Good morning. Remember
those who led you, and spoke the word of God to you, and considering the result
of their conduct, imitate their faith. Too often we forget those who helped us
when we were brand new Christians. We get to the point where we think we don't
need them – that we know more than they do. They did not speak their opinions;
they spoke the word of God to us. When we look at their lives and see that they
turned out well, we need to imitate their faith. Just like little children
imitate their parents, we should imitate our spiritual parents. "But they
are old fashioned and their beliefs are out of date", you say. Some things
may be out of date, but their core beliefs are not. That's because Jesus Christ
is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever. He does not change, and our
core beliefs should not either. The music and other things might change, but
Jesus and our core beliefs do not. Father thank You that the reader walks in
Your word just as he/she was taught. He/she honors those who led him/her when he/she
was a new Christian.
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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