Good morning. Paul,
speaking of God: Who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not
according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted
us in Christ Jesus from all eternity. We are the called out ones. He called us
out of something (The world) that He might bring us into something (holiness);
just like He called Israel out of Egypt into the promised land. We did not work
our way into this salvation - it was His grace. And it was not a last minute
thing – He did it from all eternity past. Even though it was in Scripture, the
world came to know it by: now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior
Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel. They had the word, but could not see what God was going to
do. Or even if they did see it, they rejected it because it did not fit their
doctrine. Things have happened in the modern era that the church did not see
because it did not fit their doctrine. There may even be things that will
happen that the church does not see because it does not fit their doctrine
today. He has abolished death; so we should no longer fear dying. Instead of
death, we have life and immortality! Father thank You that You chose the reader
for eternal life. Continue healing him/her.
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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