Ephesians 5:25-27 KJV 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and *cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,* 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Cleansed / Washed by the word!
Good job linking John with Paul. Paul never speaks literally of a birth or a begetting, as John often does, but prefers the phrase "new creation." Peter speaks of a "regeneration by the seed of the word" and is the only place where we find that term exactly. Paul's appeals are generally corporate as well. We are IN Christ. The Church is his body and so on. Lots to say, but that's why we have a Bible!
@@timkins9155you’ve beautifully connected these scriptures for me and others that are crucial for understanding the importance of God’s word and what it accomplishes in us! Thank you!!
Nice. Your answer is in Ephesians 5:26. He cleansed her (how did He do that?) by the washing of water (with what did He do that?) WITH The Word 🙏🙏🙏 loving your content
(His word does not cleanse).... it's the blood sacrifice that does the cleansing (1John 1.7)....His word in this scripture is the command to baptize (/Mat.2819) .
@@mslice09 for that to be true how could Jesus tell His disciples that they were already clean (in John 13 and 15) IF He had not yet been lifted up at Calvary?? You were right to quote 1 John 7 but you (and ALL of us) also NEED to understand verse 9 as well!! But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I John 1:7, 9 NKJV You see verse 7 says "ALL SIN," right?? What he is talking about there is all the sin we have committed up until salvation...when we walk in the Light His blood will cleanse those old sins forever!! Amen!! Now look at verse 9 again and you'll see there's TWO seperate acts going on. 1st there's the FORGIVNESS of sins that is applied after we've confessed those sins, but 2nd there's ALSO the "cleansing from all unrighteousness" that takes place in our hearts, our unconscious, through the sprinkling of His blood!! This is much more clearly laid out in the book of Hebrews: how much more shall the BLOOD of CHRIST, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse YOUR CONSCIENCE FROM DEAD WORKS TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD? (So here we can specifically see what and where the blood cleanses and also the why...Sanctification, set apart as an honorable vessel for the Lords house) Hebrews 9:14 NKJV For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, WOULD HAVE HAD NO MORE CONSCIOUSNESS of SINS. let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having OUR HEARTS SPRINKLED FROM AN EVIL CONSCIENCE and OUR BODIES WASHED WITH PURE WATER.(And here it is probably the most clear, NT at least, that there are 2 different types of cleaning/cleansing that Christ does for the Church. 1st He washes her clean with the pure Word of God and then He cleanses her conscience with the sprinkling of His blood!! So NOT ONLY does God not see our past sins BUT we ourselves can become free of BOTH the guilt AND EVEN the memory of them altogether!! ) Hebrews 10:2, 22 NKJV For further follow-up on the Type of these 2 cleansings I'd strongly suggest re-reading Leviticus 14 on how to 1) cleanse a leper (sinner) and 2) prepare the cleansed leper so that he may reenter the camp and see how perfectly God's Word truly has been writeen!! I pray this lands on good soil on both you and everyone else who takes the time to read it as well because there is such great Truth in this...it's NOT just being set free by the Truth, His Word (according to at least John 17:17) which is also His Water, but we can be set free indeed by the Son through the sprinkling of His blood!! And free indeed is very much better than just being free (although both are amazing)!! And I'll leave everyone with this last question and ask you to all meditate on before anyone starts in on why what all ive just shared is probably most likely completely wrong according to your opinion... The bride of Adam was formed out of what was taken from his side after he died (fell into a deep sleep)...so why would God not do the same for the bride of the 2nd Adam?? Forming her (the Church) out of the material that came out of His side after he died...water and blood?? There's an AWFUL lot of witness verses someone would have to attack to make this one just go away :)!!
