November 30, 2024
Verse of the day - John 3:3 (NRSV)
Jesus answered him, 'Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.'
In chapter 2 of my first book, Jesus speaks to Nicodemus about being born again.
Excerpt from Spirituality, A Journey For My Soul
When you are born of the flesh, you follow what other people do, but when you are born of the Spirit, you follow Me. Before you are born of the Spirit you do not follow Me, the Light of Life. Anyone who does not know Me is living in the darkness of this world. I desire everyone to be born of the Spirit.
Nicodemus knew that I came from above but he did not fully understand who I was. He focused on earthly things instead of the things of Heaven. This is why he did not understand what I was trying to tell him. When you are born again, you will understand My Ways and follow Me.
To be born again, we must change our ways so that we become more like Jesus. Before we are born again, we are like Nicodemus. We do not understand anything other than earthly things. However, when we are born again, we begin to see things in a new light. A born again person sees things from Jesus' point of view, and begins to follow His Ways instead of the ways of the world. We begin to dislike things that we used to enjoy, such as certain TV shows, the type of language that is heard - such as foul language, and the types of friends we have, etc. We change our ways and become a follower of Jesus instead of a follower of the world. We begin to spend more time in prayer, attend church more frequently, and spread the words of Jesus among family and friends.
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