Good morning.
Remember that we were with Nathaniel yesterday. Jesus saw him coming and says
to him first, “behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” How do
you know me? Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw
you. “Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.” Under a fig
tree in the heat of the day is where an Israelite would dream of the coming of
the Messiah to get their freedom from the Roman soldiers. Because I said to you
that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things
than these. You will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and
descending on the Son of Man. That reminds one of Jacob’s ladder. On the third
day from when all of this started, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and
the mother of Jesus was there. (This was actually Nathaniel‘s hometown); both
Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. Cana was not far from
Nazareth; so at least Jesus’ mother knew the family. The wine ran out and Mary
said to Jesus, “they have no wine.” That would be a great embarrassment for the
family. What does that have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come. Looks like
a dust up to me. Just like any mother, Mary said to the servants – whatever He
says to you, do it. There is no recorded miracle in accepted scripture before
this time. There was in the apocrypha; but we don’t accept it as Scripture. So
how did Mary know that He could even do something? We will have to wait till
next time to find out what happens. Father thank You that You choose the time
and location of miracles. Make one happen right now for the reader.
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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