Good morning. Today you see politicians and others
condemning certain activities; and then later you find out they were doing the
same thing, and maybe even worse. This is from chapter 2 of Romans: therefore
you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you
judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same
things. Oops! But do you suppose this, when you pass judgment on those who
practice such things and do the same thing yourself, that you will escape the
judgment of God? Of course we all say, get them God! But: do you think lightly
of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the
kindness of God leads you to repentance? We so want others to get their just
desserts now; but when it comes to us, we want God to be patient. If God judged
us the way we want Him to judge others, we would be toast! But because of your
stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the
day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God. It all fits in
with what Jesus said: Judge not, lest you be judged. Father help us to be
patient while You deal with those who are obviously sinning. Father thank You
that You are patient with us when we sin.
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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