2020 - Unsettling Times

The Corona virus, Covid 19, is certainly wreaking havoc all around the world. It is an unprecedented time in our world's history. Fear and anxiety abound in all countries. The financial markets have gone into free fall. Millions of people have either lost their jobs or been stood down. National governments are injecting huge amounts of money into their struggling economies to try and stem the economic disaster.

Many countries are either in a state of lockdown or very close to it. People are perplexed and very anxious as to their future and their families' future. The whole world has suddenly shifted into an awful, horrific paradigm. Social distancing, staying at home, frequent hand washing, the wearing of face masks and gloves is becoming normal practice. Countries have closed their borders to overseas travellers and interstate travel has been severely restricted. Enforced 14 days isolation is now mandatory in Australia if you have come from overseas or crossing State borders. This is now a legal requirement in Australia with hefty fines or even jail time for non compliance.

Supermarket shelves are missing many essential items such as toilet paper, tissues, rice, pasta and pasta sauce. Face masks and hand sanitisers are in very short supply. This situation in Australia has been caused by panic buying in the shops. Greedy customers buying much more than they required. Limits are now being enforced on many items of essential goods.

So as Christians who believe in the true and living God, we have the Holy Scriptures for our guidance and encouragement. I have always been encouraged by the words of King David in Psalms 37.

Psalms 37:23-25
 (23) "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way.
(24) Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand.
(25) I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread."

David wrote these words in his old age; he was looking back at his journey through life and came to the conclusion that those who trust in the true and living God will be looked after by Him. In the circumstances of life David had not seen followers of God forsaken by Him or their children having to beg for food to stay alive.

Let's look at Philippians 4:19 "And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." Note the confidence of the apostle Paul as he wrote these words to the believers in Philippi. Now the promise is to supply our need not our wants! We all have wish lists and things that we would like to have, but these things our not necessarily our needs but our wants. Our basic needs as humans are - food - clothing - shelter. Our God will supply our present need through the Lord Jesus Christ.

Now let's take a look at Hebrews 13:5-6
(5) "Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
(6) So we may boldly say:"The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

Our manner of life is brought into focus in verse 5. We are not to be greedy and wanting to have other people's possessions. We are exhorted to be content with what we already have. The reason for the writer saying this is that God Himself has stated "I will never leave you nor forsake you." A very wise ministering brother in Christ used to say "Turn the words around to get the full force of their meaning." So let's do that. "You forsake - nor you leave - never will I"

If we are armed with that assurance then we can bring verse 6 into context. We can be bold and say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

In Philippians 4:6 we find these words (6)" Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
(7) and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

The word nothing is actually composed of two words no - thing. So we are to be anxious for no thing. What we need to remember is that whatever happens to us our God already knows about. He is the eternal God! Everything that occurs in our life's journey God knows about. He knows our life from the beginning to the end. So whatever happens to us does not catch God by surprise.

This Covid 19 pandemic was prophesied by the Lord Jesus Christ about 2000 years ago. In Matthew chapter 24 He spoke to His disciples about events that would occur in future years.

Matthew 24:6-8
"(6) And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
(7) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
(8) All these are the beginning of sorrows."

Covid 19 is a pestilence. Collins Concise Dictionary defines pestilence as "any epidemic of a deadly infectious disease, such as the plague." The 20th century was characterised by two world wars and wars between nations. Famines in 3rd world countries are not unknown. Earthquakes seem to be on the increase. Every year now seems to be characterised by earthquakes in various countries. Verse 8 clearly states that these are the beginning of sorrows. There is more sorrow to come upon our world.

Present times are tough in all countries. We are all called upon to do our bit and help stop the spread of the virus. There are millions of people who are fearful and anxious particularly with the loss of jobs and income. On top of that is the concern that they might come down with Covid 19. The death toll around the world rises every day. The amount of people around the world infected with the virus rises every day. So they have genuine concerns as to what will happen to them and their families.

How can believers in the Lord Jesus Christ help? We can pray for people and nations. We can offer comfort and practical help where possible. We can point people to the Lord Jesus Christ for His salvation, comfort and peace. We can help by doing what our National governments request and obey their emergency measures to restrict the virus. We all have to do our bit to help resolve this crisis.

There will come a time when this pandemic will cease. In the meantime we need to keep looking up and keep going on in faith. The apostle Paul in his 2nd letter to the Corinthian believers had the right perspective on our problems and troubles.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18
(17)"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
(18) while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal."

Paul looked beyond the present trials and weighed them up in the light of eternity. And so can you and I.

