The normal rational person does not have
fellowship with God, neither can he
understand the things of God, and of the
kingdom of God, because God is spirit and
the things of the kingdom of God are
spiritual. Unless God reveals those
things to a person, we cannot understand
the kingdom of God. The normal person
does not have fellowship with God and
therefore we need to be born again,
spiritually reborn so that we can have
fellowship with God. That is what is
lacking with most believers. They are not
born again, they are normal rational
people. They are not spiritual people,
they were not born again. We read in
John 3, a pharisee came to Jesus
(Verse 1) " Now there was a man of the
Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and
said to Him:"Rabbi we know that you have
come from God as a teacher for no-one
can do these signs that You do, unless
God is with him." This Pharisee was a
serious man. He knew the Torah, the Scriptures,
he was a teacher of the Jewish believers,
but he realized that there was something
that he did not understand; he realized
that Jesus was different, He had
different powers, therefor he said to Him
that:" no one can do these signs that You
do unless God is with him."
So Jesus replied to him:"Jesus answered
and said to him:
"Truly, truly I say to you unless one is
born again he cannot see the kingdom of
God," and this is what Nicodemus did not
understand. So we read Nicodemus said to
Him:"How can a man be born when he is old?
he cannot enter a second time into his
mother's womb and be born, can he?
Jesus answered:"Truly, truly I say to you, unless
one is born of water and the Spirit
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is
spirit. Do not be amazed that I said
to you, you must be born again. The wind
blows where it wishes and you hear the
sound of it but do not know where it
comes from and where it is going, so is
everyone who is born of the Spirit.
Nicodemus said to him:"How can these things be?"
He did not understand this. Jesus
answered and said to him:"Are you a
teacher of Israel and do not understand
these things? Truly, truly I say to you, we
speak of what we know and testify of
what we have seen, and you do not accept
our testimony. If I told you earthly
things and you do not believe, how will
you believe if I tell you heavenly
things. No one has ascended into heaven
but He who has descended from heaven, the Son
of Man. As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, so that whoever
believes, will in Him have eternal life."
Eternal life comes through believing in
Jesus; believing His words, believing that
He indeed is the Son of God, that He is
God, manifested in the flesh,
and accepting Him, listening to His words
believing Him. Here was a teacher of
Israel a man who was educated in the
scriptures. He knew the scriptures well,
but he could not understand what the
kingdom of God is about. The kingdom of
God is about fellowship with Jesus
Christ, listening to Him, hearing from Him.
What did Jesus say to this man? He said
to him:"If I tell you earthly things and
you do not believe how will you believe
if I tell you heavenly things. Jesus
comes from heaven and they do not
believe. Even today the world does not
believe in Jesus. They confess that they
believe in Jesus, but they do not listen
to Him. They do not obey Him, they have
never been born again. We cannot
understand the kingdom of God, we cannot
see in that dimension, unless we are born
again of water and of the Spirit of God.
To be born again only happens when we
truly believe in Jesus, and we obey His
words; when we repent of our evil ways
and we are baptized in water,
Jesus makes us new inside. He gives us a
different perception, so that we can hear
Him, listen to Him. He becomes a reality
to us. These people saw Jesus, the
Pharisees, but they did not believe in
Him.
His words did not find entry into them.
They clung to the Torah, the law of
Moses, the things that they knew, but here
was the King of Kings, and the Lord of
lords, Jesus Christ standing in front of
him. Jesus was doing the signs of God,
doing the works that nobody else could
do; this man was amazed but he did not
want to accept Jesus Christ. He did not
want to accept the words of Jesus, he
would not follow Him. Even the same today,
people profess to believe in Jesus, but
they reject Him, they do not truly believe
Him. They rather go after what they know,
what they have been told, what they read
in the Bible, but they read it without
understanding. The very same as this man
who came to Jesus, he could not
understand because he did not accept
Jesus, he would not listen to Jesus. He
followed after his own insight, and
therefore he was blinded by his own
opinion. He would not accept the words of
Jesus, he would not believe Him and
therefore he was not born again,and he
could not enter the kingdom of heave.n
The very same with so many believers
today, they keep on studying the Bible
over and over, and over again, they write
their own doctrines and interpretations,
but they never come to understanding,
because they have never bowed the knee
before Jesus Christ, and cried out to Him,
and said:"Lord teach me please.
Lord Jesus, please open my ears and my eyes,
and give me understanding. Lord please
show me the way." Dear friends, unless we
are born again of the Spirit of God, we will
not enter the kingdom of God. We need to
know Jesus Christ for real. We need to
bow before Him in prayer and seek Him
with all our heart, ask Him to change us,
make us new inside, so that we will be
born again, and then we have to listen to
Him. He will guide us, He will teach us. He
will explain the scriptures to us. This
man,
Nicodemus, did not understand what he was
reading, the very scriptures that he
read, testified about Jesus but he did
not believe that Jesus was truly the
Messiah, and therefore he would not
listen to Jesus. Dear friend, have you met
Jesus Christ? Have you been born again?
Have you bowed down before the King and
asked Him, to make you new inside.
Have you started listening to Him? Has
Jesus made you new, a child of God? Are
you born again? If you are not born again
and you do not truly believe in Jesus
and hear from Him, then you are not one
of His sheep and you will not enter His
kingdom.
Jesus Christ alone is the Way and the
Truth and the Life. Go on your knees and
cry out to Him. Seek Him with all your
heart. Ask Him and He will reveal
Himself to you. Seek Jesus and He will
guide you. Stay with Him, until the very
end and you will have eternal life.
May Jesus bless you. Jesus Christ is Lord
and He is alive.
Hell is real
and those who disobey Jesus will go
there. I am here to share my testimony
and to put your hand in the hand of
Jesus, so that you can know Him and
follow Him.
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