Good morning. We are back
in Proverbs. Paraphrasing slightly: A wise son/daughter makes a father/mother
glad, but a foolish son/daughter is a grief to his/her mother/father. I'm sure
you know that is so true! How many tears have you shed? Ill-gotten gains do not
profit. You may think you got away with something, but in the end you will be
sorry. It seems like the more people get away with, the prouder they are. And
of course you can't keep it to yourself. You have to brag to others.
Righteousness delivers from death. The Lord will not allow the righteous to
hunger. The hand of the diligent makes rich. Blessings are on the head of the
righteous. That means they are on your head. The wise of heart will receive
commands. He who walks in integrity walks securely. The mouth of the righteous
is a fountain of life. That's a lot of good things that we can enjoy. Hatred
stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions (or as the Bible says
elsewhere: love covers a multitude of sins). That does not mean that it hides
or ignores them. On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found. Wise men store
up knowledge. The wages of the righteous is life – as opposed to the wages of
sin is death. Father thank You that blessings are on the head of the reader. He/she
speaks forth wisdom and life to others. He/she is wise in all he/she says and
does.
Unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God
Good morning. While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing. Jesus was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men. Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. It doesn’t say, but I assume it is still during this time of the Passover. This man came to Jesus by night. Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do the signs that You do unless God is with him. It just said that the people believed in His name because of the signs He was doing; yet it does not say what those signs were. Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. That is why unbelievers cannot tell what is of the kingdom of God and what is not – they’re not born again. Nicodemus doesn’t have a clue. How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he? Unless one is born of water and the Spirit ...
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