John 7:17 Cross References

John 7:17

17: Anyone who wants to do the will of God will know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own.

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings.
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Why can't you understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to do so!

I have refused to walk on any path of evil, that I may remain obedient to your word.
I haven't turned away from your laws, for you have taught me well.

The LORD is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.
He leads the humble in what is right, teaching them his way.

And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul's message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to check up on Paul and Silas, to see if they were really teaching the truth.

Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.

I hope all of you who are mature Christians will agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.
But we must be sure to obey the truth we have learned already.

Anyone whose Father is God listens gladly to the words of God. Since you don't, it proves you aren't God's children."

Many nations will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Temple of the God of Israel. There he will teach us his ways, so that we may obey him." For in those days the LORD's teaching and his word will go out from Jerusalem.

"But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day," says the LORD. "I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their family, saying, `You should know the LORD.' For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will already know me," says the LORD. "And I will forgive their wickedness and will never again remember their sins."

But the good soil represents honest, good-hearted people who hear God's message, cling to it, and steadily produce a huge harvest.

And a main road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil-hearted people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God's ways; fools will never walk there.

"But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.

Friendship with the LORD is reserved for those who fear him. With them he shares the secrets of his covenant.

"Nazareth!" exclaimed Nathanael. "Can anything good come from there?Just come and see for yourself," Philip said.
As they approached, Jesus said, "Here comes an honest man--a true son of Israel."
"How do you know about me?" Nathanael asked. And Jesus replied, "I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you."
Nathanael replied, "Teacher, you are the Son of God--the King of Israel!"

He told us how an angel had appeared to him in his home and had told him, 'Send messengers to Joppa to find Simon Peter.
He will tell you how you and all your household will be saved!'

In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment.
He was a devout man who feared the God of Israel, as did his entire household. He gave generously to charity and was a man who regularly prayed to God.
One afternoon about three o'clock, he had a vision in which he saw an angel of God coming toward him. "Cornelius!" the angel said.
Cornelius stared at him in terror. "What is it, sir?" he asked the angel. And the angel replied, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have not gone unnoticed by God!
Now send some men down to Joppa to find a man named Simon Peter.

Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him! Then he will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring."

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