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When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach. Then the Jews were amazed and said, 
"How is this man so learned, since he hasn't been trained?"
John 7:14-15 CSB
The Jews here are the crew that want to kill Jesus, and here he is, in the temple, in the heart of their territory, and Jesus has surprised them.
Surprised them by turning up in a place he knew he wasn't wanted.
And surprised them with his teaching. 
They couldn't understand  how Jesus became so knowledgeable, they struggled to put him in a box.
To put a label on him.
To manage him.
Because he was being disruptive to the culture, to the way things were.
Disruptive to the power structures. 
Leading with love does that.
Being concerned for the poor, the marginalised, the hurt, does that.
Jesus had got under their skin, but he wanted more than that, he wanted to get to their hearts. 
And Jesus is the same today...after our hearts.
Let him surprise us today.
#surprisedbylove

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