The Question
Scripture Reading: 2 Samuel 20-21; John 7; Psalm 122
In John chapter 7, the apostle highlights the deep divisions surrounding one central question: Who is Jesus?
The chapter opens with a striking detail: “Not even his brothers believed in him.” Then we see the crowds at the feast divided. Some say, “He is a good man,” while others counter, “No, he is leading the people astray.”
The religious leaders join the debate. They dismiss Jesus because *“He has never studied”—*meaning He had not been trained in any official rabbinical school. Later, some in the crowd reason that the authorities must actually believe Jesus is the Christ, since they aren’t stopping Him. Others argue, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
As the conversation intensifies, some conclude Jesus must be “the Prophet” or “the Christ.” But then come objections: “Is the Christ to come from Galilee?”
The chapter closes with the temple officers returning without arresting Jesus. When asked why, they simply say, “No one ever spoke like this man!” And then Nicodemus reappears, urging fairness and reason in the face of growing hostility.
From start to finish, this chapter is filled with division, tension, and debate. And at the heart of it all is one issue: Is Jesus the Christ?
That was the unavoidable question for everyone—crowds, religious leaders, even His own family.
It still is.
There are many topics worth discussing in life. But none is more central, more urgent, or more defining than this: Who is Jesus?
Where we land on that question shapes everything.
And we’re not left without help. John wrote this Gospel to lead us to a conclusion. Even in chapter 7—amid all the arguments and confusion—he is guiding us to see Jesus as “the Christ, the Son of the living God,” the One in whom we must believe to have life in His name.
So today, let this be your focus. Set aside distractions. Tune out the noise. And wrestle again, if only for a moment, with the most important question of all: Who is Jesus?
