Good morning. Now about
those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus: these will pay the penalty
of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory
of His power, when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to
be marveled at among all who have believed – for our testimony to you was
believed. Here is "that day" again that we saw the other time. We
will see it again next time. It's not just a little spanking. It is eternal
destruction. Of course right now, they don't care about being away from the
presence of the Lord, but at that time they will. To this end also we pray for
you always that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every
desire for goodness and the work of faith with power. Many times we don't feel
worthy of our calling. And sometimes we don't even have a desire for goodness.
The ones facing eternal destruction certainly don't have a desire for goodness.
And why do we want God to count us worthy and to fulfill every desire for goodness
– that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in us, and we in Him,
according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. When we say that
we are Christians, we want to be a good representative for Him so that others
will glorify God because of us. Father thank You that the reader is worthy of
Your calling. He/she is a good representative of You. You fulfill his/her every
desire for goodness and the work of faith with power.
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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