Good morning. All flesh is like grass, and all its glory
like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off, but the
word of the Lord abides forever. Wow – kind of makes you feel worthless,
doesn't it? And yes the fleshly part is worthless. But we were born again of
the word - this is the word that lasts
forever. As a result, what should we do? Therefore, putting aside all malice
and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babes, long
for the pure milk of the word, that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,
if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. First we've got to put away stuff.
And all of that stuff either involves words or quickly leads to bad words. We
should have as great a desire for the milk of the word of God as a baby does
for pure milk. Sadly, unlike babies, too many times we don't put up a fuss if
we don't get the milk of the word. Eventually we don't care whether we get it
or not; in fact we would rather not because it points out how we've been doing
wrong things. And we are to grow in respect to salvation. The baby will shrivel
up and die without milk, and so will we. Father thank You that the reader has
put away all of that bad stuff and longs for the pure milk of the word. He/she
grows daily in respect to salvation.
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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