{"id":903,"date":"2014-01-03T15:43:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T21:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/wp\/?p=903"},"modified":"2014-01-03T15:43:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T21:43:49","slug":"john-chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/?p=903","title":{"rendered":"John Chapter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are reading the very words of God together.\u00a0 Don\u2019t lose sight that this is God speaking to you and me.\u00a0 All of these happenings where given to help us grow and to become more like God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

May we all celebrate the understanding of being \u201cBorn Again\u201d.\u00a0 Salvation is not just a head understanding where we believe in Jesus.\u00a0 It is a spiritual awakening where we realize Christ died for me and I need Him and salvation.\u00a0 Don\u2019t ever get over the awesomeness of the new birth in Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nicodemus, seemed to have much information about God, but did not have a relationship with God.\u00a0 Knowing facts does not always mean there is a relationship.\u00a0 I have read a few biographies and\u00a0after reading them I feel as if I know the person, but in reality I don\u2019t really know them in any personal way.\u00a0 Get to know God through His word, but really get to know God by living out the word in a life of faith.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Verse 20 really explains why we don\u2019t stay in the Word and in Church.\u00a0 The \u201clight\u201d, Spiritual insight with God exposes us and our sins.\u00a0 The sins of our heart get exposed with God\u2019s Word.\u00a0 But\u00a0as a result\u00a0of this exposure we find forgiveness and we get to walk closer with God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Make verse 30 a memory verse or even a theme for our lives.\u00a0 \u201cHe must increase, but I must decrease.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep allowing God to increase by taking in this spiritual food, God\u2019s Holy Word.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keep Reading and share your thoughts and questions.
\nPastor Joe: mbpastor@fidmail.com ;
\nDiane :\u00a0memorial@fidnet.com;
\nPastor Mark : Youth@mbcnewhaven.com<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-reading"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbcnewhaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}