Jon Peasey

Biblical Perspectives blog www.jon-peasey.blogspot.com
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[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted. Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted for clarity. Words in bold type emphasise a point. You may notice some verses are quoted with ... at the beginning, ending or elsewhere in a verse. Only the relevant part or parts of the verse, that relate directly to the current subject matter is quoted.]

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Two Immutable Things

Collins Concise Dictionary defines the word immutable as: (adj) unchanging through time; unalterable; ageless. 

Hebrews 6:13-20:
"(13) For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,
(14) saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."
(15) And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
(16) For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.
(17) Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,
(18) that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.
(19) This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
(20) where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." 

As we can see from the definition of the word immutable, God has shown us two unchangeable, unalterable, ageless tenets. These are His promise and His oath. In verse 13 when God made His promise to Abraham, because there was no one greater than Himself, He made the promise and confirmed it by His own oath. As it is impossible for God to lie the promise once made and confirmed became unalterable. Abraham did not see the full results of God's promise in his lifetime; yet God brought it to pass in later generations. 

Verse 18 tells us that these two immutable things enable us to have a strong consolation in God. Then there is a reference back to the Old Testament to the cities of refuge mentioned in Numbers chapter 35. If an Israelite accidently caused the death of another person he could flee to one of the cities of refuge for protection from the dead person's avenging family. As long as he stayed within the environs of the city of refuge and did not try to go anywhere else he was safe. If he did leave the city of refuge and the avenging family caught up with him - his death was on his own head - as he was no longer protected by the law.

In like manner we as sinners flee to Jesus Christ for refuge from the penalty of our sins. If we are not sheltering under the protection of His blood, shed for us at Calvary, we cannot escape the penalty of dying in our sins. If we die in our sins we will stand before the great White Throne and be judged for those sins. The end result is the Lake of Fire which is the second eternal death.

So what was the hope of the man slayer who fled to the city of refuge? Surely it was that he would be protected in that city from the avenging family. As it was written into the Law the avenging family could not legally enter the city of refuge to kill him. He was safe in the city of refuge.

The two immutable things, God's promise and His confirming oath, give us assurance and a strong hope in God. We are encouraged, "...to lay hold of the hope set before us." The Greek word krateo has the thought of to seize or hold on strongly. Our hope is centred in the Lord Jesus Christ and his work of salvation and redemption at Calvary. Heaven is open for me and heaven is open for you.

Let's look at the words of the Lord Jesus in John 14:1-3
(1) "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
(2) In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
(3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

In verse 19 we read, "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast...”. An anchor is used to grip and hold things steady. A boat uses an anchor to stop the boat drifting away from where it is moored. Sometimes you see awnings anchored by strong ropes or steel cables. Otherwise strong winds could blow them away.

Here are four useful anchors in Jude verses 20, 21.
"(20) But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
(21) keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Use them to keep your hope "...both sure and steadfast..."

Hebrews 6:19 also informs us that, "This hope...enters the Presence behind the veil." This is a direct reference to the heavy, embroidered curtain which separated the Holy Place from the Holy of Holies in both the Tabernacle and the Temple. The Holy of Holies was where God dwelt amongst the children of Israel. Only the high priest could go behind the heavy curtain and that was only once each year on the Day of Atonement.

Now let's look at Hebrews 6:20:
"where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." This verse is telling us that Jesus, the Son of God has through His work at Calvary gone behind the curtain separating us from God on our behalf.

Hebrews 10:19-23:
"(19) Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
(20) by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,
(21) and having a High Priest over the house of God,
(22) let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
(23) Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful."

You and I can enter into God's presence at any time without fear and with holy boldness because the Lord Jesus has opened up the way for us. There is a place prepared for us in Heaven when we die. We will be ...well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord." (2 Corinthians 5:8)

The two immutable things, God's promise and God's confirming oath are real. The Holy Scriptures are full of our God's faithfulness and full of His wonderful miracles and interventions on behalf of His people. "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful."

Jon Peasey

Biblical Perspectives blog www.jon-peasey.blogspot.com
Ebooks author page https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JRPeasey

[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted. Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted for clarity. Words in bold type emphasise a point. You may notice some verses are quoted with ... at the beginning, ending or elsewhere in a verse. Only the relevant part or parts of the verse, that relate directly to the current subject matter is quoted.]

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These all died in faith

These words are found in the New Testament book of Hebrews in the Holy Bible. Chapter 11 is often referred to as 'the roll call of faith'. The writer of Hebrews gives us a list of Old Testament saints who believed in the true and living God and walked by faith before Him.

Verse 6 brings into focus God's requirements and the outcome of personal faith in Him.

