Thursday | April 15, 2021
John 3:31-36
The distinction between above and below, and belief and unbelief are as significant in John’s Gospel as that between light and dark. Jesus speaks to the one way, the only way, through him to the Father by the generous outpouring of God’s Spirit.
I praise and thank you, Lord God, for the most perfect relationship between Father, Son and Spirit, into which I am drawn by your grace.
Wednesday April 14, 2021
John 3:16-21
That “God so loved the world” is the driving principle of creation and salvation. God gifted the world with himself in the Incarnation. It is through Jesus Christ the darkness becomes light and unbelief becomes belief.
You have given me the gift of faith and I am blessed beyond measure. Though I am not worthy, I know I am loved.
John 3:7-15
Jesus' instruction to Nicodemus continues. Jesus challenges his lack of understanding by asking how it is possible that a Pharisee, a teacher of the Jewish people, does not understand what he is saying. He concludes by likening Moses' serpent on the pole to his being lifted up on the cross in order to gain eternal life for believers.
For years I have prayed, studied, reflected, discussed with others and sought answers from those wiser than I. Are you amazed when I don't understand? Perhaps, but better for me, you are kind and patient and don't give up on me.
Jn 3: 1-8 Nicodemus is drawn to Jesus but has not yet come fully to faith. The signs seem to point to Jesus’ divine origin but what Jesus says about being born again, confuses him. Nicodemus hears what Jesus is saying in a literal sense. To be born again means to live less in flesh and more in spirit; to turn from vice to virtue; to live in the spirit of charity, joy, peace, and mercy.
I feel that I am born again and again and again with each moment, each day that I turn to you.
