There are people in this world who want to be born again by believing in Jesus. Also, there are so many people who put efforts into religious life in various shapes and colors in order to be born again from their sins. Some people try to be born again only emotionally, thinking that a person should receive cleansing of sins if the person were to offer prayers of repentance. Some Christians think that making substantial monetary donations would lead them to be born again, and therefore, they donate an amount of money, while some others, thinking that planting many churches would lead them to be approved by God, are busy constructing church buildings.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

What was in God the Father’s mind when He sent us His only begotten Son? In His mind was His profound love for all of us. There can be no doubt whatsoever that God the Father loves us. No one would ever give up his own beloved son for someone whom he hates. It was because God the Father loved us so much that He could give up His beloved, only begotten Son.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Today’s Scripture passage from John 3:21 says, “But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” Those who are yet to be born again of the water and the Spirit follow their own thoughts. Anyone who follows his own thoughts is bound to perish because of his deed. But if only we turn our direction from our own thoughts to the Truth of the Lord and believe in Him, we can encounter the true light of salvation and abide in it. The people of this world are still imprisoned in spiritual confusion, where darkness prevails. Once they realize that their souls have fallen into sin, they should no longer place their hope in their own will. Rather, they should place their hope in Jesus, who is the true light. Only then can they become children of God by believing in Jesus who came by the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Through the gospel of the water and the Spirit, our Lord has made us, who had once belonged to darkness, God’s own people all at once (Ephesians 5:8).   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Today, I would like to share with you the message that God has given us everlasting life. John 3:35-36 say, “The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand. He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” It is said here that God the Father has given everlasting life to those who believe in His Son. This everlasting life that God spoke of here means exactly what it literally means, to live forever. What a great blessing is it for you to receive everlasting life and live forever?   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

A heart that knows one’s insufficiencies is the heart that finds grace from God. As we carry on with our lives in this world, we sometimes feel keenly the necessity of needing God’s help because of our insufficiencies. Such a heart truly deserves to receive the grace of God, and it actually experiences His grace in His time. Those who know their insufficiencies and need God’s help while living in this world are far more blessed than those who neither realize any shortcomings nor any need for God’s help. We are of those who cannot live without the grace of God everyday, and therefore, we need His grace day after day. Whatever we do, we need God’s help in our whole lives and for everything, whether it is to spread the gospel around the world or in Korea. I believe that this need for God’s help is in and of itself a bles   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35  sing, and it is actually what allows us to put on God’s blessings.

In today’s Bible passage, we see a Samaritan woman who had no satisfaction in her heart. This Samaritan woman had had five husbands apart from the present one, and yet she still was not satisfied. In her heart, she was spiritually thirsty and void, and ashamed before even the people of this world. As she was living in hiding, she needed the water of everlasting life that only the Lord could give. When Jesus was sitting by the well, the Samaritan woman came there to draw water. To have fellowship with her, Jesus began to speak to her, asking her, “Give me a drink.” The woman was dumbfounded by this, for a Jewish man was asking her for a drink, even though she was a disgraced Samaritan. This is because at that time, the Samaritans were despised by the Jews. Their forefathers were originally Israelites, but of mixed blood, a result of the many invasions that Israel had suffered, and so they were despised by the Jews, even though they partially shared the same blood. So when a young Jewish man asked th   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35  is Samaritan woman for a drink in spite of this, she couldn’t help but suspect that he was mocking her.

A woman lived in Sychar, a city of Samaria, had had five husbands. In order not to be shunned by the villagers, this woman went to Jacob’s well to draw water with a water pitcher on her head at noon when everyone went off to take a nap. One day at around noon, she came to draw water as usual, but there was Jesus sitting next to the well. As she came by the well and was drawing up water, Jesus asked her, “Woman, give me a drink.” As she looked at this Man, she realized that He had an appearance of a Jew. Jewish attire consisted of a blanket-like cloth that is wrapped around the body and then thrown on top of the shoulder. Jesus had such Jewish cloth on Him. This woman questioned Jesus, “How could you, as a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, to give you water?” This woman said these words because Samaritans and Jews, although they both belonged to the nation of Israel, had a wall between them in each other’s hearts. This woman said these words because Jews considered Samaritans, who were mixed-blooded, to be very lowly, treated them with contempt and ignored them.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Did you enjoy your meal? Just a moment ago, a brother stood before you and testified how the Lord has saved him from sin through the gospel of the water and the Spirit. As I was able to see the work of salvation that Jesus Himself fulfilled in him, I give all thanks to God. I thank Him even more, for the One who has saved that brother is our Lord, who came by the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Moreover, Jesus is the very One who has also save you from the sins of the world through the gospel of the water and the Spirit.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

How are you, dear fellow believers? It’s a very balmy spring day. Though the temperature outside isn’t that warm, but it has come to a time when we no longer have to light up the fireplace because of the cold. It is really great that the spring has come. With the tidings of a splendid spring, I think it’s time for us to change the curtains inside the building of our Church. We just sang together as one a song of praise entitled, “This is my Father’s World” in our hymnal. When I listened to this song of praise, I felt as if we were offering prayer service outdoors. As we sing praise to God, I wish for us to feel as spring, and renew our clothes of faith in our heart even more, just as nature changes her clothes. Fundamentally, there isn’t any change in the faith of believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit within our hearts, but as attires change with the change of seasons, it is necessary for us to renew our hearts and the surroundings of the church of God.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

In the preceding passage of today’s Scripture passage, there’s a story about Jesus healing a sick man who had an infirmity for 38 years. And, Jesus said to the healed man, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you” (John 5:14). I believe those of us today must know what the words of Jesus mean when He said not to sin anymore, lest a worse thing come upon us.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

How have you been this week? In today’s Scripture passage, Jesus paid a visit to the pool of Bethesda. The name of the pool, ‘Bethesda,’ means ‘the house of mercy.’ By the pool of Bethesda, which is by the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem, a multitude of sick people gathered there and waited for the moving of the water.According to the legend, once in a while, an angel came down to this pool of Bethesda and stirred up water, and so the story goes, whoever that enters the water first at that moment was made well of his or her sickness. That was why many sick people with various diseases were there waiting for the water of the pool of Bethesda to move. At that place, there was a sick man who had been in sickbed for 38 years waiting for the moving of the water.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Through today’s Scripture passage from John 6:16-40, I would like to speak to you about the bread of life. Previous to this passage, the Lord had fed over 5,000 people by blessing just five barley loaves and two fish, and there still remained twelve baskets of leftover. As Jesus healed many sick people while on this earth, multitudes were following Him around. Put differently, Jesus now had a fan club. With His fan club springing up, Jesus was the real superstar of that age. He had countless fans, from children to the old, men and women alike. Multitudes followed Him around because they could get food to feed their flesh, and also because they wanted to be healed from their illnesses. So out of His compassion for them, the Lord healed their illnesses and gave them food to eat. That’s why many people followed Jesus.   https://www.bjnewlife.org/ https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35