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Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3:35. The father loves the son and as given all things into his hand.  We see in the Bible that Trinity, Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit The love between the father and the son cannot be described by human words. They could not be separated. Jesus, when he carried the sins of this world on the cross, the father has to turn his face from his son. So Jesus cried out in Matthew, 27:46. My God. My God, why have you forsaken me? Jesus was forsaken so that we will not be forsaken by God. Jesus said in John, 15:9 just as the father has loved me. I have also loved you abide in my love. Jesus, love us as the father, loved him. Oh, what a great love that love is, so great is his love for us. That he came into this world. God sent him into this world, and he died upon the cross. What a love Jesus has for you. Yes, he loves you. The father has given all things unto. His hand. What has the father given Jesus? John 5:22 says for not even t...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3:34.  For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.   Jesus has the mind of God, which is the word of God. Jesus received the word of God, from the father and gave it to the people today. If we are preaching the word of God, we have to hear from God and then deliver the message to the people. The message we have received from the Lord, when the word of God is preached miracles, takes place people's lives are changed.  The phrase for he gives Spirit without measure to him refers, to the fact that all others even the greatest prophets, they received the Holy Spirit by measure. Which was not so with Jesus that which the Holy Spirit would do within his life and Ministry had no human or Earthly limitations. Anything the father told the son to do such as rising, the dead cleansing the lepers calming the strom, changing water into wine, Etc. Could be done without difficulty...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is John 3:33. Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.    It is John's grief that so few accept the message that Jesus brought, But when people do accept it, they attest the fact that in their belief, the word of God is true. In the ancient world, if a man, Makes agreement and agrees to it, he fixed is sealed at the foot of it. The seal was assigned that he agreed with this and regarded it as binding and true. So when people accept the message of Jesus, the affirm and attest that that they believe what Jesus says is true. In the days of Jesus, a few people accepted him and truly followed him, even today only a few people, truly accept him and follow him. That is why Jesus said in Matthew 7:13 and 14 enter through the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow, that leads to lif...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3:32  He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.  Here John says that Jesus has testified what he has seen and what he has heard from the father. What did Jesus testify? He has testified about heaven and also about hell. Luke 16 chapter 19 to 31. Jesus, testified about heaven and Hell. Lazarus, a poor man died and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom. Israelites believed that heaven was Abraham's bosom because Abraham was there, Hallelujah. But the rich man died and was buried and his soul landed in hades or hell. And we see that it is a place of tournament without water and in agony in the fire, A person from Heaven, cannot go to hell or a person from hell cannot come up to heaven. If someone says that a person from hell can go to Heaven by the prayers of the people of this Earth, it is a lie. It is not given in the Bible. Jesus. Also, speaks about heaven and Hell in Matthe...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3 28. You yourself bear  Me witness that I said I am not the Christ. But I have been sent before him.  After the last book of the Old Testament, Malachi. 400 years has passed and there was no prophets. People were waiting for Messiah to come into this world. At that time, John the Baptist started preaching about repentance and they thought that he is the Messiah or Christ.  John chapter 1, we see the religious leaders and the Pharisees came to John asking him if he was the Messiah, he had clearly told them that he is not the Messiah or Christ in this verse again he says I am not the Christ but I have been sent before him. John the Baptist boldly proclaimed that he is not the Christ. Not only does a statement Proclaim his denial but even more it says that he knows another who is the Christ that is Jesus. I have been sent before him proclaims that, the fact that he is under Jesus's Authority and not the authority of th...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3:31.  He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.   He who comes from above is above all refers to the fact that Messiah was not a mere man, but rather had his origin in heaven. He had equality with the father and the Holy Spirit before becoming a man, but he had become limited while being a man. At the time of Resurrection his full Glory was restored. The phrase he that is of the earth is Earthly and speaks in an Earthly way, refers to all, man. Even the great prophets are all Limited in their life. The phrase he who comes from above is, above all, Places Christ in a category above all men. The Jews it seems were attempting to make Jesus as no more than another Prophet or a mere man. While he certainly was a man above all he was at the same time God therefore above all this they did not believe nor recognize. ...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3 29,  The one who has the bride is the bridegroom, the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him rejoices greatly at the bride groom's voice. Therefore, the joy of mine is now complete.  Finally, John used a very vivid picture, which every Jew would recognize He called  Jesus the bridegroom and himself the friend. Bridegroom is one of the great pictures of the Old Testament is of Israel as the bride of God and God as the bridegroom of Israel. The union between God and Israel was so close that it could be likened only to a wedding. Today The church is likened to be the bride and Jesus is the bridegroom Paul says in Ephesians 5 25. Husbands love your wives. Just as Jesus also, loved the church and gave himself up for her. The friend of the bridegroom has a unique place at the Jewish wedding, he arranged the wedding, he went out or sent out the invitations, he presided at the wedding, Feast he brought the brid...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is John 3:30.  He must increase. But I must decrease.  The greatest desire of John, the Baptist was Jesus must increase. And he  John, the Baptist must decrease in his popularity. This should be the desire in our lives, also that Jesus should increase in our life, and we must decrease, Here, we see the humility of John, the Baptist God wants us to be humble in our lives. In the gospel of Matthew, we read in Matthew, 20:20, the mother of James, and John had a request to Jesus that her sons may sit on the right and left of Jesus in His Kingdom. Hearing this, the other disciples became indignant with the two brothers. Jesus called his disciples to him and said  You know that the rulers of the Gentiles Lord it over them and their great man exercise authority over them. It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you  shall be your servant and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slav...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3, 27, John answered, a person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from Heaven:  1. Number one, John's Ministry is from God, and Jesus ministry is from God, and therefore, it is from Heaven. When God calls us and gives us a Ministry, Heaven will back us up  2. John has been told by God to do what he was doing and Jesus has been told by his heavenly father to do what he was doing. So the fact both were baptizing represents, no problem or presents , no problem as both are in the will of God. Today are we hearing the voice of God and doing what God wants us to do. 3. The religious hierarchy of Israel nor any other man devised hierarchy can bestow anything of God to anyone. The Lord does not work through intermediatories but rather directly from himself to the person in question. 4. The religious leaders cannot control that which God orders  5. What is given by God to man must be recognized by other men....

