Sunday's Points to Ponder

TEXT- JOHN 3

1. We cannot keep our eyes too exclusively or too intently fixed on Jesus. All salvation is in him. All salvation proceeds from Him. All salvation leads to Him." -Octavius Winslow

2. "Be assured that the name of a Christian is not the nature of a Christian; and that being born in a Christian land, and being recognized as professing the Christian religion is of no avail whatever, unless there be something more added to it- the being 'born again.'"

3. We must always be "an instrument of grace."

4. The question: Can we say that upon our conversion we have never been the same? Or must be sweep through the dust of our souls until we see the beauty of Christ and remember that in Christ there is a difference "as distinct as darkness is from day. Has conversion wrought such a distinct change in our life?"

5. HEAVEN: Give you work, recreation, family, eating, and ease- is this your heaven? Is going to God's house tedious? Is singing God's hymns dull? Can a swine deliver a lecture? Can a snail build a city? Can an unconverted man enjoy heaven?

6. Are we obedient to the point of inconvenience?

7. Rejoice! Christ has taken that which has crushed us and destroyed it. He gives a peace that passes all understanding.

A Nicodemus encounter: Perhaps Nicodemus met with Jesus in the night so that there might no interruptions. . . do I long to understand/know Christ so much so that I am driven to meet with uninterrupted. . .