John 12:42-43

How amazing and sad is John 12:42-43.

The story in those verses seem rather like Lehi's dream with the great and spacious building (see also 1 Nephi 11:35-36 and 1 Nephi 12:18-19).

Today, it would seem, this principle still applies and I must ask myself. Do I believe in Christ and yet "confess not" because of modern-day Pharisees? Am I so full of fear--not faith--that I would love "the praise of man more than the praise of God"? The thought frightens me.