G’day mates! i sincerely hope that ASS doesn’t stop on Monday, cos if it does, we’re gonna have a lot of acronyms ending with S. kill that thought of not doing your Quiet Time! and by Quiet Time, I mean solid time with the Lord and not lying down on the bed ‘meditating’. doesn’t work that way pal.
so I thought I’d share one of the many things that struck me over the cause of reading ‘3:16’ by Max Lucado, and perhaps be that spark that ignites a huge flame for God. I was going to write ‘…passion for God’ but alas, passion for God is not enough. quite simply, we need faith not just in words but through action as well. Faith surrounds us in every aspect of life. saying grace to God is an act of faith.
Ever wondered what God meant by saying, “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God” (John 3:7 NKJV)? Giving birth in its entirety is a passive act. The father encourages. The doctor advises. But the mother pushes. No one labours but the mother.
The mother pays the price of birth. She doesn’t enlist the assistance or the advice from the infant. After all, the baby can’t even take a breath without umbilical help, much less navigate a path to new life. Nor, Jesus is saying, can we. Spiritual re-birth requires a capable parent, not an able infant.
Who is this parent? Check the strategically selected word again. The Greek language offers two choices for again:
Palin: which means a repetition if an act; to redo what was done earlier.
Anothen: which also depicts a repeated action, but requires THE ORIGINAL source to repeat it. It means “from above, from a higher place, things which come from heaven or God.” In other words, the one who did the work the first time does it again. This is the word Jesus chose.
It’s crystal clear. Without Jesus dying on the cross, we can never get eternal life. It’s that simple. Because only He can repeat it. He’s the original source. No one else comes close.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son that whoever believes in Him shall perish but have eternal life.”
In His love Isaac
On behalf of the brotherhood @ 3:16 PM
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