Their great leader Moses was going to die and leave the Israelites for ever. They were going to be under a new leader and to fight to overcome the occupants of the Promised Land. How were they going to cope and manage? God would give them enough strength sufficient to overcome every fresh task that would come their way each day.
Some people face the future with fear and dismay. But this ought not to be so for the Christian. The Lord would not have his people to be fearful concerning the future.
A picture is drawn for us of the church being like a vine. Four lessons are to be learned. Fruitless branches are cut off. Fruitful branches are purged. It is by abiding in Christ that we bear fruit. The Father is glorified when we bear much fruit.
Nicodemus was a good man but troubled. Jesus told him he had to be born again. He was confused. Jesus explained the gospel to him. Evidence is drawn from the rest of John's gospel to show that he was truly transformed.
In the Lord Jesus Christ the Christian has a priest who has offered up a once-for-all perfect sacrifice of Himself to make atonement for sin, and who makes continual effectual intercession for the saints in heaven for ever.
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