@@mslice09 I really thought I could skip SOME Scripture pasting because you would go and read it for yourself. This is EXACTLY what Jesus says in those 2 place I shared (praying this hits tilled ground): Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I DO NOT WASH YOU, you have no part with Me.” Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “He who is BATHED needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; AND YOU ARE CLEAN, but not all of you.” For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not ALL clean.” John 13:8-11 NKJV You ARE ALREADY CLEAN BECAUSE OF THE WORD WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU. John 15:3 NKJV Nowhere at either time does Jesus speak of the blood that cleanses the conscience...both times He says NOW, right NOW, at this moment your BODIES (conscious minds) are clean because of the Word I've spoken to you. Later, after I have become your propitiation for your sins and gone to Calvary, then I will cleanse your conscience with My blood. Did you take the time to go and read Leviticus 14 and look for the Type(s)?? Or even further back you can look at Israel itself whom though redeemed from Egypt and converted from the Kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of Light, and being cleansed in the Wilderness STILL needed a 2nd circumcision in Joshua 5 to "roll back" the reproach from Egypt on that 2nd generation...again a Type of cleansing the conscience even though the sins had been left on the other side of the Red Sea. I REALLY DO pray this doesn't land on a hardened heart and you take the time and diligence to go and search the Scriptures I've shared for yourself and let the Spirit tell you what's the Truth and what's not my friend.
@@danielhensley934 God bless you for your immense understanding of his Scriptures brother. I was thinking if the exact same Scriptures when I was thinking of this reply. How that God has ordained that through his previous covenant he shows how that his blood sacrifice is right and true to his eternal word forever. Amen
The very first example given for new covenant…..“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Acts 2:38 KJV
The Master makes it manifest that the only baptism he says here is his Spirit baptizing us in fire. For he came to kindle a fire upon the earth; and what will he if it be already kindled? I must work today and tomorrow and the third day I shall be perfected. Amen
Interesting theory, young man. I have always thought, and still do, that being "born of water" is the natural birth of a human being (a mothers water breaks just before labor). This is the first birth. The Spirit birth is when you are filled with the Holy Spirit at salvation. This is being "Born Again", "which is the second birth". Love your insight.
That has also been my interpretation. But… this lesson really has me thinking. Both interpretations still point to the new birth in the Spirit. Good stuff.
We share the same thought pattern but not the filled with the Spirit part. Born of the Spirit refers to the indwelling Spirit taking up residence within the New Believer. Being filled with the Spirit is that which occurred in Acts where the Believers were filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other to tongues.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Acts 2:4 KJB And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Ephesians 5:18 KJB
@@scooterp7009 my favorite thing about the miracles and signs of God are that they don’t follow a set formula. While tongues was and can be a sign of the indwelling of the Spirit, the greatest sign is that the believer is filled with the peace and knowledge that they are truly saved.
@@GhostShooz Amen. Assurance through the inner witness of the Holy Spirit is a blessing indeed. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. Romans 8:14-17 KJV
Very good study. We have tried for years to get Christians to understand that just because you were baptized, does not mean you are born again. For a lot of people, all they got was wet. Love how God has put such wonderful gifts in this younger generation.
I love sharing God’s word with my sisters and brothers in Christ. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not (washed) from their filthiness. Proverb 30:14.
@@timkins9155 I do believe that there is only one. You must be thinking of getting other three where they are lofty, prideful, and devourers of the needy and poor. However, these are all the same generation, not different ones. That's just how evil they are.
Amen. I agree with what you have observed and said... because those who come to Jesus, rivers of living water will flow from his bosom.. there's a spiritual cleansing on the person being done by God by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the cleansing of the Word. But in another sense, the Gospel said repent and be baptised, said by John the Baptist, Jesus, and the apostles, and people have done this as well, so that it means there must be willingness for everyone to come to Him to repent and be baptised, a step of faith coming to the Lord so that the Lord will come to him, and so that the work of the Spirit will take effect and be done, the regeneration, cleansing of water, the purging, the transformation with a new heart and renewed mind, the rebirth of the new person.
Water baptism is not required for salvation, but it is necessary for obedience because Yeshua said to do it. Everything He said is nonnegotiable because He is Lord. The Christian life is about more than escaping God's wrath. Let's obey Him because we love Him and He's worthy, not just to escape punishment, though that is also valid.
Good job linking all these typologies of water. There is no absolute distinguishing. That's part of the usage of water as an image we would have to say.
@@Red_Pill_Matrix Philippians 1.29....does not say that faith is granted or giving...the scripture is referring to salvation not faith,...faith is a human condition.but I agree that repentance is a mindset.
