(June 5, 2015)
I am
continually struck by the fact that Nicodemus admits that he (and the others in
leadership positions) know that Christ was a teacher sent by God. And yet, they stubbornly resisted His
teachings and ultimately crucified Him.
It is
fine to look at this situation and think to ourselves, “those silly Jews…” or
something similar, but the reality is that we need to look at ourselves and see
that the same characteristics are in our own lives. Do we know that the Savior is Lord and God
over the whole Earth? If so, why are we
not following Him better than we are?
Isn’t this just the same sort of thing as what the Pharisees were doing?
Just as
the Pharisees wanted political power, we have things that we desire as
well. And just as the Pharisees were
determined to ignore or silence Christ to get what they wanted, we each spend
far too much of our lives determined to ignore or silence the Spirit in order
to get what we want. We are no different
than they were, except we are blessed to still be alive and with the opportunity
to repent and change.
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