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TODAY'S BIBLE READING-JOHN 3:1-8*********

THERE WAS A MAN OF THE PHARISEES NAMED NICODEMUS, A RULER OF THE JEWS. THIS MAN CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT AND SAID TO HIM, "RABBI, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER COME FROM GOD; FOR NO ONE CAN DO THESE SIGNS THAT YOU DO UNLESS GOD IS WITH HIM."

JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, "MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS ONE IS BORN AGAIN, HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD."

NICODEMUS SAID TO HIM, "HOW CAN A MAN BE BORN WHEN HE IS OLD? CAN HE ENTER A SECOND TIME INTO HIS MOTHER'S WOMB AND BE BORN?"

JESUS ANSWERED, MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE FLESH IS FLESH, AND THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT.

DO NOT MARVEL THAT I SAID TO YOU, 'YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.' THE WIND BLOWS WHERE IT WISHES, AND YOU HEAR THE SOUND OF IT, BUT CANNOT TELL WHERE IT COMES FROM AND WHERE IT GOES. SO IS EVERYONE WHO IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT."

TODAY'S BIBLE READING IS ONE OF SEVERAL PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS THAT INDIVIDUALS HAD WITH JESUS IN JOHN'S GOSPEL RECORD. NICODEMUS WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY TEACHERS OF ISRAEL AND CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT, MANY BELIEVE, OUT OF FEAR OF BEING SEEN WITH THE MASTER. IN THE END, HOWEVEER, NICODEMUS PUBLICLY IDENTIFIED WITH CHRIST BY PARTICIPATING IN HIS BURIAL.

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IS VERY INTERESTING. I HOPE YOU READ IT. I WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY**************
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