You Don’t Know

You Don’t Know

9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus
answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know

these things?
John 3:9-10

We don’t know everything. That is such an important thing that we do need to know. The
Jewish leaders were masters of the Law, the Torah and God and yet were completely off track
when Jesus arrived and began to teach. How can experts get it so wrong? Of course it happens
outside of religion as well. Sometimes we think we have the answer of the truth and then find out
we got it completely wrong.
Of course it’s hard to admit that we don’t know. It’s even harder to admit when we’re
wrong but it’s only with these two truths that we can truly grow. When you refuse the idea that
we can be wrong, there can be no correction. That is what happened to most of the Jewish
leaders in Jesus day and as Solomon says in Ecclesiastes, ‘There’s nothing new under the sun.’
We can follow down the same path.
Thankfully Jesus is there to help us out. Although he asked how Nicodemus can be so
lost, he doesn’t reject him but tries to open his eyes.
11 Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have
seen, and you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and
you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

John 3:11-12

Jesus understands the gulf that exists between heaven and the earth. Heavenly things are
impossible to understand unless you have the Spirit. Thankfully Jesus offers it to us.
Just like Nicodemus, we too can be blind to some truths sometimes but Jesus is ready to
help in the same way. He offers us the Spirit as well. All we need to do is accept it and allow it to
teach in our lives.
We will be learning every day until Jesus comes. Then we will continue to learn even in
heaven. So don’t trap yourself in believing that you know everything already. That way of
thinking will not help you.

Blessings
Pr. Steven Couto