Joh 7:16-18 | Family | STEP | Not mine ; I come from God, and I teach what he has committed to me to be taught.

John 7:16-18

Not mine; I come from God, and I teach what he has committed to me to be taught. Will do his will; here, as often elsewhere, the Saviour teaches that love and obedience towards the Father is the only true preparation for understanding and judging aright concerning the words of the Son whom he has sent.

Of myself; of myself alone, without the direction of the Father. All men who have the Bible may know whether it is from God, and whether its doctrines are true. If they do not know, it is because they do not love and obey God, and it is wholly their own fault. Of himself; this does not mean speaking about himself, or by his own power, but speaking independently of any commission or authority from God. A false teacher, not sent from God, would seek his own private ends. Christ was sent by the Father, sought his glory, and his testimony was true.