Good morning. All of those
sacrifices made year after year could not make perfect those who drew near. It
is impossible for the blood of animals to take away sins. However the blood of
Jesus did! By God's will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all. After He finished, He sat down at the right hand
of God till His enemies be made a footstool for His feet. His sacrifice of
Himself did not last for just one year. By one offering He has perfected for
all time those who are sanctified. One sacrifice is all it took. Legally we
were sanctified – that's what the word Saint means – when we accepted Jesus
Christ as our Lord and Savior. Experientially it is a lifelong process. God
said that our sins and lawless deeds He will remember no more. I'm sure you've
heard many illustrations where people kept confessing a sin over and over and
God saying "what are you talking about?" So since we are forgiven,
there is no need for any more sacrifices. The high priest could not enter the
most holy place without sacrifice for his own sins. We however have confidence
to enter the holy place because the blood of Jesus has cleansed us forever.
Father thank You that through the blood of Jesus the reader may enter into the
holy place with confidence. He/she can come into Your presence to worship and
make his/her requests known.
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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