Born Again
Jesus spoke truth to Nicodemus, hard truth but truth just the same. You must be born again!
Jesus, knowing what Nicodemus wanted to talk about, cut right to the heart of the matter, ” …no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Born again. Let Nicodemus roll that around in his head a little bit. Born again. Reborn. Born more than one time? What?!
How can anyone be born more than one time? This is where Jesus smashes the foundation of Nicodemus’ doctrinal theology and puts before him the mind bending awesomeness of God. God creates both flesh and spirit. Both are born.
The flesh is born through a natural process - a birth of water. The spirit is born through a supernatural process - a birth of the Spirit. Human beings, in our fallen state, are capable of only the natural birth of flesh - that is until Jesus Christ.
Then comes the first salvation message. ” For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes on Him should not perish but have eternal life.” Through the sacrifice made by Jesus Christ, we as humans can experience a supernatural birth - a rebirth in the Spirit. We can be born again in Spirit and through this rebirth we can experience that which our fleshly birth could never give us - we can see God.