I do wonder what people think about Peter's quote in Acts 10:47-48? Not here to argue, but understand. This directly and emphatically declares we should NOT forbid water (born of the water) and then COMMANDS us (they were gentiles) to be baptized. If baptism by water doesn't matter, why did it matter so much in this instance? Here's the scripture. Thanks for respectful commentary or responses. 47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
I would also add this scripture to go along with my previous comment: 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
My last point as I wait for responses and keep looking for real meaning as to what Jesus meant by "born of the water". I have also believed it was representing our natural birth by water, and it absolutely could be that. Yet, as I study water, and how God/Jesus reference water, I start seeing some alignment around baptism. 19 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Very interesting study. I re-read John ch. 3 in the interlinear Greek and noticed a couple things. 1) Jesus is answering the questions of Nicodemus - a Pharisee! Nic would have been very familiar with the passages you pulled together, and many others, yet still struggled to understand Jesus' words. Jesus was so patient as He explained the work of His Spirit. 2) Reading the entire chapter, I noticed a focus on the person and deity and work of God's Son. All the way to the end of the chapter - we read the gospel several different ways, by Jesus, and then repeated by John the Baptist. The water, or baptism references, really seem to be focused on repentant hearts where the Spirit moved.
Eph.5:26 "washing of water by the word". John15:3 "now you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you". John 6:63 "...the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are Life". The "water" is His word, the Biblical scriptures they are spirit and are life, understanding of His word is given by His Holy Spirit who is given to us at the moment of rebirth (born again) Eph.4:30 2Tim.1:14 2Cor.1:22 Rom.8:11 John 14:17 etc. 🙌🙏
It’s simpler than that. The answer to What shall we do for the remission of sins. Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Obviously part of preaching Jesus because the Eunuchs asks. Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. Acts 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? Baptized into His death and raised to new life. Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
I appreciate you desire to do somthing like this. May I suggest you do a word study on the word baptize, baptized, baptism, baptizing etc.... by looking up every scripture that has those words in them. I would like to suggest you start with Mark16:15-16 where Jesus is talking about this and instructing the Apostles what to teach. After all I think you would agree we need to follow Jesus's instruction on what we teach folks. Also the second one you can look at is Acts 8:26-40. The book of Acts is full of conversions and what they taught imediately following Jesus's resurrection and ascension. And then of course all of the rest of the scriptures that have the word baptize or the variations of that word that I mentioned earlier. Always strive to dive deeper.
You are 100% right!! That water is the same as having the living water flow from within, and is refering to the Holy Spirit. The water is the Spirit given to us. John 7:38-39 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given,] because Jesus was not yet glorified.
I totally disagree with you. The point in this passage is TWO BIRTHS. He goes on to say that which is born of FLESH is FLESH and that which is born of SPIRIT is SPIRIT.
To my brothers & sisters in Christ. I come in love. The following is from an amazing teacher. He believes the translation for the teaching in this video is sadly incorrect. Please have a read of the following: An extensive look into why “born of water” in John 3:5 is water baptism & not natural birth as some say: “Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Matthew 11:11 NKJV For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” Luke 7:28 NKJV But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Galatians 4:4 NKJV How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman? Job 25:4 NKJV Here we see in both the old & new covenant & even from Jesus Himself (who said unless one is born of water & Spirit...), referring to someone born naturally as being born of women (or “out of” woman if translated more literally); not once is the term "born of water" used clearly to refer to natural birth & the term is only ever used in John 3 when talking about the new birth in context to Nicodemus's curiosity as to the supernatural power of Jesus ministry. It would be strange for Jesus who used the term "born of women" to suddenly use the term "born of water" once to refer to the same thing when no one else ever in scripture uses that term... especially considering Nicodemus said nothing about water in the natural birth to give Jesus a reason for using that term for natural birth. However Nicodemus would connect the term "out of water" when talking about the new birth to baptism, because great crowds were flocking to be baptized by John the baptist & it was only after Jesus Himself came out of water (Matt 3:16) & the Spirit descended on Him that He could minister with signs & wonders, fitting the