BORN OF WATER AND OF THE SPIRIT.
Pastor Obinna Michael
John 3: 5 (KJV). 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.
The Lord Jesus is talking about two distinctive experiences that happens when a man is born again, this is the two experiences captured at the new birth.
For anyone to claim to be born again, these two experiences must come to play in his or her life. To be born again is to be born of the Spirit and of water.
What does this mean? This carries two different meaning from scripture that I want to show you.
– The first is to be born of water, is to be born of the WORD and to be born of the Spirit, is to be born of the Holy Ghost.
James 1:18 tells us that of his own will he begat us by the word of truth, this is the water of the word that we are born of. Water is one of the synonyms of the word here.
– The second one is this, John 3: 5 (MSG). Jesus said, “You’re not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the ‘wind-hovering-over-the-water’ creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. This is big children of God to be born again is to carry a touch of both the visible (water) and the invisible (Holy Spirit).
It means you are alive in two world visible and invisible. It means you can control the two realms of life, you are functioning with the wind of the Spirit and by it controlling the visible world around you. We are more than victorious. Hallelujah.
Prayer:
Lord, I am grateful for this life (Zoe) that you have given me, I thank you for I am born again. I live in two world and I reign in both, am a winner all the way in Jesus name. Amen.
Bible Reference: 2 Corinthians 5: 16-18 (AMP).
Wisdom Capsule:
Proverbs 15: 15 (MSG)…….A miserable heart means a miserable life; a cheerful heart fills the day with song.
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