Good morning. They brought
to Jesus a demon possessed man who was blind and dumb, and He healed him, so
that the dumb man spoke and saw. The multitudes wondered, “this man cannot be
the Son of David can He?” In other words, they were wondering if Jesus were the
Messiah. Of course this upset the Pharisees. Just like earlier in Matthew, the
Pharisees said that Jesus cast out demons by the ruler of the demons. So in
essence they were saying that the devil was casting out his own workers. But
Jesus said “any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or
house divided against itself shall not stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he
is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? And if I cast out
demons by the ruler of the demons, by whom do your sons cast them out?
Consequently they shall be your judges.” In other words if I do it that way, so
do your sons do it that way. “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God,
then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” In another gospel instead of by the
Spirit of God it says by the finger of God. That is interesting because it says
that the 10 Commandments were written by the finger of God; and also in Daniel
the finger of God wrote on the wall. He who is not with Me is against Me; and
he who does not gather with Me scatters. In other words, you cannot be neutral.
Father thank You that the reader and his/her entire family is with You. They
help to bring people into the kingdom of God.
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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