New birth-The message of the kingdom that a man could not understand

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Reflection to grow in the spirit-

Through the years we have always heard that to enter the kingdom of God, we must be born again, a situation that many have misinterpreted in this message that Jesus wanted to transmit to his disciples and followers through Nicodemus.


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What is the misinterpretation that has been given to this passage?

Well as we know with repentance, a new order of life is opened to the believer in Christ Jesus. Jesus used the "new birth" figure to dramatically indicate three things:

1.- without the "new birth" there is no life or relationship with God (14.6).

2.- With the "new birth" a new perspective emerges; "We see the kingdom of God" (3.3). The word of God is made clear, and the workings and wonders of the Holy Spirit are experienced: Faith is alive.

3.- By means of the "new birth" we are introduced- literally "we enter" (v.5)

  1. With the "new birth" we enter a new sphere, where the order of the new kingdom of God becomes reality (2Co 5:17).


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In this way we understand that the new birth is more than just being saved.

It is a requalifying experience, which opens us to the supernatural dimension of life, and prepares us to enter into the new order of the kingdom of God.


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What is that new order of the kingdom of God? - The new order of the kingdom of God, is the government of God, here on earth.

Let's see what the Bible tells us about the kingdom of God.

A kingdom is the place where a monarch governs. The kingdom of God is there where the Lord reigns over the lives of people.
The Kingdom of God is not visible because He is not. It is a spiritual realm, not a visible one. Jesus Christ said: "The kingdom of God is among you" (Luke 17.21).


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Jesus taught us, in the Lord's prayer, to raise the following petition to God:
"Thy kingdom come," Thy will be done, as it is in heaven, so also on earth "(Matthew 6:10).

This prayer shows the importance that Jesus granted to the Kingdom of God. Can we not affirm that the kingdom of God will come when his will is respected on earth as it is respected in the heavens, when the visible world completely reflects the invisible world? - I think so.
In the Kingdom of God all things are subject to divine power, instantly, without delay. In the visible world the will of God is resisted.

The Kingdom of God is eternal. For the moment it is an invisible kingdom that is among us. Wherever there are two who honor Jesus Christ, the King, and wherever his spirit is found, there is the Kingdom of God.
But how are we going to see it, how are we going to enter that kingdom?

Spiritually, being born again as Jesus said to Nicodemus - of "water and spirit".


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Jesus said to Nicodemus -
"Verily, verily I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God" (v.3).

In that order of ideas we understand that here Jesus was not talking about salvation, or the need to be born again to have part with Him there in heaven, but about a powerful spiritual kingdom, which was on earth and that He must be discovered in order to access Him.

The new birth is a need in the Christian to be able to access the blessings of the government of God here on earth and to walk in that spiritual order.

For salvation it is different, because in order to be saved all we have to do is believe and confess, the new birth is an effect of salvation, because when we come to the ways of Jesus we want to know who we are, and the plan that God has for us.

Jesus himself once said- "My people perish for lack of understanding", believing in Jesus credits us with salvation, but the new birth is a search for intimacy with God, to discover the greatness of all that God has to our please, and many times we ignore it and we do not have access to them, because we have not been born again.

The Gospel of John in this message highlights the role of the Holy Spirit in the spiritual growth of believers. The new birth and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit endow the believer with the life and gifts of the Spirit, and even the ability to pray with the power of the Spirit in order to live a healthy Christian life.

Many Christian people ignore this great truth, the spiritual world must be known to be able to fight and have victory in all things.

It is necessary to be born again to be powerful and to accede to the government of God.

BLESSINGS.

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The beginning of authentically Christian life is the new birth of which Jesus spoke. Without this new birth you can not speak of authentically Christian life. Every human being needs to experience the new birth in order to see the kingdom of God and be saved, through the Lord Jesus Christ, receiving eternal life.

No condemnation for the sinner who has repented. So is better to change now from our bad deeds

Amén @oppongk, gracias por comentar. Bendiciones.

Excellent, we must be born of water and the spirit, to be able to see and participate in the Kingdom of God.

This is @xiore, thanks for your comment.
Blessings.

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