exact context of Nicodemus's curiosity as to why Jesus ministry was one of signs & wonders, God being with Him; where as Nicodemus the teacher of Israel did not have this supernatural aspect to his ministry. Jesus disciples were also baptizing many at the time so water & being immersed into it for a new, clean start would have been in everyone's knowledge at the time & also the Pharisees of whom Nicodemus was one refused John’s baptism, so it is quite a humbling & appropriate statement to make to Nicodemus that he must humble himself & be willing to be baptized to experience a new start (though baptism into Christ had not come yet but John was preparing the way)! So why did Jesus not just use the term baptized in water? Well baptized/immersed/dipped was just a verb then (“baptizó” in the Greek meaning to submerge, dip under, immerse) & it was not coined as a term for a specific event like it is now, so to say “out of water” would be just as clear as the term “baptism” is to us. Also to come out of water means one has to have been immersed into water first; which by definition is water baptism. When Nicodemus asks how can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb? The emphasis of this question is not about natural birth for I can't imagine Nicodemus to be genuinely thinking an old man could go inside his mother's womb & be born that way again! The essence of his question is "I am an old man, how can I experience this new birth that you're talking about?" hence Jesus then going into more detail about how he can be born again, breaking it down into water & Spirit. Finally when Jesus says "that which is born of flesh is flesh & that which is born of spirit is spirit" He is saying the natural birth has nothing to do with the spiritual birth & so He uses the term "born of flesh" which is used elsewhere in scripture: But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. Galatians 4:29 NKJV who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:13 NKJV concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, Romans 1:3 NKJV If this statement “whatever is born of flesh is flesh” referred back to the water part of “born out of water & the Spirit” then surely Jesus would use the same term! & say "whatever is born of water is flesh/fleshly". However in this statement He clearly divides born of flesh from born of Spirit, but in the statement before He puts water & Spirit together, emphasizing the fact they are two parts of the same new birth, & to support this, all through the book of Acts we see water & Spirit together & in 1 John 5:8. 'This is he who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. ' 1 John 5:6-9 ESV Flesh is also used in scripture of those trying by their own efforts or of the sinful nature which would put a different meaning altogether to “that which is born of flesh is flesh”: it would mean those who are born of flesh/into sin are fleshly/sinful people but those who are born of the Spirit are Spiritual people; enabling Nicodemus to be able to identify between the two. Jesus from this statement on, refers to the Spiritual aspect of the birth as it is the Spirit who enables signs & wonders & who changes people's character & I have already in another post discussed the reference of the next bit about the Spirit blowing, to Pentecost, which Nicodemus himself would likely have experienced as he helped take down Jesus body from the cross & so was still around & respected Jesus. Furthermore, for Jesus to tell someone who is already born naturally that they need to be born naturally to enter the Kingdom is completely unnecessary & pointless to say because everyone who reads or hears this is already born naturally, it would be a null & void statement that would add nothing helpful to the conversation & would not help Nicodemus one bit, & would probably imply to him that he does need to go back into his mother's womb & be born naturally again to enter the Kingdom of God! Exactly the opposite of what Jesus is saying! Finally Titus 3:5 is another witness in scripture that puts water baptism as part of the new birth along with the Holy Spirit, further supporting John 3:5 to mean water & Spirit baptism: 'But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the bath (literally a bath of water!) of new birth and renewal of Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.' Therefore I am confident being born out of water means water baptism & being born out of Spirit means Spirit baptism. Blessings, I hope this brings clarity to this & helps you to be able to give an answer if asked. Please check this out for yourself, testing it.
Once again, this is great teaching. I agree that faith precedes rebirth (whether that faith is free or predestined), because I know for certain that having faith does not mean that one is reborn. In addition to being born of water and spirit, Jesus tells us two things about being born again: 1. It’s random. 2. You can see the kingdom of God. #1 fully repudiates any possibility that it comes from a decision or action (unless you can decide to make the wind blow), and #2 is a wild, radical transformation of the mind that alters your perception of everything around you. The kingdom of God is TRULY at hand.
How do you know for certain that having faith does not mean that one is reborn? If I have faith, but must also be reborn, then how do I meet this additional requirement for salvation?
