Moment With The Master
“Israel’s Teacher”
Categories: Moment With The MasterJesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? (John 3:10)
The above is a portion of a recorded conversation of Jesus with Nicodemus, a Jewish ruler. This man was a member of the Sanhedrin, and an official ruler of Israel. He was one who was to be well acquainted with Moses’ law and an instructor of the people.
The question of Jesus is quite sobering. Jesus plainly reveals the ignorance of Nicodemus. Here was a man whose role was teacher in Israel who had missed simple truths of God’s word. The Old Testament had plainly testified of the identity of the Messiah, yet many Jews rejected him when he was in their very presence!
Would Jesus ask us the same question? Would he say to us, “You look in the Scripture, but you fail to understand my will”? We must lay aside all of the prejudices and meticulously examine his word that we might understand his precepts.
By George Slover
