Good morning. Jesus now
wraps up the discussion. Any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven man, but
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whoever shall
speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him, but whoever
shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in
this age, or in the one to come. In Mark it says because they were saying that
Jesus had an unclean spirit. Remember that they were saying that He cast out
demons by the ruler of the demons. Either make the tree good, and its fruit
good; or make the tree bad, and it's fruit bad; for the tree is known by its
fruit. I know you've heard it before that we're not to judge anyone, but we are
to be fruit inspectors. Then Jesus says something that is not quite politically
correct. You brood of vipers, how can you being evil, speak what is good? For
the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. Imagine if you said
something like that to someone today. The good man out of his good treasure
brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings
forth what is evil. It may look or sound good, but in the end it will be evil.
Father thank You that the reader brings forth good fruit out of a good treasure
in a good heart. He/she leads people to You by his/her words and deeds.
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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