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NASB | John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
Bible Question: How does a person get into the spirit in order to build a relationship with GOD? |
Bible Answer: mabeth - You reference John 3:6 as the pivotal verse for your question. Jesus answers it in the following verse, 3:7 of John. In John 3:6 Jesus says to Nicodemus, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh." This means that children born of human parents are born in sin and unable to save themselves. Jesus continues with, "and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." This is indicative of the spiritual birth, the regeneration, that takes place by God's grace when a person through the instrumentality of the Holy Spirit trusts in the Lord Jesus. When one is born again through the Spirit, he receives a new nature and is made fit for the kingdom of God, without which he cannot see it (see John 3:3). It may be helpful to note in the NASB translation of John 3:7 that in the margin the translators have placed an alternate reading of the phrase 'born again' which is (born) 'from above.' .... So there is no way -- using your term -- "to build a relationship with God" without having saving faith in His Son Christ Jesus leading to regeneration, a term that simply means to be born again, which is the subject of Jesus' discourse with the Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. --Hank |
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