John 8:21-38—When It's Too Late To Believe in Jesus + PDF notes

John wrote his Gospel as an evangelistic tract. His goal was to persuade unconverted Jews, living throughout the Roman Empire, to believe in Jesus. The conversations recorded in John 7-8 took place during a festival called the Feast of Booths. It in, John brought to light the unreasonable, hardened opposition of the Jewish leadership. As we read this, ask yourself, how did John design this information to cause an unbeliever to believe in Jesus?

Jesus gave this advice Jesus gave about forming opinions of His identity:

ESV John 7:24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.

Overview: Themes in the rest of this chapter are where Jesus came from and where He was going, who the Father is, and who Jesus is. Moreover, the opposite of each of these was applied to the Jewish leadership: Jesus is from above, they from below; Jesus is not of his world, they are from the world; where Jesus was going, they could not come; God is Jesus' Father, their father is the devil.