The journey

We look at the Gospel of John and the story of Nicodemus, a seemingly minor character, yet a person who shows us something very important about faith.  He is a member of the Sanhedrin, the rabbinical court that ultimately condemns Jesus to death.  Through a series of meetings with Christ, he incrementally becomes a true believer, finally ending up at the grave of Jesus, offering the myrrh and aloe to anoint Jesus' body.  Thus we see that faith is not an instantaneous all-or-nothing thing, that it grows continuously over years, or decades, or perhaps over our entire lifetimes.