John 3:3
Jesus answered and said
to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one if born again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God.”
Every man has need of new
birth. The concept of new birth in the New Testament is not a concept of
something that springs out of us, but of something that enters into us. Our new
birth is the birth of the life of the Son of God into our old human nature, and
our human nature has to be transfigured by the indwelling life of the Son of
God. It is not that God patches up my natural virtues, but that I learn by
obedience to make room for Jesus Christ to exhibit His disposition in me. It is
impossible to imitate the disposition of Jesus. Am I becoming the birthplace of
the Son of God, or do I only know the miracle of God’s changing grace [like the
water He changed into wine].
Excerpts from Oswald
Chambers
Daily Devotional Bible,
Reading 133 (5/13)
From The Love of God
This photograph is by Anna Bolton.
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