Spirit gives birth to spirit

John 3:5-8
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Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
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You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
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The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

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Of water and of Spirit.

Repent of Sin and seeking truth by faith.

The water baptism was a ceremony used to identify the nees to wash sin from the body. It was very literally a cleansing of the flesh but to represent the flood that washed away the sins in Noah's day. It was not until much later that the idea of repenting; refraining from the sin you were cleansed of, developed from the ceremony. It was John the baptist whom denied himself drink, ate raw life, and wore course fibers, ministered the repent and preached the coming of the gospel of the kingdom. The spiritual kingdom by which spiritual perfection would act through those whom were thought to be worthy.

Of course Jesus was the Messiah, the annointed Son of God whom brought the gospel of the kingdom of heaven to mankind; first to the Jews than the Gentiles. Jesus brought understanding that the practitioners of ceremony and tradition did not expect. They expected that their knowledge of good and evil would define them as righteous enough to have authority of holiness. What they did not expect was that righteousness was of the Father alone, and it was always to be the Spirit of Truth, the eternal authority; tbat would supply holiness. Holiness that would come from the Spirit and also bear fruits and gifts of the spirit by this kingdom of heaven which Jesus described.

Because Jesus is the Son of God, he was never fully human. Although he was witness to our temptations and the sinful geneology of his lineage, he himself was capable of being the embodiment of holy. Although imperfect in the flesh, his soul and the spirit that came upon him- were perfect, full, and of God. So what was miraculous acts and spectacles of power, were because he was the authority which all things came from. He is the Word of God which all creation came from. Those who followed him that were Jews, left themselves and their attachments to the world behind themselves. They did this so that their faith would be considered obedience to the will of God. And the truth could work through them. The difference between them and us, is we act in faith, where as they acted in obedience.

When Jesus is again present, in the physical, those whom acted on faith, will then act in obedience. As all that is hidden will be shown.

The baptism of Spirit is considered being born again because you have to put yourself aside to have truth work through you. You have to die of your desires to react to what is placed in front of you, and allow instead faith to supply your heart and mind with the unseen qualities of something greater than yourself. We do not heal people, drive out demons, or raise the dead; because we did not witness something that we must be obedient to. No, instead we are to act on faith, and allow the Holy Spirit to supply the fruits of holiness by the kingdom, through us. Faith itself is holy, it is a confidence in the unseen qualities of God.

So for the kingdom to come upon us, we must repent our ways, and deny ourselves. This is a spiritual act, an act of faithfulness that God will recognize as of Him.

The wind blows, we recognize it by our senses, and acknowledge it even though we are only witness to it's coming and going. Those whom repent their sins and deny themselves, do so because they recognize the need to, and act of faith.

The kingdom of heaven that comes upon us is the first step into recognizing God in our lives. It is also the first step in God recognizing His truth acting through us. If you wondered what you made perfect is like, continue to act in loving ways. Almost all of us must perish, but we awake to know ourselves free of the enemy.