Thursday, November 10, 2011
Water and the Spirit
We just saw that born again is the second birth which is the act of a person receiving the spiritual body or the spirit man in addition to the physical body. This enables the person to see the kingdom of God. Jesus Christ says that a person must be born of water and of the Spirit in order to enter into the kingdom of God.
"John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
Born of water means that a person must be washed by the water of the Word and the person must become a renewed person. This means that he must obey the word of God as he continues in it.
"Eph 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word." As he is obedient to the word of God, he receives the Holy Spirit from God.
"John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever." As he submits himself totally to the will of God, the Holy Spirit will lead his total life, as a mighty wind carries a particle wherever the wind want to carry.
"John 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." This person is born of the water and of the Spirit. This believer enters the kingdom of God.
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