Good day dear friends.
We welcomed a new member yesterday! Please make Don Boney welcome. Don was a longtime member of our church, then went to the Lutheran church for a while then decided to "come home" yesterday. We will present Don next Sunday in worship.
Here is our study guide for today:
Monday - John 6, 7
Notice the reappearance of Nicodemus in John 7. To what degree of faith-commitment has he come?
Nick at Nite shows up again in the reading of John 7. He came to Jesus to find out what He was up to, and gets the lesson on being born again or from above. He ponders this and goes away. In the reading for today, Nick is hearing the charges and discussion about Jesus and he tries to make the case for at least adhering to the law which said one must find out more about a person before deciding on what course to follow. Nick wants his brothers on the council to find out more about Jesus before making a decision. He is cut off and the discussion ends and they go home.
Yesterday's sermon presented three salvation stories and Nick's was one of them in which he is a cautious convert. He needed more information before he knew what to do about Jesus. The Samaritan woman became an instant convert when she was confronted by her own sin and the fact that Jesus knew it. Jesus showed that He cared for her and would take away her sin; that was the closing part of the deal. The third one was the man in John 5 that receives healing and takes a so-what attitude. The question posed to us: What are we doing from what we know Jesus has done for us?
PRAYER: Loving God of salvation, speak to my heart. You have done so much for me, let me surrender to You. I pray this in Jesus' Name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
We welcomed a new member yesterday! Please make Don Boney welcome. Don was a longtime member of our church, then went to the Lutheran church for a while then decided to "come home" yesterday. We will present Don next Sunday in worship.
Here is our study guide for today:
Monday - John 6, 7
Notice the reappearance of Nicodemus in John 7. To what degree of faith-commitment has he come?
Nick at Nite shows up again in the reading of John 7. He came to Jesus to find out what He was up to, and gets the lesson on being born again or from above. He ponders this and goes away. In the reading for today, Nick is hearing the charges and discussion about Jesus and he tries to make the case for at least adhering to the law which said one must find out more about a person before deciding on what course to follow. Nick wants his brothers on the council to find out more about Jesus before making a decision. He is cut off and the discussion ends and they go home.
Yesterday's sermon presented three salvation stories and Nick's was one of them in which he is a cautious convert. He needed more information before he knew what to do about Jesus. The Samaritan woman became an instant convert when she was confronted by her own sin and the fact that Jesus knew it. Jesus showed that He cared for her and would take away her sin; that was the closing part of the deal. The third one was the man in John 5 that receives healing and takes a so-what attitude. The question posed to us: What are we doing from what we know Jesus has done for us?
PRAYER: Loving God of salvation, speak to my heart. You have done so much for me, let me surrender to You. I pray this in Jesus' Name, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
e.v.