@@sarco64 That is an excellent question! There is no additional requirement. We must believe in Jesus to be saved. Belief in Jesus is the only requirement, at least according to Jesus (John 3:16). If you believe in Jesus, you are saved. Of course, if you believe in Jesus, your belief will manifest itself in actions that follow his commands. But you cannot enter into the Kingdom of God until you are born again. And there is no way to control that (again, that’s according to Jesus and his likening it to the wind). ALL saved people WILL be born again to enter the Kingdom of God, but not all saved people ARE born again. My experiences of believing in Jesus and being born again were distinct events, although they were obviously related. My experience of being born again was a radical transformation that proceeded not only without any decision on my part (exactly like the wind) but very much AGAINST my own will. It happened really and truly with me FIGHTING it, even as a believer in Christ. It happened EXACTLY like a baby. I did not even realize this until so much had happened that I finally realized I had been born again. Jesus called it being “born again” (as opposed to “awakening” or some other softer concept) for a reason. It is a shocking, painfully disorienting experience that moves you out of the dark, lightless apparently protected comfort of your previous existence and places you into an entirely new environment. That is a description of being born, and that is a description of being born again. You cross a boundary. Every believer WILL cross that boundary to enter the Kingdom of God, but not every believer has. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Being born again means you enter it now. There are many pastors out there who truly believe in Jesus, but their actions are of the world. They are saved, but they have not entered the Kingdom of God, because if they had, they would stop doing a lot (maybe even all) of what they’re doing. I am completely aware of all the objections that could be raised to what I’m describing, and it is only my testimony. But one objection that cannot be raised is that it is inconsistent with scripture. Belief = being saved. Born again = entering the Kingdom of God. There are people who might say that these two things are the same, but Jesus wasn’t one of them.
@@stephenstrager9852 Many, many people want to quote John 3:16 out of context. John 3 should be read from verse 1-22 as a unit. In a number of places, as in John 3:16, “believe” is used as a summary or a synecdoche. Synecdoche is “a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole.” When Moses said not a “hoof” shall be left behind (Exodus 10:26), he used a synecdoche, as does a cattleman who says he has “ninety head of cattle.” Jesus used a synecdoche here in John 3:16: “whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” He permitted belief, which is only one condition of pardon, to stand for all the conditions. This does not make repentance, confession, or baptism unnecessary any more than God’s granting Gentiles “repentance to life” (Acts 11:18) makes belief unnecessary. Belief does not equal being saved. Scripture has several examples of those who believed but did not go on to salvation. John 12:42,43 is but one example. James 2:29 says "You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe-and shudder!". James says that belief does not equal salvation. On the other hand, Jesus says that being born again equals entering the kingdom of Heaven which equals salvation. You cannot enter the kingdom without being saved. Jesus said that you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven without being born again of water and the Spirit. Jesus definitely said that these two were one and the same. I don't want to discount your feelings. You feel them. That is as it is. But feelings are not what the kingdom is about. Only by the word of God can we find the true Gospel.
@@the3bairs778 Ha, ha, ha. Before I was born again I got an M.A. in English, so I enjoyed your lesson on synecdoche! And before I was born again, I absolutely would have analyzed the text from a purely intellectual standpoint using terms like that. Not today. You’re wrong about so much there, but you care about Christ and that is all that matters. You will learn through experience. One thing we know for sure is that you 100% believe that salvation is totally predetermined and completely out of one’s control, since Jesus says that irrefutably and without the slightest room for variance when it comes to being born again: The wind blows where it will-he could not possibly have come up with a more precise example of something we can’t control. I’m fine with someone saying that being born again and being saved are the same thing, as long as they say that both are as out of our control as the wind. That may very well be true!
@@stephenstrager9852 I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson. 🙂 I assumed that most people wouldn't know what that meant. I have been a Bible teacher and author for over 50 years, so I don't think at this point in my life I have as many experiences to look forward to as have already gone by. And yes, as a retired engineer, I have a fairly analytical mind. But I definitely have been born again, and try my best to be led by the Spirit. I don't base my doctrinal position on my feelings, or even my experience. The Holy Spirit is the author of all scripture, and scripture alone is my guide. I would love to have you school me (from scripture) about the much I have wrong. But if you say that salvation is completely out of our control, that makes you sound like a Calvinist. If so, we can probably find little common ground. I have to disagree with you using the wind analogy to mean we have no control over over decision to follow Christ. Jesus is describing the one born of the Spirit. Sometimes conversion comes quietly with little fanfare like a gentle breeze, and other times it makes an Earth shattering difference in a convert's life, like a tsunami. We don't know beforehand how the Spirit will come. Too many scriptures plead with us to turn to God (repent), call on His name, not to harden our hearts, etc... for any reasonable person to conclude that we have no part in our salvation. Before you jump to conclusions about what I believe, let me state, there is absolutely no meritorious work we can perform to earn any part of our salvation. It is all God's grace. I assume that we will just have to agree to disagree on the rest.
