Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

We are forgiven…

John 7:45-52
45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.

47 “You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”

“A mob that knows nothing of the law. There must be a curse on them.”, that was the statement from the religious knowledge base present as Jesus spoke at the festival. From what I have gathered, I would rather rely on Jesus than the law. Grace and Mercy have certainly saved my life and the life of my family. There is only death in law.

One Pharisee that did know that Jesus was the Messiah is Nicodemus. This man begins to allow God to grow in him and a relationship is being birthed. He knows that Jesus is special and that He has something no other “prophet” had. He brought truth and confirmation found in the Old Testament.

As believers in Christ’s finished work on the cross, we no longer lol lol to law to be qualified. Jesus has qualified us, and as such the Holy Spirit lives in us and is our basis for all action. It is our standards, values, and principles. With this being true, we need not worry about the law for the reason that if we believe and Hoky Spirit is in is, then we will not concern ourselves with the law. We are all destined to sin. When son becomes a roadblock preventing us from acting in the Will of God, Mercy and Grace step in. A free unearned and unmeroted gift from God in the form of Jesus Christ. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK