Good morning. Now
what did Jesus do when the scribes and Pharisees asked Him about stoning the
woman caught in adultery? He stooped down and with His finger wrote on the
ground. There has been much speculation about what He wrote, but no one knows
for sure. Whatever it was, it was not sufficient to make them stop because they
persisted in asking Him. He who is without sin among you, let him be the first
to throw a stone at her. He again stooped down and wrote on the ground. When
they heard what He said, they begin to go out beginning with the older ones,
and He was left alone with the woman. Where are they? Did no one condemn you?
No one, Lord. Neither do I. Go and sin no more. The next verse shows why that
episode seems out of place. Then Jesus again spoke to them… To whom was He
speaking – they had all left? He had been talking to the people about the
rivers of living water. The officers had returned and reported to the scribes
and Pharisees. So what follows seems to be back again with Jesus talking to the
people. He goes from talking about the living water to – I am the Light of the
world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light
of life. Jesus used many metaphors to refer to Himself. Just like you can use
your cell phone to download an app that will mimic a Flashlight to show you
where you’re going, Jesus will shine a light on your path to show you where you
are going. Father thank You that Jesus is the Light, not just of the world in
general, but to us specifically. Shine Your Light on the reader’s path to show him/her
the way he/she should go.
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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