The new birth that Jesus refers to in in John 3, is manifested by a transformed life. And that transformation comes about by several realities: 1) Salvation does not come based on our merit (Ephesians 2:8-9) 2) No amount of good works will gain us access to heaven (Titus 3:5) 3) The new birth occurs […]

It was absolutely necessary for Nicodemus to get over his astonishment that he was so wrong about how one is accepted into God’s kingdom n John 3:1-10. Jesus shares with him that he could never do so based on his own righteous works. And He illustrates His point with a very familiar example from Nature […]

Our salvation is based on the covenant whose redeeming work is finished on the sacrifice that has been offered once for all time by the eternal Spirit Himself. Hebrews 9:23-24 reminds us that the Sacrifice of Christ was offered “through the eternal Spirit” It is in John 3:1-10 that Jesus introduces the concept of the […]