Good morning. No one who
is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot
sin, because he is born of God. That makes it pretty clear. Of course that does
not mean that you never sin. By this the children of God and the children of
the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of
God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. As we've said before, you
should be acting like your Father. Since God only practices righteousness, then
so should we. That part is clear; but the second part may not be. If you don't
love your brother, you're not of God? For this is the message which you have
heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain who was
of the evil one, and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him?
Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. Evil hates
righteous. That's because righteousness shines its lights on evil deeds. And
what about us? Do not marvel, brethren, if the world hates you. Thanks a lot,
huh? I just want to be left alone, you say. Sorry. Those who wish to live godly
in this life will be persecuted. Father thank You that the reader practices
righteousness. He/she also loves his/her brothers and sisters in Christ.
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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