John 3:5-8 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Early in His ministry on earth, Jesus the Christ began to associate being a part of the Kingdom of God with the influence of the Holy Spirit. Since He is spirit, we often ignore the unseen. But we can see and hear the effects of His presence and power. He does things within us that cannot be done from without. That means that the things that seem impossible, that we could never think could happen, can, like being born again, having new life, being free from the power of sin and death. It can and does happen, through what God gives, Christ has done, and the work of the Holy Spirit within.
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