THURSDAY, 28 AUGUST 2025
TEXT: John
7:45-53
TOPIC: THE
TEMPLE GUARD REFUSED TO BE RECRUITED
The confrontational
exchanges at the festival of the Tabernacles led to the first organized stiff
opposition from the religious authorities. The religious leaders could not hide
their displeasure and disappointment and resorted to insult and mockery.
They expressed their
disappointment at the temple guards who spoke well of Jesus, thus behaving like
the naïve and deceived crowd. The Pharisees referred to them dismissively as
this mod that knows nothing of the law as misled and thus cursed.
Nicodemus, one of them, a
Pharisee and member of the Jewish Supreme Council (Sanhedrin) who is a secret
admirer and disciple of Jesus, defended the temple guard.
When someone does not
like you, he will attempt to recruit other people to join him in disliking you
with a view to forming a team of people that hate you for no reason.
QUESTION: Can
you be easily recruited and fooled into hating someone without finding out the
truth?
PRAYER: Forgive me, dear Lord for I hate many people
because someone recruited me to do so. I repent today. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
ECWA Food For The Day, 2025.
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