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John.3:5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Why would Nicodemus marvel at Christ words? We can be born again metaphorically simply by going into some career going through rigorous training becoming a professional metaphorically it like being born into another life for some of us. But Christ goes beyond that in saying what is born of flesh is flesh, and what is born of Spirit is spirit!

Genesis 1:24 God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.

Christ is speaking about completely different species another nature, and or substance from flesh into spirit person. A new life, in another form. But how can that happen at cat can not become a dog, there nothing like it in God's creation to explain such a transformation except perhaps a butterfly, but still they have not changed into another substance?

Revelation 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." He said, "Write, for these words of God are faithful and true."

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Those not born again have wrestled with this concept for two thousand's years, but how does flesh understand Spirit? Well, according God they don't. However, for those reading their bibles its not uncommon to think like Nicodemus: “How can I born myself again?”

John 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

The question becomes personal implying that something is lacking in us if we aren't born again? Subsequently, we simple make a fleshly judgment that has nothing to do with the truth so we can justify why we have not experience being born again? Simply put, most human would not worry about being born again into a fish, a cat, a dog, or their favorite animal. They would not feel slighted by God.

So why is this question offensives and personal to some that they will at times slander those born again? Nicodemus was under works of law, he like the rest of the human race must earn merit to have standing in his community. When flesh judges flesh in this matter it can see whom is worthy and not by performance. In other words, we compare ourselves against other humans, so what would make a person worthy of being born again?

Ephesians 2:9 not of works, that no one would boast.

Here is the point we must understand taking our personal worth and feelings off the table, nothing! There is nothing in our flesh that we can demand or command, or earn us to be born again. To be born again it has to come from another person merit, a person whom God declares righteous and sinless, it not about our personal worthy, our works, our feelings, it is however, about Christ merit and worth given us by God's undeserved kindness.

Galatians 2:16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.

The gift of being born again come not from flesh, it can't because were are created. Moreover, we our sinners, so just like we cannot change into another species neither can we be born anew into a new creation. Human cannot stop thinking in earn worth, earn merit, so they cannot judge Spirit correctly. A child is not born into this world based upon past worth or merit, not even by his own will, or choice.

Rom.9:8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.
9:9 For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."{Genesis 18:10,14}
9:10 Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
9:11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls.

The gift of God is freely given out of love, but how can those whom are hard driven in judgments of worth in the flesh based, and/or judge by laws for the flesh understand unmerited kindness? They can't! However, they can experience it, freely, which humbles them knowing they were not worthy of such love or kindness. Yes, the wind blows were it wants, we have no choice in the matter of being born again, why some are and some are not? If we chose to judge such a miracles by human reasoning we can only regret our judgments later.

1 Corinthians 4:7 For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn't receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

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