13/04/2026

Nicodemus was born into a God-fearing family and although he didn't belong to a priestly clan he had become devoted to living the "Law" by studying Scriptures and pondering them in his heart. He had chosen to become a Pharisee. We know that Pharisees were condemned by Jesus for hypocrisy, but there were many of them who lived honest lives guided by the Scriptures and praying the Psalms.

He had lived his life always open to the spiritual promptings of the Holy Spirit. It was in response to these promptings that he came to speak to Jesus in private. He knew of Jesus' miracles and had probably heard him preach. The raising of Lazarus from his tomb had been a huge talking point in Jerusalem as had the claim to be able to "to destroy and rebuild the temple in three days". He came in secret for the controversy about the Nazarene was growing into antagonism against "the blasphemer".

Each day of my adult life, I too have been stirred  to seek out a personal interview with IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT, but the bodily life of this world has too often prevailed and the lessons recognised in prayer have too soon been blown away by the cares and sins of this world.

In his reply to Nicodemus, however, Jesus assures him and all of us who sincerely seek to do the will of Our Father by living spiritual lives, to abandon ourself-will and completely offer ourselves to the unseen Holy Spirit to "do with us as he wilt".

The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.