I heard somebody on a teaching CD mention that Jesus would never have been crucified if He preached the message that so many churches are preaching today.   It started my brain thinking on it and today in our reading is this passage….  

^“6 Jesus replied, “Now is not the right time for me to go, but you can go anytime. ⁷ The world can’t hate you, but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil. ⁸ You go on. I’m not going to this festival, because my time has not yet come.” ⁹ After saying these things, Jesus remained in Galilee.”

Sometimes we forget how violently people responded to Jesus’ words (wanting to push him off a cliff, crucify him, and in this case plotting his death).    The reality is many did not receive the message joyfully or positively at all… even when it was Jesus Himself speaking it… Something to think about