ARE YOU A RELIGIOUS MAN? ARE YOU AN ATHEIST? ARE YOU WELL EDUCATED? DO YOU BELONG TO A CHURCH AND YOU TITHE,HOLD A POSITION IN THE CHURCH? HAVE YOU BEEN ON THE SAME JOB FOR A VERY LONG TIME? HAVE YOU RETIRED FROM A COMPANY,THE MILITARY ETC. HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED TO THE SAME PERSON FOR MANY YEARS AND YOU ARE SO SO PROUD OF THAT??? WELL THERE WAS A MAN OF THE PHARISEES ,IN CHAPTER 3 OF THE BOOK OF ST. JOHN,AND HE WAS MUCH LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE IN TODAY'S WORLD.
THIS MANS NAME WAS NICODEMUS,AND HE THOUGHT IS POSITION IN THE JEWISH CHURCH GUARANTEED HIM A PLACE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THIS MAN CAME TO JESUS TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. JESUS MADE CLEAR THAT FIRST BEING BORN IN THE FLESH WAS A MUST,THEN YOU MUST BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT. BEFORE THIS MAN COULD ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD,THESE REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET.SO YOU MAY SAY WHAT IS MY POINT. HOW GREAT WE ARE IN OUR OWN EYES,WILL NOT GET US INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD.IF THESE WORDS MAKE YOU MAD,MOST LIKELY YOUR NOT SAVED,OR YOU HAVE SPENT WAY TO MANY YEARS AS A CARNAL CHRISTIAN,THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE TRUTH OF JESUS AND HIS WORD.IS THIS JUDGING? YEP,AND JESUS IS DOING IT.SOMETHING ELSE TO NOTE IN THIS STORY. JESUS ASK THIS MAN HOW COULD HE BE A LEADER IN HIS CHURCH, HAVING BEEN TAUGHT THE SCRIPTURE,(THE OT.) AND HE NOT COMPREHEND WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING. HEAR IS WHY.......1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 2:14 ...THE CARNAL MAN CANNOT UNDERSTAND,BECAUSE HE DOES NOT RECEIVE THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT.THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS TO THE CARNAL MAN.THERE IS ANOTHER
CARNAL SITUATION THAT EXIST. RELIGIOUS PEOPLE THAT THINK AND ACT CARNAL MAY NOT BE BORN AGAIN. 1ST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3:VERSE 3, THE APOSTLE PAUL MENTIONED MANY THINGS THAT OCCUR BECAUSE OF CARNALITY.ENVYING,STRIFE,DIVISIONS. i CONTEND WITH YOU TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE ROOT OF SO MUCH DIVISION AND HARD FEELINGS AMONG CHURCH MEMBERS AND CHURCH LEADERS. WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT WALKING CLOSE TO THE LORD,THE ONLY OTHER RECOURSE IS TO BE CREATING STRIFE. OR.....GOD FORBID,YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN. THESE ARE STRONG WORDS ,BUT I GET THIS INFORMATION FROM RELIABLE SOURCES. THE APOSTLE PAUL,AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF.STAYING IN THE WORD OF GOD,AND STAYING PRAYED UP,WILL ASSURE US ALL THAT WE WILL LEAD AND LIVE A TRUE SPIRITUAL LIFE.ONE WITH JESUS.
MY PRAYER: HEAVENLY FATHER,THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US HOW TO BE BORN AGAIN. AND MAY WE RAISE YOUR SON UP AS MOSES RAISED UP THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS. ST JOHN CHAPTER 3:VERSE 14. AMEN.
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