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John 3: 1-21 (New International Version)
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."
"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.
"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus, "and do you not understand these things? I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
“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. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
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3 comments:
This video was very odd . . . and very moving. I thought it was a beautiful sort of commentary [like real hunger/thirst/nourishment vs. what we fill ourselves with [the image of the wine glass with the Burger King sign in the background was powerful]].
The guy that finally took it at the end looked kind of like the guy offering communion. Was he the same guy? Was that on purpose?
I'd like to say that if I were in that situation, I'd go up to him. But if I'm honest, I think I'd have to admit that I probably wouldn't have. I'd [more likely] have thought, "It's a good idea, but there is no way to tell what's in that grape juice [if it is grape juice] or who has touched that bread [which exposes what a germ-a-phobe I am]." (:
Brandy, you said it perfectly. I like to think I'd go up to the guy, but I'd wonder the same things you did about the bread and grape juice. I wish the first guy had joined the second guy in taking communion. "When two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I also." We commemorate that this evening as we also commemorate Passover and freedom! for a nation of people, who would shortly be spending a lot of time with God, learning how to be God's people. Yet still they complained and quarrelled and turned away from God. We all haven't changed much - but God loves us. What a sweet, sweet, lovely miracle.
that was very sweet and beautiful. It made me want to go out on the street and offer communion - what a wonderful idea
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