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To: Iscool

I mistyped. My apologies. But how does that help your argument any? What possible meaning of “born” is there, if not spiritually born?


57 posted on 09/17/2009 7:52:36 AM PDT by Claud
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To: Claud
I mistyped. My apologies. But how does that help your argument any? What possible meaning of “born” is there, if not spiritually born?

The next verses explain it...

Joh 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Born of water is the natural human birth...Born of the Spirit is the Spiritual birth...

Joh 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

We were already born of the water; NOW, we must be born again, of the Spirit...

Born Again refers only to the Spiritual birth...That's where Nicodemus' confusion came from...He knew he couldn't be born again of the water...So Jesus explained the 'born again' as a Spiritual birth...Being filled with the Holy Spirit...

64 posted on 09/17/2009 9:13:44 AM PDT by Iscool (I don't understand all that I know...)
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