Good morning. For this
reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that since a death has
taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under
the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the
eternal inheritance. Under the old covenant every time a sin was committed the
death of an animal had to occur. With the new covenant there was a one-time
offering for sin – Jesus. As a result, we who have been called receive the
promise of the eternal inheritance. If we inherit something from someone while
we are alive, the inheritance lasts only while we're still living. This
inheritance lasts even after we die. Where there is a covenant there must of
necessity be the death of the one who made it. For a covenant is valid only
when men are dead, for it is never enforced while the one who made it lives.
While they are alive, they don't need a covenant. It is only after that they
are dead that you need a document stating the agreement. While they are alive,
they keep it on their own honor. He then talks about Moses sprinkling blood on
everything to cleanse it. He then mentions that Jesus offered Himself only
once. He does not need to do it year after year like the blood of animals was
needed by the high priest every year. In as much as it is appointed for man to
die once and after that comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered
once to bear the sins of many, He shall appear a second time for salvation
without sin, to those who eagerly await Him. Father thank You that Jesus
offered Himself for our sins. Through Him we have an eternal salvation and
inheritance.
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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