“Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe on Him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.” (John 11:47-48)
Following the miracle of Lazarus’ life being restored after he had been dead four days, some believed on Jesus and others went to our Lord’s enemies to see what they would do.
In their council the chief priests and Pharisees were more concerned with what the Romans would think and do than they were with a life being restored and a family being brought back together. Their council reminds me of a church business meeting where someone says, “We’ve got to do something even if it’s wrong.” I’m sure you have observed that it was religious leaders who were leading the attack against Jesus. Sadly, that is true today.
If all the religious leaders of today were just Bible believing Christians and did not think they had to be politically correct and if they would stand where Bible believers have stood for thousands of years, it would change the moral climate of today’s anemic churches, our nation and the rest of the world.
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