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Devotional - 13th Jan 2022

 'Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again' (John 3:7).

"Ye must be born again,"  is an important thought to reflect on as Christians, as to who and where we will spend eternity.
Jesus speaking to Nicodemus, a ruler of the the Jews, told him that he should not marvel, because He said, he must be born again.
Jesus was simply saying to Nicodemus that except one is born of the water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
He had to experience the new birth and have a personal relationship with Him.
Jesus died for the sins of all, we have all sin and come short of the glory of God. When we trust and believe in Christ by faith, led by the Holy Spirit, we should experience that spiritual rebirth.
The only way we can change the human nature    - the flesh, is to experience rebirth. That is, being reborn through the Spirit of God.
That's why Jesus speaking to Nicodemus says that, he should marvel not, when He tells him, he must be born again to gain eternal life. Be given a new nature, that our flesh nature may change to that of the Spirit.
We have to understand, it is Christ alone who is the means of salvation in this world. It is the will of God  for us to be born again, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto salvation by Christ.
We are not saved by the work of righteousness, but by grace, according to God's abundant mercy, through the washing of regeneration and by the renewing of the Holy Spirit.
Let us allow the Holy Spirit to work in and through us, so we can grasp the deeper meaning of Jesus' words - ye must be born again.
Let us recognise our need to be redeemed and spiritually transformed, refashioned and remade through God's saving grace and Christ's death on the cross. Let us always remember that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

Have a wonderful day

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