"Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can these things be?' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?'" (John 2:9-10)
People don't always understand as much as we might think that they do. Nicodemus is "the teacher of Israel" and apparently is a prime example of not understanding. It may be that he doesn't want to understand. After all, Jesus is telling Nicodemus that his religious system is flawed and that he needs to begin all over again. I've noticed that we are naturally reluctant to change our views even when presented with overwhelming evidence. We find a nice neat set of beliefs and tend to stick with them. Here's the problem with that--sometimes we're wrong. To give Nicodemus credit, at least he is asking questions.
Today, let's try to be teachable. Try to listen more than we speak and maybe...just maybe...we might learn something.
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