An Admission?

His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him. John 12:16

Have you ever felt a little ignorant or stupid when studying God's word? Me too. Here in our scripture for the day we have John admitting that the disciples also did not understand at first. This is giving the group a break for we know from our studies that they were told not once, but at least three times what was going to happen to Jesus in Jerusalem that final week. Peter took the Lord to task and told Him that could not be allowed to happen. Praise God that our Lord Jesus went ahead anyway. We recall Jesus walking toward them across the Sea of Galilee when some genius shouted out something about ghosts. Jesus comforted the disciples and calmed the storm. If our Lord's ministry were a college degree program, His disciples would have been retaking a few courses. 

Our Lord Jesus says and does things that are hard for us to understand and believe, but we do believe for the promise of eternal life in Christ. Praise God for the wonder of learning through His word and His Spirit! 

Bucky