Good morning. To the Jews there were a lot of things that
were considered unclean. I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing
is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it
is unclean. He is talking about food here; but it could apply to other things
for Christians. In today’s world, there are some things that are in a gray area
– are they OK, or are they sin? There are some things that come to mind, but
I’m not going to mention them because I don’t want to get your dander up 🤗
. If you think they are wrong, then it is wrong for you to do them. Then
there are some things that you believe they are OK to do, but if a fellow
Christian sees or knows that you do them, they might take offense, because they
believe they are wrong. For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no
longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom
Christ died. Again we are not talking about food here, but rather those things
which some believe are right and some believe are wrong. If you know your
fellow believer thinks it’s wrong, you do not flaunt your acceptance of it in
his or her face. However if you believe it’s right, you should not have to give
it up simply because someone disagrees with you. Otherwise, we will go back to
the olden days where you couldn’t do anything. Father help us to always do
things in love, thinking of others and not just ourselves. Help the reader to
get everything done that he/she needs to.
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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