John 7

And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?” Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me.  If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. vv.15-17

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Jesus didn't need to be taught the scripture- He was the One that wrote them!  Jesus didn't need to go to school to become a leader of Israel.  The Creator didn't need to learn wisdom from man.  Yet this is baffling the leaders of the Jews and should have been a clear sign that Jesus wasn't just some other man.   Yet the similar is true on how pastor, teachers and commoners think about others today, that one must go through a school system to know the scriptures.  Now no one today is Jesus, but those who have Jesus in them are given wisdom by Him.  One doesnt have to go to a university to study the scriptures, but can read the Bible for themselves and study it too!  The scriptures are so powerful, they reveal God's will and oh how many people say they desire to do God's will.  Yet they don't search the scriptures to find out His will.  In verse seventeen, What Christ means here is that if anyone truly wants to do the will of the Father, then he will choose to get to know the Lord’s doctrine so that he can figure out if it is really a teaching that comes from God or not.  This was true then, and it is still true today.  Many there are who claim to want to worship God, and yet they never take the time to get to know and to examine the words of Jesus Christ to see if they are from God or not (Nathan Johnson).

What is one way you have discerned God's will through His Word?