Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音)
The Teachings of Jesus
Text: John 3:12-13
“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.”
John 3:12-13
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS
The Teachings of Jesus are found in the Gospels. They may indeed be divided into two broad categories:
1. “Earthly things”
a. Things pertaining to life on earth.
b. These were good, relevant and wonderful words of wisdom.
i. How to be sincere and true and not hypocritical (Matthew 5).
ii. How not to worry (Matthew 6).
iii. Building a strong foundation for life (Matthew 7).
2. “Heavenly things”
a. Things pertaining to heaven.
b. Clear examples:
i. Becoming children of God through faith in Jesus (John 1:12).
ii. Seeing the Kingdom of God through being born again (John 3:3).
iii. Being born again through the work of the Holy Spirit (John 3:5-9).
THE LIMITED UNDERSTANDING OF NICODEMUS
Nicodemus did not fully comprehend who Jesus truly was.
1. He admitted that Jesus must have been a Teacher sent by God (John 3:2).
2. How else could Jesus have performed miraculous signs? (John 3:2)
THE TRUE IDENTITY OF JESUS REVEALED TO NICODEMUS
1. He was indeed sent by God.
2. But not in the common sense of the word.
a. Prophets were seen as people who had been sent by God.
b. But their origins were from earth.
3. Jesus as the Son of Man.
a. He was fully Man.
b. But His origin was from heaven! He had come from heaven to teach divine truths from God!
经文:约翰福音 3: 12-13
“我对你们说地上的事,你们尚且不信;若说天上的事,如何能信呢?
除了从天降下仍旧在天的人子,没有人升过天。”《约翰福音 3: 12-13》