12 John - God’s approval

By Richard

We have this sad commentary in John 12: 42-43 that in fact many of the Jewish leaders did believe in Jesus, but because they were afraid of being thrown out of the synagogues and the temple they did not come out into the open about it. John writes, “When push came to shove they cared more for human approval than for God’s glory.”

I think that we’ll be tested from time to time as to whether God’s glory or human approval is more important. It’s more challenging than we might expect, as it breaks us open and reveals what we are truly like on the inside.