It takes nothing less the VOICE of the Son of God!
Tag: new birth
Are You Righteous?
Those who are born of the Spirit of God have a sense of their sin and are sick of it. They desire to be healed.
Jesus Knows
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: for thou hast had … Continue reading Jesus Knows
The Ultimate Rebuke
If Nicodemus does not understand depravity, why would he be looking for themes of restoration by mercy and grace?
Cause & Effect
Before we are born again, we are only natural creatures operating with natural understanding. We cannot understand spiritual things.
Who’s in Control?
If we were true to the understanding of our own depraved nature separate from the grace of God, we would only rejoice in this sovereign act of God! He did what we CANNOT do!
Water & Spirit
Jesus is not teaching that you have to be both physically born and spiritually born.
We Know
Simply put, the only way to see or enter into the kingdom of God is by a marvelous and irresistible act of grace performed on a person by the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit.
Grace For Grace
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by … Continue reading Grace For Grace
He Giveth Power
In my two previous posts, we learned something very important about the power of Jesus and the power of sin. We learned that Jesus is the source of all life for creation and mankind in particular. However, we also learned that sin has such a detrimental effect on man that he cannot even recognize God … Continue reading He Giveth Power