As we pick up this morning, Jesus is still in Jerusalem, immediately following the Feast of Tabernacles – this is the same trip He made at the beginning of chapter 7, and this trip will continue into chapter 10. Jesus is in the middle of a conversation with the Jewish religious leaders, and others in the crowd are listening in. He is desperately trying to communicate with this audience, and the reason for this is because ideas have consequences! What a person believes affects what a person does! What a person believes (as it relates to salvation) affects a person’s eternal destiny.