If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
Christ offered earthly examples first, things visible and plain, and still you do not believe them. How then can you grasp the heavenly things, the profound mysteries of redemption hidden from human sight? Our weakness and corruption are to blame.
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A Pharisee and ruler of the sanhedrim comes to Christ, proof that grace subdues even the greatest opposition. He sought private counsel rather than public hearing, a pattern we should follow: go to faithful ministers about the deep matters of your soul, not content with hearing sermons alone.
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Commenting on John 3:1-21
No mere man has ascended to heaven to bring back knowledge of divine things. Christ alone came down from heaven and returned; He is the sole teacher of heavenly mysteries. If you reject His instruction, you remain forever ignorant.
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