| Why should we have new birth? How to have new birth? What is the birth from the Spirit? |
(john)3:3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man
is able to see the kingdom of God.
-a man without new birth can not see/enter the kingdom of God
3:4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth
when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and
come to birth again?
3:5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from
water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom
of God.
-new birth is from water ( baptism) and the Spirit.
3:8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to
your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes:
so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
-the Spirit is going with God's pleasure. We don't know where it goes and
where it is from. We can recognize the one whose birth is from the Spirit by
his or her way of living.
is able to see the kingdom of God.
-a man without new birth can not see/enter the kingdom of God
3:4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth
when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and
come to birth again?
3:5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from
water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom
of God.
-new birth is from water ( baptism) and the Spirit.
3:8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to
your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes:
so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
-the Spirit is going with God's pleasure. We don't know where it goes and
where it is from. We can recognize the one whose birth is from the Spirit by
his or her way of living.
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