Hello everyone,
In my last write-up, I looked at John 3 with emphasis on the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. After Nicodemus’ appraisal towards Jesus of how he believes all His signs, wonders, and other mighty things are from God. Jesus’ reply to the appraisal was where my write-up for yesterday focused on, where Jesus immediately responded in John 3:3 says, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Jesus’ response was a kind of reorientation to Nicodemus that all the great things are nothing compared to the real reason for His coming which is the kingdom of God.
Jesus’ response to Nicodemus was to tell him not to get carried away easily by signs and wonders by anyone without first knowing their foundation, thus knowing the true message of Love and Grace that God gave to man through the resurrection of His Son.
John 3:4-5 says, “Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”” To be born of water and the Spirit is what leads to a person entering the kingdom of God. To be born of water symbolises the washing away of the old life, thus coming into a brand new life which when better explained could also symbolise the death of your old life, and the resurrection of a brand new life, which is not enough without the Spirit, because the Spirit is what inhabits the body. The Spirit is the Holy Spirit which is the Spirit of Jesus and God. This is what clearly defines being born again, and the brand new life.
Jesus continued as I quote verses 7 and 8, “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” The use of wind was to explain a similarity with the Spirit. To buttress this point, we are limited using our five senses, which has always been that which controlled the reaction to our old bodies, but in the born-again body, it is the Spirit that dictates how we move. How we move in the born-again body is an act of faith. Now faith is not the same thing as optimism. Faith is seeing things at a different level or dimension, greater than the level the world operates in, the faith level is the God kind of level.
The ability of faith is gotten from Jesus who is the source of this faith. So, when Jesus said when the wind blows you hear the sound but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes, this is how the Spirit moves, it cannot be quantified by human logic because it is a greater level than the level man operates man. The five senses are limiting and limited, which is why it is referred to as the carnal mind, and the carnal mind cannot please God and it brings death, but to be Spiritually minded is life and peace, which is what you obtain when born again, [ref.: Romans 8:6-9].
It is quite sad that many of the Sons of God haven’t tapped into the level of the Spirit enough, but are operating at the level of the five senses, and if the church is operating at the level of the five senses, they cannot achieve the mission Christ had given them and as such cannot bring anyone to the understanding and knowledge of Christ because nothing is new.
Just as the human body goes through exercises to develop the muscles, so also are we to develop our Spiritual muscles by being transformed by the renewing of our minds, every day and every night, [ref.: Romans 12:2; 1 Timothy 4:8]. There is no time for sleeping, we must be up and alert.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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