“Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God…. unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.
The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.””
John 3:3, 5-6, 8 CSB
What a confusing start of the conversation, especially since the answer was so much different than the question…however this is a powerful statement. Just knowing that Jesus was from God does not give you eternal life. Jesus is telling us that our spiritual birth will change who we are and what we actually do.
That is why he uses the analogy of the wind, just like we don’t see the wind we can very easily see the results of the wind. The same is true of people who are “born again”, saved: we cannot see the Holy Spirit enter the person, but we see the evidence of that change.
We go from selfishness, where every decision is based on what makes me feel good, to making decisions based on what God wants us to do. The evidence is when we begin to sacrifice the things that previously made us happy to instead do what makes God happy. The best part is- we are actually happier doing what God wants!!!
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