Good morning. Now may the God who gives perseverance and
encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to
Christ Jesus, so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It would take a lot of perseverance and
encouragement for believers to be of the same mind. Otherwise, we would give up
and not even try. Being of the same mind does not necessarily mean that you
will all believe exactly the same. The motivational force behind our thinking,
though, will be the same. We will want the same results, though we may use different
means to get there. Why do we want to be of one mind? So like an orchestra
playing in tune with one another, we will show forth the glory of our God and
Father. You cannot have the members of an orchestra all playing the way they
want to instead of the way the conductor wants. Father thank You that we can
all blend together in harmony. Then the world will truly know that we are one
with You.
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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