The Holy Spirit is the Living Water that is part of being born again. In Acts 2 we can read about the beginning of the church where God's Spirit is poured out. In verse 38 Peter tells the crowd that had gathered that they must repent AND be baptized in the name of Jesus FOR the REMISSION of sins and they WOULD receive the Holy Spirit. We see here that there are 3 distinct things mentioned: repentance, baptism and receiving God's Spirit. These 3 steps correspond to the death (repentance), burial (baptism), and resurrection (receiving the Holy Spirit) of Jesus, which is the gospel. I would be happy to discuss this more in depth with you maybe virtually or something if you'd like.
I believe I was washed by water and spirit. It took both. I was singing to God in the shower, I had an experience, and I've been a different way ever since. Since it didn't happen in church there is little interest in my experience but I believe it is the way to overcome sin and our sinful world.
Most False Prophets are fearless and God is far from them and they haven't a clue what they're talking about .and are constantly wrong about ever interpretation.they give.
@@mslice09 Most people who ca others false prophets constantly and unabashedly, while also lurking around them at every corner, are what God calls hypocrites and vipers and Haters of God. This is a rabbit hole of logic unless you can prove your statements or tell me why you have them. Because I believe this man is telling the truth.
Being born of water is being born in the word of God, knowing the scriptures and gaining understanding of the true wisdom within the Word of God which will lead us into being born of the Spirit too. That's what I feel is what is meant here
Recieving the "seed" of the Word of God begins the new birth process but is not the birth itself, no more than physically recieving the seed of man by the wife is physical birth itself.
Do you believe that we need to be baptized? Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
As I understand it, water baptism is the burial / death of the sinful adamic body, the Holy Spirit then raises us up to be born again of God, the washing of the word comes after imo, without water & spirit baptism I don’t think you can truly understand the word, either way the word says get baptised so whichever it means, I always say to get baptised in water & spirit 🙏🙏🙏 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” 1 Peter 3:21 ESV “We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.” Romans 6:4-5 ESV “having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.” Colossians 2:12 ESV And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:15
@Taylor Torno "Do you believe that we need to be baptized?" If you are asking do we need to be dunked in physical water, the answer is NO. The passage you quoted is a washing of repentance. The reason it is call the baptism of repentance, NOT a baptism for repentance. Repentance is the washing/renewing of the mind/change of mind, that comes by hearing the Word of God. We are WASHED by the Word of God. Repent and be made clean/Repent and be baptized. Same thing different wording but the same meaning. A person can not receive the Holy Ghost if they are not made clean. Many time we see where people repented and then received the Holy Ghost. They were never dunked in water. They heard the Word, repented and were made clean/baptized. We also have an example where some were dunked and never received the Holy Ghost. Paul asked them about this and then shared the Word of God with them and they repented and immediately received the Holy Ghost. This baptism Jesus spoke of has nothing to do with physical water. It is repentance he was speaking of. To repent is to turn from something to another way. It is not a confession of sin.
@@grounded7362 You are confusing John's baptism of repentance with the new covenant baptism for remission of sin. The Ephesians that Paul rebaptized only knew John's baptism. That is why they needed to be baptized again for the remission of their sin. Without the remission of sin, none of us can be saved.
@@lorenbair245 Sorry no I'm not confusing anything you are the one that is confused. Water baptism is not for the remission of sins repentance is for the remission of sins. Too many people have bought into this water baptism for remission of sins and go on living like the devil, never coming to repentance. We are called to repent not be dunked in water. Acts:3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. Acts:17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: The preacher dunks them in the tank and tells them brother sister you're saved. Since when does some preacher have the authority to determine someone's salvation?
