Jesus came to the earth and served people for 33 years and carried all our sins and was crucified on the cross while suffering extreme pain and shed His blood to save us. Through this hardship Jesus made us renewed and we can meet this scene while reading the Bible. Then, among the Jews there are the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees are very strict in the Law. One evening Jesus was at home and Nicodemus one of the Pharisee leaders came to meet Him. Why did he visit Jesus? As Nicodemus was one of the Pharisee leaders, the greater Jesus' leadership became, the less that of the Pharisees became. Thus they were afraid of this. He came to Jesus and introduced himself to Him. He said that he was a man of the Pharisees and that he believed Jesus to be a teacher who came from God. He said, "For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. One should be born again to live as the children of God do." At this Nicodemus was astounded. Jesus' reply was quite different from that of the world. Nicodemus asked, "How can a man be born when he is old? Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. It doesn't mean that one should be conceived again to be born but that one will be born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' To be born of water and the Spirit is like the wind. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going." Therefore, Nicodemus could not understand Jesus who did the work of God like the wind. Nicodemus asked, "How can this be? You Jesus work and teach the kingdom of heaven like the wind that blows wherever it pleases. How can I understand you?" Jesus said to him, "I appeared to the Israelites like the wind. When the Israelites passed through the wilderness, they rebelled against God and He was enraged and sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. Then the repentant people came to Moses and asked him to save them. So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live. Otherwise they will die." Thus the Israelites began to look at the bronze snake on the pole and confessed their faith so they survived. As they looked at the serpent on the pole, the work of the snakes was gone through God's mercy and they could be delivered by the resurrecting power of God. As the Israelites brought their parents and spouses and children who were bitten by the snakes to the bronze snake on the pole to look at it, whosoever looked at it was liberated from the poison of the snakes. They were not healed one or two days later, but immediately right there! Any human power of healing was not required. Thus the Lord said to Nicodemus, "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."(John 3:14-15) You know, this is the fourth dimension while the third dimension is cubic and the meaning of the fourth dimension can't be understood in the third dimension. The bronze snake on the pole symbolizes Jesus. Jesus would be crucified on the cross carrying the poison of the snake, that of fallen Adam and Eve, with Himself. He taught this truth to Nicodemus, but Nicodemus couldn't understand it. Unless we believe in the Lord and the coming of God like the wind and His revealing the truth to us, there is no way for us to know the kingdom of heaven. When the Holy Spirit our Advocate teaches us the truth of God, we must listen to His teaching and then we can realize it. Whosoever refuses to accept the teaching of the Holy Spirit will be in spiritual darkness. There will be no understanding of God's truth. Therefore, when we believe in Jesus Christ, our sins are forgiven and we are cleansed from filth and also Jesus becomes our Advocate. This Advocate is sent from God to be with us all the time and to help us. Therefore, today our church is filled with the presence of this Advocate. You are all the children of God. Jesus has been with God the Father and He sends the Holy Spirit another Advocate in place of Jesus. To this Spirit of God our another Advocate, we can confess, "Holy Spirit, our another Advocate, I believe in You, You who are like the wind, fire, and living water. I acknowledge You. I welcome You. I invite You. I want to give thanks to You." As you are with the Holy Spirit, He will come to you and teach you the truth of the kingdom of heaven. In this world we must accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and be born again and our inner beings must revive. If we just live with our outer beings only, it will be a great disaster. Within the Spirit of God we must live the life of the fourth dimension. Therefore, like Moses lifted the snake in the wilderness, when we believe in Jesus Christ as our Savior, our spirits and souls will grow in our flesh. As we understand the truth of God and accept Jesus Christ, the Son of God into us, there will be hope and joy. If not, this worldĄŻs life will end up with the meaningless sand of life. When we accept Jesus Christ our Lord and follow God in the path of life, we will be born again and enter the world of the fourth dimension which is invisible, inaudible, and untouchable and meet God there. Why is this fourth dimension so intriguing? You know, the third dimension belongs to the material world. However, the fourth dimension isn't materialistic, but this invisible spiritual world penetrates into the material world. Our dreams and visions will enter into the third dimensional world and we are with the Holy Spirit of heaven so salvation is accomplished. Even though it passes like lightning, what should be accomplished will be fulfilled. If we stay with God of the fourth dimension, He is eternal while this world passes away in a split second so we must live in the fourth dimensional world with God and not be deceived by the third dimensional world. When we believe in Jesus Christ the Nazarene, we are born again and our dimension will be changed. Like our flesh life becomes spiritual, our souls will have the different spirituality of the fourth dimension. Then we will live with the Spirit of God and through the anointing of the Holy Spirit we receive God's grace and live with it. If we have this dream deep in our hearts and believe it and confess it, it will come to pass. It will be accomplished in the twinkling of an eye and even if it seems to disappear, it is fulfilled. We should realize that everything in the world isn't eternal. Ecclesiastes 1:2 says, "Meaningless! Meaningless!" says the Teacher. "Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless." You should not put hope in the world. When you believe in Jesus and praise God, the Holy Trinity will stay within you and also your material. If you confess it with your mouths, it will come to pass. In the twinkling of an eye you will enjoy it and then it will be gone. All of us will experience this process repeatedly and someday leave this world and go to heaven. Our hope does not lie in our body; but our souls and spirits won't die but live for eternity. We will enjoy an amazingly wonderful life. That life includes our positive thinking and dreams. Some may criticize us saying, "Dreaming? Don't be silly!" Nonetheless, when we dream, it will come to pass. When we dream a dream and pray accordingly, it will become our faith. Faith will be fulfilled through dreaming. Then we can confess our faith with our mouths. We can declare creatively. Then it will come to pass completely. According to our declaration, we will become creative and productive! Through Jesus Christ, we are created in God's image and likeness. Woman was created in man's likeness and Adam was made in God's image. Thus Adam and Eve were created in God's image and likeness. God also gave us the authority to preside over everything in the world under the heaven. If they had not sinned, we would preside over angels. We could rule over angels like God. However, Adam listened to Eve and took the forbidden fruit and fell together with her. So they were driven away from God, but now we can be born again and receive the spirituality of the fourth dimension and restore the original image. When we live with Jesus and the Spirit of God anoints us and gives us wisdom, understanding, counsel and power and clothes us with the authority of God, we will become like God. We will become a marvelous being! In this world we should live a great awesome life before God and not be deceived into the world of the devil again. Thus we must always acknowledge the Holy Spirit, give thanks to Him, praise Him, and invite Him to be with us all the time. If we do not acknowledge the Holy Spirit, He won't work. Now I am here while I acknowledge, welcome, rely on, and invite the Holy Spirit and preach with Him. You should also believe in the Holy Spirit who is with you, acknowledge, welcome, invite, and give thanks and praise to Him and ask Him to give you wisdom, understanding, counsel, power and knowledge and live with God. Then as God is living with you, you are no more an ordinary person. You are much higher than the ordinary. It is because you live with God. When you live through God and the Holy Spirit. God will give you what you want while everything in the world is futile like sand. I pray that you enjoy happiness through God. As the Holy Spirit enters into you, today you can be loved, healed, and receive wisdom from God. If you believe in God while risking your life, God will fulfill your dream. |