Good morning. After His brothers
had gone up to the feast, Jesus also went up, but not publicly. This is where
the question comes in. We know that Jesus did not lie to His brothers when He
said He was not going up to the feast; so was there a different way His words
could’ve been translated, or perhaps did He not know that He was to go up until
after they left? Again I don’t know. The people were looking for Him; some
saying He was good and some that He led the people astray. In the midst of the
feast, Jesus went up to the temple and began to teach. His words were not those
of the ordinary man; so the people wanted to know how He had become learned,
having never been educated. In today’s lingo – had not gone to school at a
seminary. My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to
do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I
speak from Myself. You could say that His words rang true. He who speaks from
himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who
sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Did not Moses
give you the law, and yet none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to
kill Me? This gets them agitated. You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you? Notice
that they dodged the issue of carrying out the law. We will see Jesus’ response
next time. Father thank You that You are ministering to the reader’s family and
making him/her whole spirit, soul, and body. Continue to help him/her make a speedy recovery.
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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