Good morning. Now some
pretty strong words. Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the
kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.
There are a lot of people who claim to be Christians, but they do not act
according to what is written in the Bible. You've heard the old saying – “just
because you are in a garage, does not make you a car; and just because you are
in a church building does not make you a Christian”. But it gets even stronger.
Many will say to Me on that day, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name,
and in Your name cast out demons; and in Your name perform many miracles?” (One
would think that they would certainly enter the kingdom of heaven). Here is why
they won't: and then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from Me
you who practice lawlessness. A key thought: everyone who hears these words of
Mine and acts upon them may be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon
the rock. And you know about it standing despite the flood coming. And the ones
who hear His words and do not act upon them will be like the foolish man who
built his house upon the sand, and the flood destroyed it. If we want to stand
in the time of storm, we must build our house upon the rock of His word. Father
thank You that the reader builds her house upon the rock of Your word. He/she
not only hears Your word – he/she lives it.
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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