On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."(John 7:37-38)
A few days into the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus stood up and began to teach the crowds. Of course, they doubted Him and accused Him of being a phony with no authority to teach. The accusations continued and the high priests attempted to have Him arrested.
As he spoke the words aboove, some believed, others doubted, and many would have Him arrested. However, the Temple guards could not . . . would not arrest Jesus. The high priests were obviously upset, yet Nicodemus, one of the priest, spoke up (the same Nicodemus from (John 3:3).
“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”(John 7:51)
Nicodemus showed up in hiding in John 3, but stood up in John 7. He eventually became a Christ follower despite his peers' unbelief. Today, believers need to stand up in the crowd and not back down to the pressure! We need to stand for what we believe . . . in Whom we believe!
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