Hebrews 11:6
 "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him."

You cannot please God without personal faith in Himself! It is necessary to believe in the true and living God in order to please Him. If you by faith are diligent in seeking to follow Him then our God will reward us in His own way and in His own time.

Now let's look at some of the people in Hebrews chapter 11.

Verse 4
"By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks."
Abel believed in God and through his faith he believed that the animal sacrifice he offered to God would be accepted. It was, and his older brother Cain was enraged by God's acceptance of Abel's sacrifice; and by the non acceptance of Cain's offering from his crops. The result was that he murdered Abel.

Verse 5
"By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, "and was not found, because God had taken him"; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God."
The account of Enoch's life in Genesis chapter 5 shows that Enoch walked with God for 300 years and that God was so pleased with Enoch that He took him straight to heaven without passing through death.

Verse 7
"By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith."
The story of Noah's Ark is well known even to non Christians. The account given to us in Genesis chapter 6 reveals that the wickedness of mankind at that time was so great that God decided to send a universal flood on the world to slay them all. Only Noah found grace in God's eyes and he was instructed by God to build the ark to preserve the human race and the animal kingdom. The consequence of which means that you and I are descendants of Noah and his wife!

Verses 8-10
"(8) By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
(9) By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
(10) for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God."
Abraham was called by God to leave Ur of the Chaldee's and go to a land that God had chosen for him and his descendants. However he got as far as Haran and stayed there many years until his father Terah died. Only then did Abraham continue the journey to the land of Canaan. By faith he dwelt in the land of Canaan as a stranger. Abraham traversed the length and breadth of the land of Canaan yet he was unable to take possession of the land. He knew it would belong to his descendants at a future time. Verse 10 above tells us that he was waiting for a city that God has constructed (a city in heaven).

Verses 11-12
"(11) By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.
(12) Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude--innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore."
Abraham's wife Sarah is also mentioned because she was childless, yet at 90 years of age gave birth to a son. Abraham was about 100 years old when Isaac (the son of promise) was born. The Holy Scriptures inform us that Abraham and Sarah's descendants cannot be numbered. This man and his wife by their strong faith in the true and living God have made an enormous impact on human history.

Verses 13-16
"(13) These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
(14) For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.
(15) And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.
(16) But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them."

They died in faith with the assurance that their God had prepared a place for them in His city in heaven.

Hebrews chapter 11 continues on with more people who had a strong faith in God. People such as - Isaac - Jacob - Joseph - Moses - Rahab - Gideon - Barack - Samson - Jepthah - David - Samuel - and the prophets.

What about you and me? If these Old Testament believers had this hope before them - surely we can expect the same?

Philippians 3:20-21
"(20) For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
(21) who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself."

John 14:1-3
(1) "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
(2) In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
(3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also." These are words from the lips of the Son of God Himself. In the book of Revelation chapter 21 the heavenly city is described in detail. The actual proportions of the city are mind boggling. The city is cubed shaped, 1,500 miles long, 1,500 miles wide and 1,500 miles high. (1,500 miles is equivalent to 2,414 kilometres). For those of us who live in Australia, 1,500 miles is equivalent to the distance from Sydney NSW to Cairns in Far North QLD. There is plenty of room for all of God's people.

Now let's have a look at the verses at the beginning of Hebrews chapter 11.

Hebrews 11:1-3 (WEY) Weymouth translation
"(1) Now faith is a well-grounded assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see.
(2) For by it the saints of old won God's approval.
(3) Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible."

These verses really highlight the necessity of believing in our Creator God. These saints of old had a well grounded assurance of the reality of the true and living God and a conviction of the reality of things which we do not see. In other words they believed in God and His words to them. Creation itself was proof to them of the power and majesty of the Creator God.

Now how about you and me are we looking forward in faith to being in God's heavenly city at the end of our days on Earth? Keep looking up, keep going on in faith.

Jon Peasey

Biblical Perspectives blog www.jon-peasey.blogspot.com
Ebooks author page https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JRPeasey

[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted. Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted for clarity. Words in bold type emphasise a point. You may notice some verses are quoted with ... at the beginning, ending or elsewhere in a verse. Only the relevant part or parts of the verse, that relate directly to the current subject matter is quoted.]

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A Ruler Called Nicodemus - Part Two

In my last blog post, 'A Ruler Called Nicodemus - Part One' I brought the blog post to a close by looking at Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God's words in:
John 3:14-15:
"(14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
(15) that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."

I then referenced the incident in Numbers 21:5-6:
"(5) And the people spoke against God and against Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread."
(6) So the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people of Israel died."

