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1 | Born of the water means? | John 3:5 | Mommapbs | 134184 | ||
Greetings Tim. As I was reading these posts I was reminded about the passage in 1 John 5:5-8. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.For there are three that testify:the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. . . And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.(v11) Consider this passage with Heb 9:11-12. Since 1 John is talking about overcoming the world - triumphing over sin - might this be referencing the blood of Christ offered in the Heavenly tabernacle? Might this all be referencing the "new birth" of John 3? Man is born of water only, "flesh gives birth to flesh," yet it is the water and the blood which enables the "new birth" or "the Spirit gives birth to spirit" - just wondering if this fits together? I'd appreciate your insight here. Blessings, mommapbs |
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2 | Born of the water means? | John 3:5 | Ray | 134297 | ||
Hi Mommapbs, I believe that the John 3, Heb 9, and 1 John passages "fit together" well. My personal insight would be that they fit better if a lower case "spirit" is considered. Everyone here on the thread has spoken of a "spiritual" birth. So I, also, would interpret John 3:6 as "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit." John 3:8 speaks of the wind (pneuma) and connects it with our being born of the spirit. So I would suggest a consideration of 1 John 5:8 as being interpretted, "For there are three that bear witness on earth, the spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement." I would suggest that they are in agreement as far as lower case is concerned as well. I would logically think that the Spirit gives birth to a Spirit. That is why Jesus is the Son of God and we are merely sons [sic] of God. The spirit gives birth to the spirit, and we have a spiritual birth from above. From the heart, Ray |
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