NICODEMUS "Being born again" Nicodemus stands on one side, Jesus on the other. Nicodemus inhabits a land of good efforts, sincere gestures, and hard work. Give God your best, his philosophy says, and God does the rest. Jesus’ response? Your best won’t do. Your works don’t work. Your finest efforts don’t mean squat. Unless you are born again, you can’t even see what God is up to. Nicodemus hesitates on behalf of us all. Born again? “How can a man be born when he is old?” You must be kidding. Put life in reverse? Rewind the tape? Start all over? We can’t be born again.Jesus answers by leading him to the Hope diamond of the Bible: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. ~ John 3:16 A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions. If you know nothing of the Bible, start here. If you know everything in the Bible, return here. ~ Max Lucado
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:30:07 +0000
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