At the beginning of our online ministry there were not many Bible study materials. Now there are an abundance of reference sources for the Bible. There are many ministries available online and recently we who gather in our Chat Room are sharing daily devotions from various ministries. There are many places to drink the water of God's word. His word is true and it is living. Over and over I read in the devotions that we are to hear from God and to do what he says. In a born again believer is the Holy Spirit who guides us in all truth.
John 3:1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
John 3:2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
John 3:3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”
John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
John 3:8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Jesus explained that there is a natural man, born of water and then there is a spiritual man, born of the Spirit of God. He continues to explain the way to receive the spirit; it is by receiving Jesus as our savior from our sins. Whosoever believes in him, their sins are forgiven and they become children of God forever.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
John 3:19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
John 3:20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
John 3:21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
Dear reader, do not fear to come to God. He has offered his only begotten son to pay the price for your sins. Receive Jesus as your savior and ask for the Holy Spirit to fill your heart, making it new. Then you will walk in the light of God's presence and truth. You have everything to gain and he will never leave you nor forsake you. Pray now to allow Jesus to save you. Confess your sins, he will forgive them and you will enter into God's kingdom forever. Life is hard alone, with Jesus we are never alone. There now, I have shared what is on my heart.
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