Jesus told Nicodemus that no one can see the kingdom of God
unless they are born again. When Nicodemus questioned how this could be done,
Jesus answered him that people are born of the flesh when they are born from their
mother’s wombs, but they must each also have a spiritual birth if they want to
have eternal life with God. In other words, we must be reborn, not physically,
but spiritually. Still Nicodemus did not understand, yet it was not for lack of
knowledge. He knew the scriptures, and he taught the scriptures, yet he chose
not to accept what he heard, i.e. he chose not to believe in Jesus Christ as
the Messiah.
God the Father gave his Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross
for our sins. Whoever believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal
life. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever
does not believe is condemned already.” And, this is the verdict of the
trial in God’s heavenly court: Jesus Christ, the Light, came into the world to
save sinners, but people loved darkness instead of the Light because their
deeds were evil. Those who practice evil hate the Light, and will not come into
the Light for fear that their evil deeds will be exposed. But, whoever lives by
the truth comes to the Light, “so that it may be clearly seen that his works
have been carried out by God.” [Res: John 3]
Unless You Are Born
Again
An Original Work / November 3, 2013
Based off John 3:1-21
Nicodemus came to Jesus.
He acknowledged God was with Him.
Jesus said, “You can’t see heaven
Unless you are born again.”
“How can a man be born when he’s old?
Can he enter into his mother’s womb?”
Jesus answered, “Flesh is flesh,
So of the Spirit, you must be.”
Jesus said to Nicodemus,
“You’re a teacher, and yet you don’t
Understand of what I tell you,
Because you will not believe.
“For God so loved the world that He gave
His one and His only Son for your sin.
So, whoever believes in Him
Has eternal life in heav’n.
“Light has come into the world,
But human beings love the darkness,
Because their deeds are so evil,
So in truth, they stand condemned.
“Everyone who practices evil
Fears that the Light will expose his sin.
Yet, whoever lives his life by the Light
Does so through his God.”
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