Good morning. Multitudes
come to Jesus, and He heals many people.”I feel compassion for the multitude,
because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and
I do not wish to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” The
disciples want to know where are they going to get enough food to satisfy so
many people since they are in a desolate place. After all there is no 7-Eleven
nearby, and Amazon would take two days for the food to get there. Of course
they have already forgotten about the feeding of the 5000. Jesus wants to know
how many loaves of bread do they have. They replied that they have seven and a
few small fish. Jesus takes them; gives thanks; breaks them; and gives to the
disciples, who then gives to the multitudes. They have seven large baskets of
leftovers. This time there are 4000 that are fed. The Pharisees are again
wanting a sign from Him. He tells them that they know how to discern the
appearance of the sky and what weather will come, but cannot discern the signs
of the times. People in the world today, including some Christians, cannot
discern the signs of the end times that are appearing. Jesus tells them there
is no sign that will be given except the sign of Jonah. He just told them about
the sign of Jonah three chapters earlier. So they get to the other side of the
lake, and the disciples are concerned because they had forgotten to bring bread
with them. Jesus warns them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. Their
stomachs growling makes them think He is talking about the leaven of bread.
Jesus reminds them of the two times that the bread was multiplied. They now
realize He is talking about the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees, not
about bread. Father thank You that You will supply all of the reader’s needs,
even if You have to perform a miracle and multiply his/her food.
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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