Posted on 03/19/2015 1:35:47 PM PDT by redleghunter
This is part 2 of a sermon series. I believe part 3 deals with examples from Acts. I will ping you to it when posted.
What did Nicodemus know of Christian baptism?
we interpret God’s Word by all of His word, not to what Nicodemus knew or didn’t know.
the Scriptures and Christian history are clear, baptism is how one is born from above.
We must also put the scriptures in their proper historical setting. Nicodemus knew nothing of Christian baptism.
Jesus Christ was walking him through the TaNaKh to teach him the meaning of Born Again.
We then see the fulfillment of his discussion, and the OT prophecies, at Pentecost and following.
What OT scriptures bring us to an understanding of Jesus Christ’s discussion with Nicodemus?
22 Therefore say unto Bais Yisroel, thus saith Adonoi Hashem: I do not this for your sakes, O Bais Yisroel, but for the sake of Shem Kodshi, which ye have profaned among Goyim where ye went.
23 And I will show as kodesh My Shem HaGadol, which was profaned among the Goyim, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the Goyim shall know that I am Hashem, saith Adonoi Hashem, when I shall be set apart as kodesh in you before their eynayim. 24 For I will take you from among the Goyim, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own adamah (land).
25 Then will I sprinkle mayim tehorim upon you, and ye shall be tahor; from all your tum’a, and from all your gillulim (idols), will I make you tahor. 26 A lev chadash also will I give you, and a ruach chadashah will I put within you; and I will take away the lev haeven (stony heart) out of your basar, and I will give you a lev basar.
27 And I will put My Ruach [Hakodesh] within you, and cause you to walk in My chukkot, and ye shall be shomer over My mishpatim, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in ha’aretz that I gave to avoteichem; and ye shall be My people, and I will be your Elohim.
Notice the difference between the House of Israel and the goyim?
Matthew 15:24 He answered, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.’
Moshe was so fed up with the complaining he said...
Bamidbar 11
14 I am not able to carry all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, please, at once, if I have found chen in Thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
16 And Hashem said unto Moshe, Gather unto Me seventy men of the Zekenim of Yisroel, whom thou knowest to be the Ziknei HaAm, and officers over them; and bring them unto the Ohel Moed, that they may stand there with thee.
17 And I will come down and speak with thee there; and I will take of the Ruach [Hakodesh] that is upon thee, and will put [Him] upon them; and they shall bear the massa HaAm (burden of the People) with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
So Hashem put His Spirit on the seventy and guess what? Moshe never complained about the people like this again for he saw it was the Spirit that made (makes) the difference.
There's no such thing as 'born again'
[no] Shabbat Shalom
You posted exactly the subject of the discourse between Yeshua and Nicodemus.
Yes, the message of the Kingdom was for the lost sheep of Israel. It expanded from there fulfilling:
Yeshayah 49 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)
5 And now, saith Hashem My Yotzer from the beten to be Eved of Him, to bring back Ya’akov to Him, so that Yisroel would be gathered to Him; so shall I [Moshiach] be honored in the eyes of Hashem, and Elohai shall be My oz (strength).
6 And He said, It is too small a thing that Thou shouldest be Eved to Me to raise up the Shivtei Ya’akov, and to bring back the Netzurei Yisroel (Preserved of Israel, the She’erit); I will also give Thee for Ohr Goyim, that Thou mayest be My Yeshuah (Salvation) unto the ketzeh ha’aretz.(OJB)
I pray daily for the peace of Israel and Jerusalem.
Grace and Peace.
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You are rock and uponn this rock I will build my church.
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