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3 26 and they came to John and said to him Rabbi he who was with you across the Jordan to whom you bore witness. Look, he is baptizing and all are going to him.  The disciples and the Jew was having an argument over purification and they came to John, the Baptist and here they were telling John, that people are all going to Jesus. They wanted to bring enmity between John the Baptist and Jesus. But when we read the verse following, we see that John exalted Jesus and finally, he said, he must increase and I must decrease. Today also, more people may be going some churches. Some churches they may be not much people but don't criticize any church. Don't criticize any Pastor. We need to pray for them. Encourage them.  However, in Matthew 11 2-6. We read that when John was put into prison, he sent two of his disciples to Jesus asking. Are you the one who is to come or shall we look for another Jesus answered, go and tell Joh...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3, 25. now a discussion arose between some of the John's disciple and a Jew over purification.  Here, we see that there was a argument between John's disciples and a Jew. It is the unending argument over matters of religion which profits nothing. Today also people keep arguing about religion which is of no use. Jews had a lot of law for purification. Mark 7 4 says that they had traditions for washing of cup pots and brazen vessels. As we see, they also had Law for washing the hands washing their feet after when they come inside some place. Jesus said, you lay aside the Commandments of God and hold to the traditions of men as of the washing of pots and cups. Has all religions, these Jews thought that such a purification can purify one from sin. However, this washing did not neither did, John's baptism cleanse them from their sins, but only the blood of Jesus can cleanse us from our sins. Hallelujah. Today. Also, peo...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3. 24 . for John  had not yet been put in prison  John Came into this world and he was given two specific tasks to do in his life. The first one, prepare the way for the Messiah. He preached the kingdom of God and prepared, the hearts of people to receive Jesus. Who was coming soon. Second the next task was to introduce Jesus to the world as Messiah. He said pointing to Jesus Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of this world. John 1 29. John the writer of this gospel was saying that the ministry of John was about to conclude because he is going to be put into prison. Mark's 6th chapter 14 to 29 explains why John the Baptist was imprisoned and how we died a martyr's death. Herod had married his brother Philip's wife and John had been saying to him It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. So he put him in prison Haradise, wife of Herod  Had a grudge against John and wanted to put him to de...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3:23. John also was baptizing at  Anon near Salem because water was Plentiful there. And people were coming and being baptized. Jesus started baptizing, the people.  And here we see that John the baptist also continued to baptize people at Arenon near Salem. This place there was plenty of water. Plenty of water was needed for baptism. This indicates that it was not a sprinkling baptism, which many people do. According to the Bible, it is an immersion baptism after a person accepts Jesus, as their savior. Mark 16 15 and 16 says, go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the wall creation, whoever believes and is baptized will be saved. But whoever does not believe will be condemned. Hallelujah. Here we see that a person has to understand the gospel and believe that means he is not a baby. He is a grown-up person. Who understands what is salvation. Whoever does not believe will be condemned. Romans 6 4 says we are bu...

Praise the Lord. Today's verse is from John 3:22 after this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean Countryside and he remained there with them and was baptizing  Jesus and his disciples left, the Metropolis of Jerusalem where the hostility was already beginning to mount. Especially considering his cleansing of the Temple. There could be no greater honour paid for John the Baptist then for Jesus The savior of mankind, the baptizer in the Holy Spirit to practice the same rite as his forerunner, John the Baptist. Luke 3:1 to 22. We see people came to John the Baptist and heard his preaching and were convicted of their sin and repented, and those who were repented, he baptized them. Luke 3, 16. We see John The Baptist said, as for me, I baptize you with water but one is coming, who is mightier than I, He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Today when a person is born again and his life is changed, we baptize them to show to the world that this person being...

Praise the Lord.  Today's verse is from John 3:21 but whoever does what is true comes to the light so that it may be clearly seen that his work have been carried out in God.  Yes. In verse 20, we saw everyone who does wicked things hates the light and here on the contrary we see that whoever does what is true or right or good comes to the light. So whoever as a desire to do the right things, they come to Jesus and they are born again,  This verse ends the dialogue between Jesus and Nicodemus about born again experience John 3:3-21. So the whole of this section brings forward the fundamental fact of sin, its Doom, the helpless moral condition of a sinner and the one and only door of Salvation that is through the crucified and atoning work of Jesus Christ The Savior. The necessity of New Birth and the fact that this new birth takes place when the sinner entrusts himself to Jesus as the Savior and the Lord.  Nicodemus began its appeal to Christ with self-suf...