John 7:40

John 7:40 says, Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.  There was once again a division among the people over Who Jesus was. Many said that of a truth, this was the Prophet. They were looking at Jesus as a prophet like Moses or a forerunner to Christ. We as His followers have to have no doubt that He was and is more than just another prophet of God.  Verse forty-one adds, Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?  Others recognized Him as the Christ, which we must do also.  There is no other.  Then, others disputed this because Jesus was from Galilee, and the Scriptures said the Messiah would be from the seed of David and from Bethlehem, where David was from.  We cannot use the Scripture to support our view when we don't have all the facts.  Verse forty-two continues, Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?  They were accurate in what the Scriptures said, but they did not have all the facts of the birth of Jesus.  We must have all the facts of a situation before we decide if it is Scriptural or not.  Verse forty-three says, So there was a division among the people because of him.  Verse forty-four adds, And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.  In the division among the people, some would have taken Him.  The world that opposes Christ today may attempt to limit or stop the spread of the gospel, but they cannot as long as we as His followers put our faith in Him. Verse forty-five says, Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?  When the men sent to seize Jesus returned empty handed, the Pharisees asked why.  The answer was that God had prevented it.  Verse forty-six adds, The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.  The Pharisees wanted to know why those they sent to seize Jesus returned without Him.  Since He came into the world, those who oppose Jesus have wondered how they could stop Him.  Those sent by the Pharisees said that no man had ever talked like Jesus.  They at least recognized that there was something different about Jesus.  The Pharisees asked them if they were also deceived.  Many people today are going to attempt to claim that Christians are just deceived by believing in Christ, but we must stand firm on the truth.  Jesus was and is and always will be the Messiah.  There has never been anyone like Jesus.