“Ye Must Be Born Again” 3/16//13 “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." (John 3:7) Today, we go to the writings of Jesus’ beloved disciple, John, for our message. Of all the sermons I have ever given, the things taught today are most central and important to the beliefs I hold, and integral to Christianity itself. I ask your indulgence as I go through several pertinent scriptures to attempt to teach the lesson Jesus was teaching Nicodemus when he made the opening statement. Before we continue, we need to put into context the reason for the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. We need to know who Nicodemus was, and what the answers were that he was seeking as Jesus taught this lesson. Part of this will be covered in this third chapter of John, but before we get there, we need to understand how this meeting came to be. Nicodemus had heard of Jesus, an...
Short Life is short. Unlike during the days of old before God set limits on life, normal life spans are shorter and complicated. Medical science has moved life expectancy upward. By age seventy or so people begin to refer to themselves as old. The burdens of life has, by that time, wrinkled and abated them considerably. There is no reason to assure oneself that any will attain that age or leave earthly life any earlier. ( Ecclesiastes 9:12 ) “ For man also knoweth not his time:...” ( James 4:14 ) “ Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Most folks live in the day under the knowledge that it is the day the Lord gave and they value the time. It is today that we are living. Not in the past or the future. Life wills, for whatever reason, our having, loosing, taking and giving. There is a time for all things under the sun. Maybe, yesterday a...
LIKENESS ROMANS CHAPTER SIX 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him , that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. Some in the church of Rome were still astride law and grace. It is not possible to keep two conflicting covenants. Thus Grace filled worshipers had inquired of Paul whether or not those who wer...
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