Read Today's Passage
Wouldn't it be interesting to be one of Jesus' brothers? To not even believe His claims, yet be related to Him? It is interesting to me to see how Jesus went to the feast in secret. He sticks to the practice that He has kept so far in His ministry to be secretive. Not to make a public showing. And still the disciples want Him to make public displays so that more people will believe Him.
And when Jesus teaches, what studying did He do as a child? Did He study the Torah like every other Jewish boy did growing up? Or did His knowledge of the Law come instinctively? Are they merely referring to that Jesus did not study with a Rabbi, or something else? And how do they know if He has been teaching with the authority of a committed and educated Rabbi? Hmm...
It is interesting to see so many people who are well-versed in the prophecies of the Messiah in this section, but they still are looking for someone else to come and save them .They are still holding out for a military leader to save them from Roman rule, not the Son of God to save them from eternal separation from God.
I enjoyed seeing Nicodemus coming back into play here. He is still in the fold of the Pharisees, yet he is trying to work to change from the inside out. Hmm... I wonder what that might look like today...
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