SENT BY GOD, THE FATHER: READ AND WHAT'S YOUR VIEW
God, the Father sent God, the Son (that is, Jesus Christ) to earth in human flesh as a child and after God, the Son (Jesus Christ) died on this earth, resurrected and ascended into Heaven in His adulthood (in His grown human flesh/body); God the Holy Spirit came down upon all the true disciples of God.
(1) We have to be born again not physically but spiritually. Performing miracles (which is also a gift of God, the Holy Spirit) can make some people believe that God is with one. Being born again makes us the children of the Holy Spirit spiritually. Nicodemus was a grown man and a great Jewish leading teacher but he still had to ask questions because He did not know these things. As people interested in knowing more about God and His great works, we have to ask Him about things that we do not know and/or understand. Eternal life (Kingdom of God/Heaven) for all who believes in God, the Son is the main reason that God, the Father sent God, the Son (Jesus Christ) to this world in human flesh/body through God, the Holy Spirit and Virgin Mary so this is the reason why Jesus Christ's first coming (in human flesh/body) was to save the world (for God so loved the world -after all God created and owns this world and everything in it) but we know that Jesus Christ's second coming to all at once (which will be the same way He ascended into Heaven as a grown man) will be to Judge (that is, the end of the world). Jesus Christ is the light! Oh Yes, Jesus Christ is the light!! Light (which is Jesus Christ) and darkness (which is satan) cannot be or work together.
NOTE THAT:
(A) When you believe in Jesus Christ (God, the Son) who is light then you are not judged but saved.
(B) When you do not believe in Jesus Christ (God, the Son) who is light then you are judged already.
(C) Those who do good/true things show that they love Jesus Christ who is the light.
(D) Those who do bad/evil things show that they hate Jesus Christ who is the light (thus, they love darkness).
(E) There were two main parties back then there (just like we have the political parties nowadays etc.):
(i) The party of the "PHARISEES."
(ii) The party of the "SADDUCEES."
(F) Nicodemus was a leader who was a Jew.
(G) Nicodemus was a grown man that belonged to "the PHARISEES' PARTY."
(H) To Nicodemus and some other people: Jesus Christ was "A TEACHER SENT BY GOD" because of the great miracles that He performed (Jesus Christ performed rare and unique types of miracles when He lived here on earth in human flesh/body).
(I) We, as good Christians, also know that "JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE."
(J) NOBODY CAN SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITH HIS OR HER EYES IF HE OR SHE IS NOT BORN AGAIN (THAT IS, BORN OF THE SPIRIT).
(K) NOBODY CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITH HIS WHOLE SELF IF HE OR SHE IS NOT BORN OF BOTH THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT.
(L) THUS, TO SEE HEAVEN (KINGDOM OF GOD) WITH YOUR EYES: BE BORN OF THE SPIRIT THAT IS BE BORN AGAIN. WE MUST ALL BE BORN AGAIN, SAYS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
(M) THUS, TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD (HEAVEN): BE BORN OF BOTH
(i) THE WATER and;
(ii) THE SPIRIT
(N) In the Bible passage below, Jesus Christ says that people who do not believe in Him when the things of this world is used in explaining the eternal life (Heaven/Kingdom of God); then, how do these kind of people expect to believe when the heavenly things are used in explaining eternal life (Heaven/Kingdom of God) to them instead.
(O) Jesus Christ was still visiting/going to heaven even as He was still here on earth in human flesh as he said when He was still alive on this earth (before Judas Iscariot betrayed Him; His death on the Cross; His Resurrection from the dead and His Ascension into Heaven from earth): "AND NO ONE HAS EVER GONE UP TO HEAVEN EXCEPT THE SON OF MAN, WHO CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN."
(P) JESUS CHRIST ALSO USED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TELL NICOMEDUS AND THE OTHER INQUISITIVE PEOPLE THERE ABOUT HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS; RISING FROM THE DEAD (RESURRECTION); AND ASCENSION FOR HE WAS LIFTED UP IN ALL THREE OCCASIONS: "AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE BRONZE SNAKE ON A POLE IN THE DESERT, IN THE SAME WAY THE SON MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE."
(Q) When you do what is right (good), then you will gladly come to Jesus Christ (who is the Light) because even if the worldly people tries to condemn and persecute you, all you did was out of obedience to God. You will always have Jesus Christ to run to when you obey God's instructions.
