodox Judaism believes in a unique future physical messiah who will usher in the messianic age of war before peace to the world.
-Reform Judaism and Conservative Judaism do not accept the idea that there will be a messiah as a physical being.
•What’s the Christian understanding of Messiah?
-CCC 453

John 7:44-49
•How Pharisees’ words show their attitude toward common man?

John 7:50-53
•Where did we heard about Nicodemus before? Later?
-Jn 3, Jn 19:39
•What did it show about Nicodemus’ spiritual development?
• Did any Pharisees believe in Jesus?
-CCC 595

Advanced questions
•Why did Pharisees hate Jesus so much?
-Jn 3:19, 1 Jn 3:12, CCC596
•Please review John 7