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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Can you find the the mistake?   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  Most responders find the mistake quickly, some have to study for a bit, a few didn’t find it and need to ask.

  Seeing the obvious clearly is not always so easy . . . because of the way our mental vision is set up by inclination, education, and preconception. This is especially so when it comes to spiritual matters. Nicodemus was a man of serious religious nature, very learned in such matters, and obviously of an inquiring disposition, but still made the mistake of limiting his vision. His encounter with Jesus changed how Nicodemus viewed religion and all else.

            “Nicodemus was a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish council. He came to Jesus one night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that God has sent you as a teacher. No one can perform the miracles you perform unless God is with him." Jesus replied to Nicodemus, "I can guarantee this truth: No one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above." Nicodemus asked him, "How can anyone be born when he's an old man? He can't go back inside his mother a second time to be born, can he?" Jesus answered Nicodemus, "I can guarantee this truth: No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Flesh and blood give birth to flesh and blood, but the Spirit gives birth to things that are spiritual. Don't be surprised when I tell you that all of you must be born from above. The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you don't know where the wind comes from or where it's going. That's the way it is with everyone born of the Spirit." Nicodemus replied, "How can that be?" Jesus told Nicodemus, "You're a well-known teacher of Israel. Can't you understand this?” (GW John 3)

  Whether old Nicodemus acquired born-again vision at that moment, in ensuing conversation with Jesus, as he traveled home, or later we don’t know. We do know however that he is later noted in John 7:50-52; 19:39-42.

  Those that had trouble quickly finding mistake in puzzle above are typically math minded, the mistake being in the words not the numbers. (Evidence that you’re math biased is in if you read the numbers repeatedly first before reviewing the entire puzzle.)

  Now, before we become smug solutionists, please reflect on truth that you initially did not see in God’s Word but am blessed in doing so later. 

EBB4