John 9:35-41 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, “Do you believe in the Son of man?” He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?” Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you.” He said, “Lord, I believe”; and he worshiped him. Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees near him heard this, and they said to him, “Are we also blind?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
It seems so clear that those with power did not want to give up power. They kept trying at every turn to trap him with his words, or to enflame a crowd with claims that he was blasphemous. He was not violent enough for the zealots, or showy enough for the pharisees, and theologically offensive to the sadducees. The real issue however was how to hold or get power. The need was to minimize the good that Jesus did and maximize anything that might be seen as a problem.
As I read history and watch it being made today I don't find humanity acting any different or any better. I taught middle school for 26 years and it doesn't just start when people become adults. People seem to be looking for an edge to at least see themselves having power over something or someone else.
Jesus said over and over again the first shall be last and the last shall be first. He said you call me master and so I am, but I your master came to serve not to be served. He said i give you an example so that you may do likewise. How can we get it so wrong?
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