The Secrecy & Revealing of Jesus

In these verses, it almost seems as though Jesus is going into hiding. He acts in a very secretive way. He evidently was spending time with His earthly family; His brothers in particular are mentioned here, as interested in promoting Him and His ministry. But what we want to see during our time of studying these verses is that Jesus was not interested in promoting Himself. He was interested only in doing the Father’s will and fulfilling the ministry which He had come down from heaven to do; that of going about doing good, performing miracles of healing, and preaching the truth of the word of God and living in a way that would only would draw attention to Himself if it was the Father’s will that He would draw attention to Himself. I am speaking now about Christ’s greatest desire, which was His doing all things to the glory of God, and not in any way to promote His own glory as a Man in independent of His Father’s will. It is in connection with these truths that I would like to speak to you about the secrecy and revealing of Jesus. 1st – The secrecy and revealing of Jesus in relation to his brothers. 2nd – The secrecy and revealing of Jesus in relation to His going up to the feast. And 3rd – The secrecy and revealing of Jesus in relation to His doctrine and His teaching. In explaining these things to you, it is my prayer that each of us will understand, as the Lord Jesus did, the importance of seeking God’s glory in all that we say and do.