When Jesus said, "You must be born again," two things are vitally important. One, The word 'you' is in the plural, which means that all those with Nicodemus and indeed anyone who who hears this truth is to be born again. Not just the elect, but all men are to be born again. Two, the little word 'must' is the strongest word available to bring out the idea that it is absolutely essential if a man is to see and/or enter the Kingdom of God he is born again. There is no heaven for anyone who has not received this new birth. If you have been born only once (that is, physically), then you are not fit for heaven, because flesh and blood will not inherit the Kingdom of God. That is why you must be born as second time, born again from above (this is how it may also be translated), brought to spiritual re-birth. It does not matter how good or great you are otherwise, if you have not been born again, there is no heaven for you.
This is the sovereign work of the Holy Spirit as He implants this principle of new life in our dead souls. If this is not your experience, then seek it with all your heart. You are now spiritually dead and you must become spiritually alive if you are to be fit for heaven. Seek it earnestly, determinedly, until this is your experience. Don't stop until you you possess this new life.
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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son (JESUS), that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
3:16-18
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