Bible Question (short): An interesting look at John 3:5 |
Question (full): I have a interesting verse/interpretation problem that has been given to me. I would like to get some perspective on this. It pertains to John 3:5 when Jesus says " Unless one is born of water and spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God." A friend had an interesting, and to be honest alarming, way of looking at this. He almost seemed to imply that it was contradictory with the rest of the chapter and what we read elsewhere about salvation. Because I feel that Jesus was referring to a Physical(water) birth and then a Spiritual rebirth, I assumed it was misinterpretation of an example of Jesus use of parables and metaphor to describe something in lay mens terms. What do you guys think. Oh and this is hopefully to be the first of MANY posting on this forum. God Bless for He reigns Amen. |