Good morning. So what did the elders tell Paul to do? We
have four men who are under a vow (this was connected to keeping the law); take
them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they
may shave their head; and all will know that there is nothing to the things
which they have been told about you, but that you yourself walk orderly,
keeping the law. Because of what happens later, it makes me wonder if they were
telling him what God was saying to do, or else was it man’s remedy for the
problem? Too many times we do what in the natural seems the right thing to do;
but it is not what God would have us to do. Then Paul took the men, and the
next day, purifying himself along with them, went into the temple giving notice
of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered
for each one of them. Now if he had not done all of this with the seven men,
would the following have even happened? When the seven days were almost over,
the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the
crowd and laid hands on him, men of Israel come to our aid! This is the man who
preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place;
and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this
holy place. For they had previously seen a Greek with him, and supposed that he
had brought him into the temple. Again, if he had not listened to the elders,
would all of this have happened? Most likely he would not have been in the temple
at this particular moment. We’ll see next time what happened after this. Father
thank You that You take care of us even during rainstorms. Keep the reader
safe.
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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