Have you ever thought about Nicodemus? If not, go read John 3:1-3, and then come back and read this again...ha ha jk.
But think about that for a second, It says that "there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,"...understand one thing for a second, this man was well educated, well-versed in the Old Testament Law, well-respected among all the other Pharisees and here he was coming to Jesus (who the other Pharisees grew to hate) because he was curious...He recognizes that Jesus was from God and that all the miraculous signs that Jesus had performed were real...which that in and of itself was huge for a guy like this to recognize.
Well it then says that Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." HUH? WHAT? UM...SURE...WHAT IN THE HECK DID HE MEAN BY THAT?
Here Nicodemus was talking to the Son of God who just told him that he had to be born again to enter heaven...was there some underlying meaning to that phrase, was there some truth out there that he didn't know and how could he NOT know it, he was so educated.
The reality is...Nicodemus' life was never the same after that...he had so many questions about that very 18-word phrase...yet he was never to be the same again after that, he had encountered the very person of Jesus and he was changed ETERNALLY, forever, for all time, or however you want to put it, he was never the same again ever!!! My question for you guys.....are you still the same? are you born again?...do you still remember the shock and awe of that?...just a thought to ponder.....Grace and Peace.
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