Good morning. We shall
know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before Him,
in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows
all things. If our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God
(now get this); and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His
commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. How about them
apples? Yeah but I don't want to have to keep a bunch of commandments. This is
His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love
one another, just as He commanded us. Well we already believe in the name of
His Son. That just leaves one itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny one - right? Actually
sometimes it is much harder than the other. And the one who keeps His
commandments abides in Him, and He in him. How do we know that He abides in us?
I'm glad you asked. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He
has given us. That's how you can know He abides in you. Do you have the Holy
Spirit? Then He abides in you. Father thank You that the reader receives
whatever he/she asks for. He/she keeps Your commandments and does the things
that are pleasing in Your sight.
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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