witness

When some in the crowd heard these words, they said, “This man is truly the prophet.” Others said, “He’s the Christ.” But others said, “The Christ can’t come from Galilee, can he? Didn’t the scripture say that the Christ comes from David’s family and from Bethlehem, David’s village?” So the crowd was divided over Jesus. Some wanted to arrest him, but no one grabbed him. The guards returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked, “Why didn’t you bring him?” The guards answered, “No one has ever spoken the way he does.” The Pharisees replied, “Have you too been deceived? Have any of the leaders believed in him? Has any Pharisee? No, only this crowd, which doesn’t know the Law. And they are under God’s curse!” Nicodemus, who was one of them and had come to Jesus earlier, said, “Our Law doesn’t judge someone without first hearing him and learning what he is doing, does it?” They answered him, “You are not from Galilee too, are you? Look it up and you will see that the prophet doesn’t come from Galilee.” (John 7:40-52, CEB)

Nicodemus is the disciple I hope I can be like?

He went to Jesus under the cover of darkness because he didn’t believe and that interaction changed him. Here he is standing up for Jesus in a semi-public place.

And the next time we see him in the bible he is helping take Jesus’ body off the cross. He went form unbelieving to putting himself completely aligned with Jesus. A transformation all of us should make.

He was worried people would see him and then was publicly supporting a criminal.

I hope I am like Nicodemus.

Loving People. Loving God.