God's answer to Moses intercession on behalf of the people was this.

Numbers 21:8-9:
"(8) Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.'
(9) So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived."

Let's look again at my thoughts at the conclusion of the blog post. 'It was a look of faith! If you believed that by looking up at the bronze serpent on that pole that you would be healed and live - that's what you did! This was no time to question the method of salvation. If you wanted to live instead of dying a horrible death you looked up at the serpent on the pole. There was no if, but or maybe involved; to live you looked in faith at God's provision of salvation.'

Why was this incident so important for Nicodemus to be reminded of?

Jesus was telling Nicodemus that as it was necessary for Moses to lift up the bronze serpent on the pole for the salvation of those ancient Israelites, it was also necessary for the son of Man to be lifted up so a person could believe in Him and have eternal life.

Now let's continue to look at the words Jesus spoke to Nicodemus in John chapter 3.

John 3:14-21:
"(14) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
(15) that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."
(16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
(17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
(18) He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
(19) And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
(20) For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
(21) But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

Verse 16 is probably the most quoted verse in the New Testament, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." Those words were spoken to Nicodemus. Yet these very words have been the means of countless souls being brought to the Lord Jesus Christ for a full and free salvation.

Verse 17 reveals that God sent Jesus not to condemn us, but that through Jesus we could be saved.

Verse 18 informs us that if we believe in Jesus we are no longer condemned. However if we don't believe in Jesus we remain in a condemned state because we won't believe in the name of Jesus. In other words we don't believe that He is the Son of God.

Verses 19, 20 show us the state of heart of the unbeliever. Jesus is portrayed as a bright light. Unbelievers won't come to His light because of their evil deeds. They prefer to remain in the darkness of their sins. I often think of little insects and beetles that hide under pieces of scrap wood or rubbish in the yard. On a sunny day if you flip over the wood or rubbish the insects scurry away trying to hide once again. That is man in his natural state. He does not want his sins revealed!

Verse 21 tells us that that he who does the truth comes to the light. In other words he responds to the truth and comes to the light [Jesus] for salvation and cleansing of his sins. Now his deeds can be seen as doing God's will in his life.

All this information was a lot for Nicodemus to take in! I am sure that Nicodemus went away pondering over what Jesus had told him.

Nicodemus is mentioned again in John chapter 7. The chief priests and the Pharisees wanted to arrest Jesus.

John 7:30-32:
"(30) Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

(31) And many of the people believed in Him, and said, "When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?"
(32) The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him."

However, the officers came back empty handed. They were asked why they had not brought Jesus to them.

John 7:46-48:
"(46) The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this Man!"
(47) Then the Pharisees answered them, "Are you also deceived?
(48) Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him?"

Nicodemus now speaks up.

John 7:46-53:

"(50).Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them,
(51) "Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?"

(52) They answered and said to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."

(53) And everyone went to his own house."

The Sanhedrin did not even know their own history for the prophet Jonah came from Gath-Hepher (near Nazareth) in Galilee.

We don't hear again about Nicodemus until the crucifixion day. 

John 19:38-42:
"(38) After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took the body of Jesus.
(39) And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.
(40) Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it in strips of linen with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
(41) Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
(42) So there they laid Jesus, because of the Jews' Preparation Day, for the tomb was nearby."

Cruel, wicked hands nailed Jesus to the cross. After He died loving hands took his body carefully down from the cross and prepared it for burial. We learn from one of the other Gospels that Jesus was buried in a new tomb that Joseph of Arimathea had made for his own burial chamber.

When Jesus was lifted up on the cross Nicodemus would have understood that Jesus was offering him eternal life through His suffering and death. By faith he accepted that Jesus died for him. I am sure many Scriptures were fulfilled for Nicodemus that day. He came out boldly and identified himself with Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God. "And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds." The myrrh and aloes would have weighed approximately 45 kg. Nicodemus came prepared to bury Jesus with a rich man's burial. Joseph of Arimathea gave up his own new tomb to honour Jesus of Nazareth. This was in fulfilment of prophecy.

Isaiah 53:9:
"And they made His grave with the wicked-- but with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth."

This concludes the two part series on 'A Ruler Called Nicodemus'.

Jon Peasey

Biblical Perspectives blog www.jon-peasey.blogspot.com
Ebooks author page https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JRPeasey

[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted. Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted for clarity. Words in bold type emphasise a point. You may notice some verses are quoted with ... at the beginning, ending or elsewhere in a verse. Only the relevant part or parts of the verse, that relate directly to the current subject matter is quoted.]

[If you have any questions or comments you are invited to contact me via the comments section below.]