Good morning. Completing the discussion about the veil: But we
all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are
being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the
Lord, the Spirit. Remember that the veil was on the face of Moses upon whom the
glory shown, because he had been in the presence of God. “Beholding as in a
mirror the glory of the Lord“: go to the bathroom sink and look in the mirror.
What do you see? You see your reflection. So when you behold the glory of the
Lord in a mirror, you are seeing that glory upon yourself. It’s as if you are
seeing the Lord standing there instead of yourself. We are being transformed
into that image - of the Lord. So that when the devil and his minions look at
us, they should be seeing the glory of the Lord. In other words, they shouldn’t
be able to tell us apart. The word translated transformed is the same one in
the verse that says “do not be conformed to the world but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind“. It is the same word that is used to denote the changing
of a caterpillar into a butterfly. You should no longer call yourself “wormy“.
As we go about our every day lives, Father help us to do it with the attitude
that the glory of the Lord rests upon us, and that we have nothing to fear.
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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