John 3:12 KJV
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
Jesus' message of the new birth was both a basic, simple doctrine, and told in the simplest of terms. Who could not understand the concept of being born into this world? And, if one cannot put together how physical birth corresponds to the new birth, how is it ever possible to expect that they will grasp even deeper truths of the Word of God.
Yet Nicodemus did believe. He questioned, he even doubted, but he did become a believer. Those we think are getting nothing from the Word of God may be getting more than we could ever imagine! Not, of course, that Jesus did not know Nicodemus would believe, but that this passage is here for our benefit, that we would keep preaching the truth even when it appears the hearer is getting so little from it.
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If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
Jesus' message of the new birth was both a basic, simple doctrine, and told in the simplest of terms. Who could not understand the concept of being born into this world? And, if one cannot put together how physical birth corresponds to the new birth, how is it ever possible to expect that they will grasp even deeper truths of the Word of God.
Yet Nicodemus did believe. He questioned, he even doubted, but he did become a believer. Those we think are getting nothing from the Word of God may be getting more than we could ever imagine! Not, of course, that Jesus did not know Nicodemus would believe, but that this passage is here for our benefit, that we would keep preaching the truth even when it appears the hearer is getting so little from it.
Check the video version of this blog.
http://bit.ly/IIifFN
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