(R) When you do what is wrong (evil), then you will be ashamed to come to Jesus Christ (who is the Light) because even if the worldly people supports and commend you, all the evil things you did will be exposed by God. When you try to come to Jesus Christ (God, the Son) after doing evil things, those evil things in your past cannot be accommodated as they will be exposed by Jesus Christ (God, the Son) in His own way.
(S) In the Holy Bible passage below, Jesus Christ is described as the "BRONZE SNAKE" that Moses lifted on a pole in the desert that healed all who needed healing at that time.
According to John 3: 1-21
THERE WAS A JEWISH LEADER NAMED NICODEMUS, WHO BELONGED TO THE PARTY OF THE PHARISEES. ONE NIGHT HE WENT TO JESUS AND SAID TO HIM, "RABBI, WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A TEACHER SENT BY GOD. NO ONE COULD PERFORM THE MIRACLES YOU ARE DOING UNLESS GOD WERE WITH HIM." JESUS ANSWERED, "I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH: NO ONE CAN SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITHOUT BEING BORN AGAIN." "HOW CAN A GROWN MAN BE BORN AGAIN?" NICODEMUS ASKED. "HE CERTAINLY CANNOT ENTER HIS MOTHER'S WOMB AND BE BORN THE SECOND TIME!" "I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH," REPLIED JESUS. "NO ONE CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD WITTHOUT BEING BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT. A PERSON IS BORN PHYSICALLY OF HUMAN PARENTS, BUT IS BORN SPIRITUALLY OF THE SPIRIT. DO NOT BE SURPRISED BECAUSE I TELL YOU THAT YOU MUST ALL BE BORN AGAIN. THE WIND BLOWS WHEREVER IT WISHES; YOU HEAR THE SOUND IT MAKES, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM OR WHERE IT IS GOING. IT IS LIKE THAT WITH EVERYONE WHO IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT." "HOW CAN THIS BE?" ASKED NICODEMUS. JESUS ANSWERED, "YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER IN ISRAEL, AND YOU DON'T KNOW THIS? I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH: WE SPEAK OF WHAT WE KNOW AND REPORT WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, YET NONE OF YOU IS WILLING TO ACCEPT OUR MESSAGE. YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU ABOUT THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD; HOW WILL YOU EVER BELIEVE ME; THEN, WHEN I TELL YOU ABOUT THE THINGS OF HEAVEN? AND NO ONE HAS EVER GONE UP TO HEAVEN EXCEPT THE SON OF MAN, WHO CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN." AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE BRONZE SNAKE ON A POLE IN THE DESERT, IN THE SAME WAY THE SON MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. FOR GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON, SO THAT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM MAY NOT DIE BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO BE ITS JUDGE, BUT TO BE ITS SAVIOUR. THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE SON ARE NOT JUDGED; BUT THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE HAVE ALREADY BEEN JUDGED, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BELIEVED IN GOD'S ONLY SON. THIS IS HOW THE JUDGEMENT WORKS: THE LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, BUT PEOPLE LOVE THE DARKNESS RATHER THAN THE LIGHT, BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS ARE EVIL. ALL THOSE WHO DO EVIL THINGS HATE THE LIGHT AND WILL NOT COME TO THE LIGHT, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT THEIR EVIL TO BE SHOWN UP. BUT THOSE WHO DO WHAT IS TRUE COME TO THE LIGHT IN ORDER THAT THE LIGHT MAY SHOW THAT WHAT THEY DID WAS IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD.
(2) It takes the presence of the Holy Spirit in anybody for that same person (with the Holy Spirit) to really believe, confess and agree that Jesus Christ is Lord (God, the Son). Those who have the God, the Holy Spirit in them cannot say anything bad against Jesus Christ (God, the Son) no matter what. There are different ways for different people to serve God through the help of the Holy Spirit (not evil spirit). The same God, the Holy Spirit gives these people the different spiritual gifts and abilities that they use in serving our one true God (that is, to do the assigned work of God in their lifetime). The Spirit of God manifests in different forms and manners on different people.
NOTE THAT: Some of the kinds/types of the gifts and abilities that God, the Holy Spirit can give people (as God, the Holy Spirit only gives gifts and abilities to God's people as it pleases Him to) are listed as shown below:
(A) Having messages of God that is filled with great knowledge (for example prophecy, that is, knowing the future, knowing the past etc).
