False expectations are commonplace in life, however, false expectations about the Messiah can be eternally catastrophic. In this first installment on a study of this text, we look at one of the two false expectations that Jesus’ audience had at the temple during the feast of Tabernacles. May the Lord always keep our hearts yielded to the true Christ who came to save us from our sins and calls us to earnestly follow Him.

John 7:25-31
”So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they? However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.” Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.” So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has, will He?””