When God Says …
“Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. And every man went unto his own house.” (John 7:50-53 KJV)
These Pharisees who are so rigid about their laws are after all don't abide by it, at their convenience these passages reveal. Just like our present day rampantly litigated society. It all depends who's in charge. Selective and trump up charges can just be easily manufactured, by whoever is in control, on anyone considered a treat to their positions and possessions. No difference from the hypocrite political and religious leaders during the time when our Lord Jesus Christ walked in human form in this world.
As we see in this account of John, those religious people who persecuted the Lord are quick to throw insults on their own kind, as well, when corrected according to their rules. They put themselves above the laws that they stiffly apply on others, but them. Here, in these texts, Nicodemus, who was one of them that went to see the Lord Jesus under the cloak of night, brought to light the follies of his fellow Pharisees. This seems to reveal that one of them believed after all! He basically poked them on the eyes with their own warped logic of their treatment of the Lord. Condemning the followers of the Lord baselessly, Nicodemus elbowed them right on spot using their own laws which say - every man must be given due process before being condemned. That's the principle of the law given through Moses to a rebellious people, that they obviously and conveniently fail to follow.
This made Nicodemus become the object of the same ridicule they did to the Lord. What can you expect? If these people reject God, it can be expected that those who believed in Him will be rejected too. Which is the same environment we have in this world these days. With the world becoming more godless, it can be expected that believers are hated more intensely by it. It is evident on the discourse in every form of fake media that dominated the world and its cyber space.
Hence, the Lord Jesus knowing of it to consume our present world, gave us His comforting assurance. As His chosen people and called children of the Most High God through His grace and born again by faith in Him, let us stay at home in the Lord and rest in Him. We have these promise: “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1 John 5:4-5 ESV)
And I say, AMEN!
Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries
(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)
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