(B) Having messages of God that is filled with wisdom (for example wisdom on how to settle issues like King Solomon with the two women in the Holy Bible).
(C) The gift of Faith.
(D) The power to heal so many kinds of illnesses, diseases etc.
(E) The gift to work miracles (for example, to do the unusual through God-given power).
(F) The gift of speaking the messages of God (for example, teaching; evangelism).
(G) The gift to know who is operating with the Holy spirit of God and who is not.
(H) The ability to speak in strange tongues.
(I) The ability to interprete strange tongues spoken through the gift of the Holy Spirit.
(J) Those unbelievers (heathens) who used to worship lifeless idols as their god can experience God, the Holy Spirit and get the gifts of the Holy Spirit if and only if they truly repent and serve the one true God in truth and in spirit:
(i) In truth means in Jesus Christ
(ii) In Spirit means in the Holy Spirit as Born again.
(K) Different people with different abilities given to them by the same God, the Holy Spirit (THE SPIRIT OF GOD) serve God in totally different ways but the main purpose still remains "ETERNAL LIFE" (THE HEAVEN/KINGDOM OF GOD) FOR ALL WHO BELIEVES IN GOD'S ONLY SON (JESUS CHRIST) WHO CAME TO DIE FOR OUR SINS AND WAS RESURRECTED ON THE THIRD DAY AFTER HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS AND HAVE LONG ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN.
(L) WHATEVER GIFTS AND ABILITIES THAT GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT DECIDES TO GIVE TO ANYONE IS NOT JUST FOR THE GOOD OF THE PERSON GIVEN THE GIFT BUT ALSO FOR THE GOOD AND BENEFITS OF ALL.
(M) THE SPIRIT OF GOD (THAT IS, GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT) CAN DO ALL THINGS AS GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF HAS LOTS OF POWER, GIFTS, ABILITIES ETC.
(N) GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT (THE SPIRIT OF GOD) IS ALL IN ONE AND HE COMES IN THE WAY IT PLEASES HIM TO COME AT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE AND TO ANYONE IN ANY SITUATION, OCCASION, EVENT ETC. GOD IS WISE!!!
According to 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11
NOW, CONCERNING WHAT YOU WROTE ABOUT THE GIFTS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THEM, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS. YOU KNOW THAT WHILE YOU WERE STILL HEATHEN, YOU WERE LED ASTRAY IN MANY WAYS TO THE WORSHIP OF LIFELESS IDOLS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT NO ONE WHO IS LED BY GOD'S SPIRIT CAN SAY "A CURSE ON JESUS!" AND NO ONE CONFESS "JESUS IS LORD", WITHOUT BEING GUIDED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT GIVES THEM. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF SERVING, BUT THE SAME LORD IS SERVED. THERE ARE DIFFERENT ABILITIES TO PERFORM SERVICE, BUT THE SAME GOD GIVES THE ABILITY TO ALL FOR THEIR PARTICULAR SERVICE. THE SPIRIT'S PRESENCE IS SHOWN IN SOME WAY IN EACH PERSON FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. THE SPIRIT GIVES ONE PERSON A MESSAGE FULL OF WISDOM, WHILE TO ANOTHER PERSON THE SAME SPIRIT GIVES A MESSAGE FULL OF KNOWLEDGE. ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT GIVES FAITH TO ONE PERSON, WHILE TO ANOTHER PERSON HE GIVES THE POWER TO HEAL. THE SPIRIT GIVES ONE PERSON THE POWER TO WORK MIRACLES; TO ANOTHER, THE GIFT OF SPEAKING GOD'S MESSAGE; AND TO YET ANOTHER, THE ABILITY TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GIFTS THAT COME FROM THE SPIRIT AND THOSE THAT DO NOT. TO ONE PERSON HE GIVES THE ABILITY TO SPEAK IN STRANGE TONGUES, AND TO ANOTHER HE GIVES THE ABILITY TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS SAID. BUT IT IS ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT WHO DOES ALL THIS; AS HE WISHES, HE GIVES A DIFFERENT GIFT TO EACH PERSON.
I THANK GOD THAT JESUS CHRIST CAME TO SAVE ME TOO!!!
PRAISE GOD!
JESUS IS LORD! JESUS IS LORD!! JESUS IS LORD!!! JESUS IS LORD!!!! JESUS IS LORD!!!!!
GOD IS WISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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