Good morning. Paul talks
about Christ becoming a curse for us in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing
of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith. Without that Holy Spirit, we could not live the
Christian life. He talks about no law could have imparted life. You are all
sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. We are children of God, not because
of anything we've done, but because of our faith in Christ Jesus. For all of
you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. And so
we need to act like it. The world is supposed to see Christ when they look at
us; just like Jesus told His disciples "when you've seen Me you've seen
the Father". And so when the world sees us, they've seen Jesus. And if you
belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.
Rani, you are an heir of God. People are all concerned about when will Jesus
come again? It is just like the first time: when the fullness of the time came,
God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order that He
might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption
as sons. Jesus will come again when the fullness of the time comes. At just the
right moment, Jesus came the first time; and at just the right moment He will
come the second time. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into our hearts crying, "Abba! Father!". Father thank You
that the reader is Your child. Your Spirit indwells him/her; and he/she is an
heir according to promise.
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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