A Jewish religious leader went to Jesus at night.
One thing we can learn from Jesus is that He never made people feel small but made others feel valued. People were more important to Him than His comfort. Nicodemus knew that if He woke Jesus from His sleep, Jesus would have time for him and listen to him.
How do others think about you. Do you make them feel small and you a very important person who shouldn't be disturbed with prior notice? Learn from Jesus. Make people feel valued even if they don't have same beliefs. Nicodemus was a Jewish religious leader and it was they who always had conflicts. Jesus did not allow the differences He had with the religious leaders to form a prejudice on His side; otherwise He would not have helped Nicodemus. Do you have prejudices against people of a certain group or community or race? Do you allow what particular people said or did to you affect the way you relate to others in the same group? Learn from Jesus and discard all your prejudices.
Nicodemus acknowledged that Jesus was a teacher sent from God and that His miraculous signs proved that.
Jesus instead of contributing to the topic, He changed the subject and told Nicodemus that He must be born again. That was more important than discussing about miracles, signs and wonders.
Nicodemus being a religious leaders then, today the equivalent is a preacher or a pastor. One with a church pastoring. Jesus told pastor Nicodemus that He must be born again. Nicodemus didn't have a crew of what that meant. Even today, Jesus if He were here, He would preach the same message to most of the pastors. Many like Nicodemus have been carried away by miracles, signs and wonders as if that was the most important thing. So far, as we have been studying the message of the gospels, it's very clear that what Jesus preached is rarely preached today. What we hear mostly today is about health and wealth and breakthrough.
The richest people in the world are not Christians.
The wealthiest people in the world are not Christians.
Has God failed? Has He blessed the children of this world more than His own children? Does Wealth and health a mark of God's approval? If yes, then God is unjust for having blessed the children of this world more than His. God is good both to the wicked and the righteous. Ps 145:9, Mat 5:45.
Pastor Nicodemus asked Jesus whether He should go to His mother's womb and be born again but Jesus replied that he must be born of the water and the spirit. The first birth is of the flesh and the second birth is of the Spirit. The natural birth is called here being born of water, and the second is referred to as being born of the Spirit.
One born of the Spirit is like wind blowing, we hear the sound but don't see where it's coming from. In other words, God leads those born again in different purposes for their lives.
Nicodemus wondered how that was possible.
This shows how one can be church leadership, and even be a pastor and never know the ways of God. Having a position in the church does not necessarily mean you are spiritual or that you know God.
Are you born again? What makes you think you are?
You must be born again.
You are blessed to be a blessing
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@Blessed Mshindi Mambo
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