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NASB | John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:3 Jesus answered him, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless a person is born again [reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified], he cannot [ever] see and experience the kingdom of God." |
Subject: Saved apart from Christ? |
Bible Note: Lets give this alittle nodge and see what happens. #1. Jesus died to set the captives free. Question: Who are they who were set free and where were they that they needed to set free? #2. Consider what is mentioned in Mal. 3.16,17,18. "Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name. "They will be mine," says the LORD Almighty, "in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him. And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not." This certainly must apply to everyone on earth who never has the opportunity to hear the "Good News", who says in his/her heart. "there must be a God somewhere and I will live my life in the fear of that possiblity". Many poeple in the Earth live righteous lives but according to simple primitive ignorant teaching by jungle indian priests and the like. God's grace is to be sought in this, to be sure. I believe Mal 3.16-18 satisfies it. |