41 aThese things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
Walk in the Light
42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but abecause of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
43 afor they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
44 Then Jesus cried out and said, a“He who believes in Me, bbelieves not in Me cbut in Him who sent Me.
46 aI have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
47 And if anyone hears My words and does not1 believe, aI do not judge him; for bI did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
48 aHe who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—bthe word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
49 For aI have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, bwhat I should say and what I should speak.
50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I aspeak.”
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What Does John 12:43 Mean?
John 12:42-43
Thesemen feared that, if they committed themselves to loving God, they would lose the approbation of their religious peers. If they stepped out, they would lose what they already had. So it kept them from loving God, and of course, it kept them from loving man too because God would have given them growth if they had continued yielding to Him.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Love's Greatest Challenges
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| Yielding to God leads to Growth
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