A message for everyone

I was having a conversation with a friend recently, and she was telling me about an institution where you have to be from a particular state or tribe for them to accept you. I was quite surprised because we’re really still doing that in 2025? But at the same time, I’m not surprised, because the world really runs that way.

There are restrictions like this for many things everywhere.

Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews. This means he was very respected and must have been a very ardent follower of the law, and pious to an extent. Jesus told this man that if a man is not born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. He then explained what that means (check John 3 for the full story and context). The fact that Jesus deemed it fit to tell this man about being born again lets us realize that it has nothing to do with societal status or estimation of righteousness.

The man then asked Jesus how what He was explaining would happen, and He replied, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?”

I find this really funny, and it almost seems like shade. It was as if He was telling him, so what have you now been reading and teaching people all these years, olodo? I’m sure He didn’t mean this. I’m being dramatic, don’t mind me 😂

John 3:14-15 ESV

[14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, [15] that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

Some people are like the Pharisee: they seem to be living a morally upright life and not needing salvation. But with Jesus, this does not count. What counts to Him is that whoever believes in Him has eternal life.

In John 4, Jesus spoke to a Samaritan woman. The first problem was: what are you, a Jew, doing speaking to a Samaritan? There was hostility between Jews and Samaritans, and you can see it in the woman asking Jesus why He would ask someone like her for water. To make things even worse, she was a Samaritan woman who had been promiscuous and He knew it. Jesus still answered her questions, revealed that He was the Messiah, and offered her eternal life.

The vilest offender by your estimation, and the best-behaved person without Jesus, both need to hear about the salvation God has provided in Christ Jesus.

Romans 1:16 ESV

[16] For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

There’s one offer I know that has no discrimination attached, and it’s the offer of eternal life.

The birth of Jesus has made eternal life possible for everybody. Short kings, guess what? You don’t have to be tall to receive eternal life. This one can be received by anyone. Whether Jew, Chinese, Igbo, light-skinned or not, bald-headed or not, rich or poor, male or female. Jesus said whosoever believes. You fall in the category: whosoever.

Jesus gave the most priceless gift for free.

Thanks be to God for His inexpressible gift.

Merry Christmas.

I pray for you and your family that you enjoy the best of God, and you experience the peace and Joy that comes from him.

Glory to God!