You must be born again

You must be born again

“He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.” 
In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.’” 
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!” 
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.  
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.” 
                                                                      John 3:2-6.
Here Jesus is talking to Nicodemus. Nicodemus recognized that Jesus came from God and that he had and Jesus makes it clear to him how he can get to heaven. He must be born again. It was a concept Nicodemus didn’t understand. It was salvation through faith.
We can intellectually know all about Jesus. We can read the history about him. We can read his words recorded in the Bible but this will not get us to heaven. It is faith that does this.
It’s for many a difficult leap to go from intellectually knowing about Christ to having faith in him and recognizing that he is the Son of God the saviour of the world.
Still we must come to that point in our lives. We must believe.
Paul says of Christians,
“We live by faith, not by sight.” 
                                 2 Corinthians 5:7.
This is what Jesus was asking Nicodemus to do. We must listen to the prompting of the Holy Spirit to show us how to live by faith and to live our life in the spirit.
Once we’ve made that leap of faith then everything Christ spoke of and the writers of the Bible wrote about comes completely into focus.
This will not happen unless you the individual will put aside any preconceived ideas you may have, read the Bible with an open mind and ask God to show you the way that leads to Salvation.
Think about it.