QT 08/04/2024 Monday READ John 3. Blessed to have a teacher. 有老师真好.
QT 08/04/2024 Monday READ John 3
http://www.esvbible.org/john3
It was tuition time for the "teacher of Israel", Nicodemus, who was a ruler of the Jews (John 3:1,10). This involved advanced topics of course.
The tuition started off with the interpretation of the "signs" that Jesus had performed, changing of water into wine (John 2:1-11) and others (John 2:23). Seeing the "kingdom of God" (John 3:3), however, did not come with viewing these signs, but by being born again (John 3:3).
Obtaining "the right to become children of God" was not by "the will of the flesh nor of the will of man" (John 1:13), but by the Spirit (John 3:8). Merely having a Jewish descent (like Nicodemus) or having a high religious post (like a Pharisee, John 3:1) was insufficient.
As a professor of law, Nicodemus should have known of Ezek 36:26, Ezek 37 and Deut 30:6, Jer 31:33 regarding the resurrection foretold, the new heart and the new life. Jesus gave him the famous John 3:16 as a summary.
Not only would Jesus be "lifted up" in suffering God's wrath on the cross (John 3:14, 12:40-41), He would also be "lifted up" in glory (a double meaning by John connected to Isaiah 52:13).
APPLICATION: Believe in the Son, Jesus Christ, sent by God in order to be born again, obtaining eternal life in God and also avoiding His wrath (John 3:36). The plural "you" in John 3:7 pointed to this opportunity being given to all today, not only Nicodemus. Therefore accept Jesus now!
星期一 2024年4月8日 今日读经：约翰福音3章. 有老师真好.
http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Jhn/3/
对于“以色列的经学教师”，犹太人的官长(约3:1,10)，尼哥德慕来说，这是学习时间。当然这当中涉及了深入的课题。
学习时间从解释耶稣行的“神迹”开始，就是把水变成酒(约2:1-11)和其它的神迹(约2:23)。看见“神的国”(约3:3)并不伴随着看见这些神迹，而是必须重生(约3:3)。
取得“成为神儿女的权利”并不是“从肉身的意思生的，也不是从人意生的”(约1:13),而是从圣灵生的(约3:8)。光有犹太血统(好比尼哥德慕)或有着崇高的宗教职位(如法利赛人，约3:1)是不够的。
身为律法的教授，尼哥德慕应该知道以西结36:26、以西结37、申命记30:6和耶利米书31:33所提到有关复活的预言，那新心和新生命的预言。耶稣给了他约翰福音3：16作为总结。
耶稣不但会在神的烈怒下钉死在十字架，被“举起”(约3:14,12:40-41)，祂会在荣耀中被“举起”(约翰把这双重意思联系到以赛亚书52:13)。
应用：信子，耶稣基督，神所差遣的，以至你能够得到重生，能够在神那里得到永生，避开祂的震怒(约3:36)。约翰福音3:7的“你们”指向今天这个机会是给予每个人的，不光是尼哥德慕。所以，现在就接受主耶稣！
