john chapter 3:3

Published by on November 13, 2020

II. is found with both meanings. . read "see." Taylor. Hope has a purifying power.1. Nothing more unbecomes a heavenly hope than an earthly heart. (4)Hence he is evermore aspiring after more and more holiness.III. And Jesus, our Elder Brother, has gone before, and opened the way for aspiring man to follow. Compare all. The Christian does not, as an independent agent, purify himself. And if the influence of your hope be so baneful, what must be the end of it? Probably in our present condition we have no symbols by which the future glories could be revealed unto us. In speaking of which I shall show —(1) Negatively, what cannot purify us from the guilt of sin. Here, now, is the eternal grandeur of Christ's religion. (c) A third way to purify ourselves from the power of sin is to be frequent and fervent in prayer to God for fresh supplies of sanctifying grace. and what is requisite to the seeing and enjoying of it? (1)Hence he does not cultivate one grace only. Interestingly, Romans 4:17 states that "God . Therefore, every mere earthly hope is unworthy to rule a man, and if he have no higher, will at last degrade him; because man is greater than any earthly honour he can aspire to, and greater than the world he lives in, and greater than all its achievements and glories — yes, greater than anything except God. Because it encourages us to believe that the work of our being made like Christ will be accomplished. We could also say that this is what triggers a person's calling into the church. One by one they shake off all meaner desires, and lay all meaner purposes down, and as they climb toward Him along the various paths of suffering and of duty their hearts are filled with a common hope — to be like Him, and see Him as He is.(Bp. Cooper, D. D.In the moulding room of an iron foundry you may see workmen making in fine sand the moulds into which the molten iron will be poured in a day or two. Here, then, are two points we have to consider the extent to which the Christian attains purity, and how far the work of purification is his own. This is the way to the stars. M. Taylor.There is, in one of the valleys of Perthshire, a tree which sprang up on the rocky side of a little brook, where there was no kindly soil in which it could spread its roots, or by which it could be nourished. And remember, once more, WHOSE LIGHT THIS IS, AND WHOSE CROSS. There is no imaginable state that he cannot so disenchant except heaven, and no model that he cannot unidealise except the Son of God. (2) Positively, what alone can. Ephesians : (3)His besetting sins of heart, temper, body, relationship, etc. You would think it an unseemly thing to see some rich man, that hath a vast estate, among the poor gleaners in harvest time, as busy to pick up the ears of corn that are left in the field as the most miserable beggar in the company. Hope has a purifying power.1. Till it be our power and privilege not to sin, it is still our duty to repent. 4. In like manner every grace will be incessantly working, till it has wrought over the heart to its own likeness. It is a great thing to get a good ideal of life. (4) Purity is the only thing that can evidence to us our right and interest in those glorious things that we profess ourselves to hope for. M. You would think it an unseemly thing to see some rich man, that hath a vast estate, among the poor gleaners in harvest time, as busy to pick up the ears of corn that are left in the field as the most miserable beggar in the company. The root and trunk of the born-again doctrine is found within John 3. and what is requisite to the seeing and enjoying of it? 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. First upon a natural account; this hope purifies, as being a special grace infused into the heart by the Holy Ghost, and in its nature and operation directly contrary to sin: as heat is a quality both in nature and working, contrary to and destructive of cold. (5)By hearing rebukes for himself, and laying them to heart. Here, now, is the eternal grandeur of Christ's religion. This is the way to the stars. To convey essential, spiritual principles, Jesus uses imagery extensively in the gospels, and perhaps the most in the book of John. There is no imaginable state that he cannot so disenchant except heaven, and no model that he cannot unidealise except the Son of God. From ano; from above; by analogy, from the first; by implication, anew. The power of godliness must be brought into the room of the power of sin. THE INFLUENCE OF THIS HOPE. It proposes the only worthy and enduring hope to man. Word Pictures in the New Testament, "John," p. 44, confirms that gennao is "aorist passive subjunctive" here. He does not say, "How can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be begotten?". There must be purity of heart, but "the heart is deceitful above all things," and how shall we know it? Certainly thy hope is either false, or at best very little. Paul was caught up into Paradise, but he said that it was not lawful to utter what he heard there (2 Corinthians 12:1-4). Harris. 1. (2)Hence he is never afraid of being too precise. (4)Hence he is evermore aspiring after more and more holiness.III. I. 3. Behold, they go to Him, out of every nation. You that look for so much in another world may be very well content with a little in this. He does this in a perfectly natural way. "This hope set on him." Because we grow like those we ardently love.(Geo. (Christian Treasury. One is the blessed way, that is more appropriate for the higher heaven, the way of assimilation and transformation — by beholding: "If we see Him" we shall be "like Him." (2)By keeping a tender conscience, and bewailing his faults. God, through His creative wisdom and powers within the relationship, must bridge this huge gap. S. S. Harris.The hope of the Christian is the one worthy, enduring hope that is capable of lifting man above the earth and leading him to heaven. (5)By hearing rebukes for himself, and laying them to heart. )Links1 John 3:3 NIV1 John 3:3 NLT1 John 3:3 ESV1 John 3:3 NASB1 John 3:3 KJV1 John 3:3 Bible Apps1 John 3:3 Parallel1 John 3:3 Biblia Paralela1 John 3:3 Chinese Bible1 John 3:3 French Bible1 John 3:3 German Bible1 John 3:3 CommentariesBible Hub, (6)By asking the Lord to search him, and practising self-examination. Because it encourages us to believe that the work of our being made like Christ will be accomplished. The higher the summer sun mounts above the horizon, the more force it bears to clear and heat the air with his beams; and if thy hope of salvation were advanced to any ordinary height in thy soul, it would scatter these inordinate desires after this world, with which now thou art choked up, and put thee into a greater heat of affection after heaven. 1. John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock. Because we grow like those we ardently love.(Geo. Nothing more unbecomes a heavenly hope than an earthly heart. (7)By distinctly and vigorously fighting with every known sin.3. John 3:3 - 3:6. (4)Hence he is evermore aspiring after more and more holiness.III. Born Again or Begotten? (3)Hence he is simple, natural, and unconstrained. In John 6:32-63, those who listen to His manna discourse follow the same pattern. Now, what that tiny bridge was to the tree, the Resurrection of Christ is to the believer. This hope is the chief prompter to life's activities, in whatever state its possessor may be found. Well, Christian, be not angry if I tell thee that thou dost a more shameful thing by far, if thou, who pretendest to hope for heaven, be as eager in the pursuit of this world's trash as the poor carnal wretch is who expects no portion but what God hath left him to pick up in the field of this world. It proposes the only worthy and enduring hope to man. The many sons whom He has brought unto glory shall be perfectly like Him, not only in immortality, but also in moral excellence; not only in holiness, but also in happiness. "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."

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