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The New Birth (John 3:1-21)
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.” Nicodemus
answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Are YOU the
teacher of Israel, and do NOT know these things? Most assuredly, I say to YOU, We speak what
We know and Testify what We have Seen, and YOU do NOT Receive Our Witness. If I have told YOU Earthly things and YOU do
NOT Believe, how will YOU Believe if I tell YOU Heavenly Things? No one has Ascended to Heaven but He who came
down from Heaven, that is, The
Son of Man who is in Heaven. And as
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son of Man be
Lifted Up, that whoever Believes in Him should NOT perish but have
Eternal Life. For God so Loved the World
that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whoever Believes in Him should NOT
perish but have Everlasting Life. For
God did NOT send His Son into the World to condemn the World, but that the
World through Him might be Saved. “He
who Believes in Him is NOT condemned; but he who does NOT Believe is condemned
already, because he has NOT Believed in The Name of The Only Begotten Son of
God. And this is the condemnation, that
The Light has come into the World, and men loved darkness rather than Light,
because their deeds were evil. For everyone
practicing evil hates The Light and does NOT come to The Light, lest his deeds
should be exposed. But he who does The
Truth comes to The Light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have
been done in God.”
A Heavenly Inheritance (1 Peter 1:3-12)
Blessed be
The God and Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His Abundant
Mercy has begotten Us again to a Living Hope through The Resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, to an Inheritance Incorruptible and Undefiled and that
does NOT fade away, reserved in Heaven for YOU, who are kept by The Power of
God through Faith for Salvation ready to be Revealed in The Last Time. In this YOU greatly Rejoice, though now for a little while, if need
be, YOU have been grieved by various trials, that The Genuineness of Your Faith,
being much more precious than
gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found To Praise, Honor,
and Glory at The Revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having NOT seen
YOU Love. Though now YOU do NOT see Him, yet Believing, YOU Rejoice with Joy Inexpressible and Full
of Glory, receiving The End of Your Faith—The Salvation of your Souls. Of this Salvation The Prophets
have inquired and searched carefully, who Prophesied of The Grace that would come to YOU, searching
what, or what manner of time, The Spirit of Christ who was in them was
indicating when He Testified beforehand The Sufferings of Christ and The Glories
that would follow. To them it was
Revealed that, NOT to themselves, but to Us they were Ministering the things
which now have been reported to YOU through those who have Preached The Gospel
to YOU by The Holy Spirit sent from Heaven—things which Angels desire to look
into.
Living Before God Our Father (1 Peter 1:13-21)
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober,
and rest Your Hope Fully Upon
The Grace that is to be brought to YOU at The Revelation of Jesus Christ; as Obedient
Children, NOT conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He Who Called
YOU is Holy, YOU also be Holy
in all your conduct, because it
is written, “Be
Holy, for I Am Holy.” And if YOU Call On The
Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct
yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear; knowing that YOU were NOT Redeemed with
corruptible things, like silver
or gold, from your aimless conduct received
by tradition from your fathers, but with The Precious Blood of Christ, as of a
Lamb Without Blemish and Without Spot. He
indeed was Foreordained before The Foundation of the World, but was Manifest in
these Last Times for YOU who through Him Believe in God, Who Raised Him from
the dead and gave Him Glory, so that Your Faith and Hope are in God.
The Enduring Word (1 Peter 1:22-25)
Since YOU have Purified Your Souls in Obeying The
Truth through The Spirit
in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure
heart, having been Born Again, NOT
of corruptible seed but Incorruptible, through The Word of God which Lives and
Abides Forever, because “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers,
and its flower falls away, but
The Word of The Lord Endures Forever.” Now this is The Word which by The Gospel was Preached to YOU.
1 John 5:1-5
Whoever Believes that Jesus is The Christ is Born of God, and everyone who Loves Him
Who Begot also Loves him who is Begotten of Him. By this We know that We love The Children of
God, when We Love God and keep His Commandments. For this is The Love of God, that We keep His
Commandments. And His Commandments are
NOT burdensome. For whatever is Born of God overcomes the World. And this is the Victory that has overcome the
World—Our Faith. Who is he who overcomes
the World, but he who Believes that Jesus is The Son of God?
The Certainty of God’s Witness (1 John 5:6-13)
This is He who came by Water and Blood—Jesus Christ;
NOT only by water, but by Water and Blood. And it is The Spirit Who Bears Witness,
because The Spirit is Truth. For there are Three that
Bear Witness in Heaven: The Father, The Word, and The Holy Spirit; and these Three
are One. And there are three that bear
Witness on Earth: The Spirit, The Water, and The Blood; and these three agree
as One. If We receive the witness of
men, The Witness of God is Greater; for this is The Witness of God which He has
Testified of His Son. He who Believes in
The Son of God has The Witness in himself; he who does NOT Believe God has made
Him a liar, because he has NOT Believed The Testimony that God has Given of His
Son. And this is The Testimony: that God
has given Us Eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son. He who has The Son has Life; he who does NOT
have The Son of God does NOT have Life. These
things I have written to YOU who Believe in The Name of The Son of God, that
YOU may know that YOU have Eternal Life, and that YOU may continue to Believe in The Name of The
Son of God.
Confidence and Compassion in Prayer (1 John 5:14-17)
Now this is the confidence that We have in Him, that
if We ask anything According to His Will, He hears Us. And if We know that He hears Us, whatever We
ask, We know that We have the petitions that We have asked of Him. If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does NOT lead
to death, he will ask, and He will give him Life for those who commit sin NOT leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I do NOT say that he should pray about that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin
NOT leading to death.
Knowing the True—Rejecting the False (1 John 5:18-21)
We know that whoever is Born of God does not sin; but he who has been Born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does NOT touch him. We know that We are of God, and the whole World lies under the sway of the wicked one. And We know that The Son of
God has Come and has given Us an Understanding, that We may know Him who is
True; and We are in Him who is True, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is The True God and Eternal Life. Little children, keep
yourselves from idols. Amen.
Be Reconciled to God (2 Corinthians 5:12-21)
For We do NOT commend Ourselves again to YOU, but give
YOU opportunity to boast on Our behalf, that YOU may have an answer for those who boast in
appearance and NOT in heart. For if We
are beside Ourselves, it is for
God; or if We are of Sound Mind, it is
for YOU. For The Love of Christ compels
Us, because We judge thus: that if One died for All, then all died; and He died
for All, that those who Live should Live no longer for themselves, but for Him
who died for them and Rose Again. Therefore, from now on, We regard no
one according to the flesh. Even though We have known Christ according to the
flesh, yet now We know Him Thus
no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a New Creation;
old things have passed away; behold, All Things have become New. Now All Things are
of God, who has Reconciled Us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given Us
The Ministry of Reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ Reconciling the
World to Himself, NOT imputing their trespasses to them, and has Committed to
Us The Word of Reconciliation. Now then, We are Ambassadors for Christ, as though God were
pleading through Us: We implore YOU
on Christ’s Behalf, be Reconciled to God.
For He made Him who knew no sin to
be sin for Us, that We might become The Righteousness of God in Him.
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