Read John 3:1-21
“I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again.” (v13)
Some Thoughts…
Here it is! …The basis of the Christian life. We do not gain eternal life because we attend Sunday services, nor because we do missions in the jungle; although those are noble and God-pleasing tasks. It doesn’t even matter if we can recite scriptures from Genesis to Maps; charitable actions and academic knowledge are not enough. They were not enough for a Pharisee named Nicodemus and they will not be enough for you and me.
We find real life when we allow ourselves to leave the warm comforts of the womb of this world’s system of thinking and acting and burst into heaven’s way of living. We are “born from above” – “reborn” – New – not of this world… The wind of the Spirit blows and calls us out of darkness and into the pure heart-piercing light of eternity. It is a new life that places its trust completely in Jesus and not on anything, person, or institution. It is a life that renounces allegiance to anything or anyone that attempts to darken or modify the light of God.
Yet so many people love darkness and hate God’s light (v19-20). They refuse to abandon their slowly-but-surely-sinking ship and trust the truth of God – to lean only on Jesus for security instead of their own self-constructed self-centered false security. God’s love is truly far-reaching and patient to bear with us “dark” minded people.
Salvation is a birth process
and I can choose to stay in the womb or inter into the light.
and I can choose to stay in the womb or inter into the light.
A Prayer…
Father, As Nicodemus heeded your call for new birth and exited darkness and chose to live in the eternal light of your truth and sustaining Spirit, may I also live and breathe the second birth… and when given the opportunity, allow me the privilege of having “mid-wife” privileges as you administer the delivery of another soul into the light of your glorious salvation. Amen.