The third chapter of the Gospel of John tells the story of a man named Nicodemus. Nick was a Pharisee, and yet he KNEW Jesus was sent from God. He was one of the few. He sought Jesus out at night to ask Him the most important question anyone can ask … And he never even got to ask it!!
Jesus beat Nick to the punch: “No one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Jesus went on to explain: Just as we all have a physical birth, we must also have a spiritual birth. A re-birth, if you will. When we turn our lives over to Christ, we are borne anew!! And we must be people of the Light!
These words are still true for us today: Light has come into the world, but men (and women) love darkness instead of light. Because their deeds are evil. (And by evil, I believe Jesus is referring to the fact that HUMAN NATURE is opposed to God’s nature. We naturally want our own way and naturally rebel against God’s way.) Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light. Because they do not want their deeds to be seen. And, whoever lives by the truth comes into the light. Because they are living in a way that they don’t mind if their deeds are seen.
Ironically, God sees ALL. Things done in the light and things done in the darkness. What is He seeing in you? What are you saying? Doing? Posting on social media? Teaching your children? Modeling for others to see?
One of those things that should make you go “Hmmmmmmmm”
The Random Thinker 
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