The Gospel of John, Day 19: ch. 3, vv. 9-15

⁹ “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

¹⁰ “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? ¹¹ Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. ¹² I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?

At this point in Jesus' ministry, there are already people who have been born again.  I think this is the earthly thing that Jesus is talking about.  You can see the changed lives.  You can see lives renewed into God's kingdom.  Jesus also talks about heavenly things.

¹³ No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. ¹⁴ Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,¹⁵ that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”

Now Jesus speaks of the heavenly things.  Only Jesus has been to heaven, he came from heaven!!  We have eternal, that is unearthly and heavenly, life if we believe in Him.

The Gospel of John, Day 18: ch. 3, vv. 4-8

4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

If we are going to be with God in His Kingdom, His Holy Spirit has to give birth to our spirit. He has to make our spirit for LOVE come back alive again. Oh, and if we have this spirit of love for God and others, we may not know where we are going of where life will take us.  However, if we do not have the Holy Spirit, we know where life will take us: down a destructive road devoid of love.

The Gospel of John, Day 17: ch. 3, vv. 1-3

3:1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”

3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]”

In order to see God's kingdom of peace and righteousness, we need to be born again and see others born again. No law or program will make this world a better place by itself, but people with a newborn heart of love will go where no law or program could ever take them. We need new hearts.

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