The religious leaders that Jesus encountered mostly deserve the bad reputation that they have. But it’s important to not just write them off as the bad guys because there may be lessons we need to learn about how they resisted what God was trying to do in their lives. They should have been amongst the first to recognize who Jesus was and what he was on earth to do, but they fought against him the hardest. John 11:45-57 will be our guide in worship as we see how they stumbled in recognizing God’s Savior and King, to help us more fully recognize what Jesus is up to in our world today.
