John 7:19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” This sentence is out of place unless you know from other narration what is going on. It just goes to show that God can see right inside our hearts and motives to penetrate our lives. Just like we know that there were men there that were seeking to kill Him, we know that there were men there that had broken the Law of Moses. Jesus didn’t have to call out names or specifics against people, because he wasn’t interested in shame for shame’s sake. He was genuinely interested in the Pharisees turning away from their sin! When Jesus says “If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.” (John 7:17) He’s not putting an impossible riddle out for them. The Father wants people to come to Him and to do His will....

