Thought for April 11th 'Unless one is born again 'John 3 5

Nicodemus was “the teacher in Israel.” What an impact Jesus was now having among the people!  Obviously Nicodemus was so affected that he felt compelled to come to talk with Jesus, but he comes by night!  He declares, “no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him” [John 3 v.3].  A fascinating conversation follows.  John is to mention him twice again, first when he is questioning the Pharisees about Jesus (7 v.50) and then, remarkably, when he associates with Joseph of Arimathea, in binding the body of Jesus and placing it in the tomb. [19 v.39]      God’s inspired word intrigues us so many times, the more we read the more we want to read and pull together as much as we can the “hidden” stories; there are always fresh insights to be gained.      Jesus challenges Nicodemus, “Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”  “See” can be understood in the present tense – a person’s eyes are opened when they are “born again.”    When is this rebirth? “How can a man be born when he is old?” asks Nicodemus.      It is a challenge to understand what Jesus means, when he answers, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he (or she) cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.””[3 v.5,6]        One is born of water by baptism and both John the Baptist and Jesus’ disciples are now baptising many (4 v.1,2)  But baptism is of no value unless there is also a rebirth of the person’s spirit, a new way of thinking and outlook on life   “Baptism,” Peter was to later write “is an appeal to God for a good conscience “ (1 Peter 3 v.21)  A @Christadelphians Video: ************ This video was produced by the ChristadelphianVideo.org project, arranged and supported by Christadelphians worldwide. ** ChristadelphianVideo.org ** Main site: https://cdvideo.org/ NEW ON CHRISTADELPHIANVIDEO.ORG! You can follow us online at some of our other services.. #1 Our Main site... https://cdvideo.org #2 Our podcast on Podbean... https://cdvideo.org/spotify #3 Our podcast on Apple...https://cdvideo.org/podcast-apple #4 Our podcast on Anchor...https://cdvideo.org/truth-talk #5 Our facebook...https://facebook.com/OpenBibles #6 Our Whats App... https://cdvideo.org/WhatsApp #7 Our Instagram... https://cdvideo.org/Instagram #8 Our X... https://cdvideo.org/x #9 Our YouTube Channel... https://cdvideo.org/@christadelphians #10 Our Audio site Scripturescribe.com... https://cdvideo.org/mp3 #11 https://youtube.com/@Christadelphians?sub_confirmation=1 #12 Our Substack https://thebiblestandard.substack.com/ ** Podcasts: Podcast on Podbean...https://cdvideo.org/podbean Podcast on Apple........https://cdvideo.org/podcast-apple Podcast on Spotify......https://cdvideo.org/spotify ** Social Media: Facebook/openbibles Whats App... https://cdvideo.org/WhatsApp Free group...Shared links and comments on the daily reading, ( also links to advance viewing on many videos before public release) Instagram... https://cdvideo.org/Instagram X... https://cdvideo.org/x YouTube Channel... https://cdvideo.org/@christadelphians Our Substack - https://thebiblestandard.substack.com/ ** Other resources: https://cdvideo.org/www (A hour hour presentation about ChristadelphianVideo.org) https://cdvideo.org/exhorts (Over 1000 video exhortations many including the emblems (Full service)) https://cdvideo.org/compare-expound (A free quarterly digital magazine published for the discerning and inquiring mind.) https://cdvideo.org/wss (What saith Scripture resource centre, verse trails, videos, on 1st principle subjects.) Where possible, each section includes our suggested video presentations as well as articles and links on the various topics. linktr.ee/cdvideo A page with all our links. ** Watch / read / Listen to other thoughts for the day on our site here https://christadelphianvideo.org/tftd/ #Christadelphianvideo #thebiblechannel #christadelphianstalk #Christadelphians #bible #openbible #Gospeltruth #gospel #Christadelphian #truth #podcast #discoverthebible #cdvideo