Binge-watching "The Chosen"
While watching "The Chosen," I saw the most moving scene I've ever seen in any movie. Ever. Nicodemus met Jesus. Nicodemus was a scholar, the head rabbi - very intelligent, well-respected, and learned. He, like all the other Jews of his day, were waiting for their Messiah to come. When he met Jesus, he had all sorts of questions for Him. Jesus spoke plainly to him telling him that in order to see the Kingdom of God, he needed to be born again in spirit. Nicodemus had never heard such teaching ever, nor had he read it in the Scriptures he knew so well. Yet in his spirit, he felt that he was hearing truth. He felt that he was standing on holy ground, and he was. Nicodemus was now not only learning about truth, he was meeting Truth. And he would bever be the same again. What a difference between reading about God - head knowledge - and meeting Him face to face! Nicodemus was a chnaged man after meeting and talking with Jesus. With all of his studying of the Scriptur