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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:Eternal Life Bible Verse:John 3:9-15 (ESV) "Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but youThe Greek you used here is plural. do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. " Message:
Nicodemus is a high-ranking Pharisee in the Temple at Jerusalem. Christ has just told him, “tear this temple down and I will rebuild it in three days.” Nicodemus is understandably incredulous.
But either Jesus is not inclined to give a long expository explanation, or he did and John did not record all of it; this is certainly a possibility, because the tone of John’s Gospel is theological, not biographical. He either didn’t know or simply omitted a lot of biographical detail about Jesus’ life. Chunks of time are not accounted for; we just saw this, when the gospel skipped from the wedding at Cana to the Temple in Jerusalem.
In this case, John hasn’t given us any conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus where he spoke to him about earthly things and Nicodemus didn’t believe him (unless you count the raising the “temple” as an “earthly thing”). The important thing, to John, is that Christ states three important theological facts. First, only he has been to heaven, so only he can tell the truth about it. Secondly, he must be lifted up—that is, esteemed and possibly worshipped. In addition, this lifting up implies crucifixion; Christ was literally lifted up before the Jews like Moses’ serpent (Numbers 21:9).
Third, that by belief in Christ, anyone can have eternal life. This last point is the foundational point of Christianity in a nutshell; John will elaborate upon it in the very next verse, the famous passage at John 3:16.
Meditation : Prayer : The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, this day and evermore......Amen |
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