John 3:1-21
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
It is good when we are guided by the Truth and the Light of Jesus...His teachings are what is needed in life...And we want to get into the Kingdom of God...When Nicodemus ask Jesus about God, Jesus told him that, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless they are born again.”...
Being reborn maybe an ongoing process and not a just be one time event...It is learning about God and Jesus and each day doing what they would do, as best you can, with Them in mind...If they are not in your thoughts, then one cannot be doing what They would be doing...So the process of being reborn maybe continual throughout our lives...
Dallas Willard said, "The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become...That's what you will take into eternity."...
So for us to get to the Kingdom of heaven, and into God's Kingdom it is what one becomes over their lifetime, it is this process of being reborn...For God so LOVES the world that He gave his One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life...For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him...Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s One and Only Son...This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of Light because their deeds were evil...Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and will not come into the Light for fear that their deeds will be exposed...But whoever lives by the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God...And God knows our thoughts, so He very plainly sees and knows what we are doing and thinking...
God did not send Jesus to earth condemn us...Since He already knows what we are thinking and doing...God sent Jesus to save us...And I believe that God can save anyone He wants to save in anyway He can...With God all things are possible, including saving us from our sins...God LOVES us, and He wants all His children with Him in eternity...