BORN OF THE SPIRIT

Text: “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit. “ John 3:8

Birth is a very important word in humanity. Every time you hear that word there is a picture of something been born. To born is to bring forth something that never existed before. “Born of the Spirit” describes the process of spiritual birth. There are two major forms of birth; the natural birth and the spiritual birth. John 3:6 says “That which is born of the flesh is flesh...” This is the natural birth. The later part says “...and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” This is the spiritual birth.

Everyone on the face of the earth are born naturally but not everyone is born spiritually. It therefore means that everyone not born of the Spirit is not yet alive spiritually. The scripture tells us that we are “...alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:11.

The natural birth connects us to humanity while the spiritual birth connects us to divinity; we are connected to God. When a child is born naturally the child automatically carries the genotype of the parents. Whatever was wrong in the parents can also flow to the child through the bloodline. But thank God we have a greater bloodline; the blood of Jesus. By the spiritual birth we are connected to all that is right in God. Whatever was wrong through the natural bloodline has been made right through the Jesus bloodline.

The other phrase that is used to describe been born of the Spirit is “born of God”, 1 John 5:4 says “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world...” This was described earlier in 1 John 4:4 as “Ye are of God...” This simply means that we originate from God. We came out of God. We are complete; we are flawless; we are perfect. Everything that comes out of God is good. There is no way we can remain defeated and down in life. Your life is divine.

CONFESSION:

My life and everything about me is anchored in God. The life of God is flowing in me. My life is divine.

LEARN MORE: John 1:12-13