Good morning. Little children, I am with you a little while
longer. You will seek Me, and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you;
where I am going, you cannot come. Of course Jesus was talking about ascending
to heaven; but the disciples did not catch on. Besides, they were expecting
Jesus to remain forever. As an interesting side note, John uses the phrase
little children a lot in his letters. A new commandment I give to you. Jesus
did not normally go around giving them commandments – after all God had given them the 10 Commandments. That you love
one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. That’s
actually pretty tough to follow. It’s easy to love Jesus, but that dude that
sits in the pew over there, he’s pretty hard to love. I guess that’s partly why
it’s a commandment. If it were a natural, easy thing to do, Jesus would not
have to give a commandment - it will follow naturally. I guess it’s kind of
like loving your relatives, even when you can’t stand to be with them. By this
all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.
So this is the defining indication that we are disciples of Jesus - that we
love one another. Remember that love covers a multitude of sins. Father go with
the reader’s family and quickly complete their healing. Give the reader peace
of mind.
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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