Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Dr. Christopher Jackson, pastor at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Algoma, WI and St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Forestville, WI, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study John 7:1-13. After the Bread of Life Discourse, Jesus continues His ministry in Galilee because the Jews in Judea were ready to kill Him. When the time for the Feast of Booths arrives, Jesus’ brothers show their misunderstanding and their unbelief when they urge Him to go to Judea and make a name for Himself. Jesus replies by telling them that His time has not yet come; the hour is not yet at hand for Him to go to His death and resurrection. Yet Jesus does still go privately to the Feast, where questions about His identity swirl among the people. Such questions continue today, even as Jesus has given the answer through His death and resurrection. “The Word Made Flesh” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. John. The disciple whom Jesus loved wrote his Gospel account as an eyewitness to Jesus’ life an