Nick at Night (1 of 2): An Openness to Hope (Lent 2A LCOR, Foxboro)

This is Part 1 of a two-part sermon, handily identifiable by the label, “Part 2”.

(Here’s a link to Part 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/132881/2958346)

Nicodemus went to see Jesus at night. Part of what he was looking for was whether this was a crazy guy who just drove people out of the temple due to his own delusions of grandeur, or whether this was the principled action of someone sent by God to call people to some renewed sense of faithfulness. 

I don’t know that Nicodemus went in “believing in” Jesus, but I do think that he went in with a mind that had an openness to hope that perhaps Jesus was someone bringing renewal and restoration to God’s people living under the oppressive Roman regime. 

Sometimes in the deepest night, even a glimmer of hope is enough. 

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