@@grounded7362 I agree that repentance is a prerequisite for salvation. No one can say that baptism alone without faith, repentance, and confessing Christ as Lord brings salvation. But one of us is definitely confused about the purpose of baptism. Let's assume for a moment that it is me. If I agree that "Water baptism is not for the remission of sins" then Peter must have also been confused when he said "Repent, and BE BAPTIZED every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN". Paul was also confused when he said that God chose him as an example of how we are to be saved (1 Timothy 1:16) and then related in Acts 22:16 how he was told to "Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins". Paul still had this confusion when he told the Ephesians that their baptism of repentance (the baptism of John) was not good enough, and that they needed to be rebaptized into Christ. Even Christ was confused about the role of baptism when He said in Mark 16:16 "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved". It is curious that He didn't say "Whoever believes and repents will be saved". That Christ and His Apostles were confused on this issue would be a hard (impossible) pill to swallow. I don't care what any preacher says. Let's stick with the Bible.
My dear brother,I clearly disagree with you on this one. from my understanding, I believe water baptism is a physical action that has a spiritual implication. water baptism is for remission of sins just as it was said by Peter in the book of act 2:38. Also Acts 19:4-7 talks about apostle Paul correcting some certain disciples on water baptism, which they obeyed and where all baptised in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and there received the Holy Ghost.
There is only one baptism, Ephesians 4;5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. The baptism is in spirit not physical or why would Jesus said in John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Is not talking about H2O but the word of God, the living water.
Woke up one morning and had a familiar "brand", or name I couldn't quite place. Kept thinking why is this an ear bug trying too figure it out...hmm, barbasol,...no...what is a barabas? Then it hit me stupid hard. ... and in an instant I knew Jesus died for me, and I was absolutely full of exhilaration and joy! I bawled like a baby at 56. I mean ugly cried hard over His saving Grace He just filled me with. Repentance was instantaneous and man did I feel ridiculous about what I thought so much of me, it was and it was so silly! I literally had no idea what born again meant or even a new heart. And that very day I grabbed a Holy Bible and turned toward the new Testament only too find Ezekiel and my new flesh heart! Only our Living Savior Yeshua would guide a prodigal as myself. I truly try and know only His Truth, Life and Way. Keep the narrow path!
Jason, do you read Bible commentaries ? Who do you think a good commentator for me to read would be? By the way, thankyou for the teaching you just done, on the water,and the Spirit.
The best commentary on the Bible is the Holy Spirit commentary. John has already told us that we need no man to teach us and that the anointing abides in us. Run with it and never let it go, for it shall lead thee and guide the in all thy ways.
Completely agree nowadays. I used to think natural birth or baptism also. Remember also Jesus said to the Syrian woman that He had Living Water, and Rev 22 says He will give freely to anyone who thirsts, the water of life. Also Exodus 12:22 regarding the hyssop
How many ppl have been baptized in water, yet the heart is not transformed. First you confess, believe in heart, you receive the HOLY SPIRIT as your helper, so that the Word can begin to sanctify, leading to transformation and renewed mind. Hmmmm🙏🙏🤗🤗
@@xavierthomas5835yes. No one can be born of Spirit without first hearing the word of the gospel. Emphasis on hearing. The Pharisees did not have ears to hear what Jesus was saying.
@@BingoNamo-gb8pz But who gives ears to hear? The Bible says that God is the one who gives them ears to hear the word. Deuteronomy 29:4 KJV Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
@@xavierthomas5835 yes, one must be humble & willing to be taught. That is what separated the Pharisees from the disciples. Neither one of them understood what Jesus was saying, but the Pharisees claimed to understand the truth, whereas the disciples claimed not to understand the truth & therefore wanted Jesus to explain it to them.
I taught classical Greek for 25 years in Europe. "Born of water and spirit" is not two things, but one. The Greek construction is called a hendiadys. It consists of two nouns separated by "and." The second noun becomes a superlative adjective that modifies the first noun. Christ thus said, "Born of spiritual, yes, I tell you spiritual water." The reason why translators don't like to add so many words in the English translations is puzzling because there is no English equivalent for a hendiadys and words do need to be added for clarification. Christ did not say "spiritual water" only. He said something like "truly spiritual water" to emphasize spiritual in a superlative way. Looking at the Hebrew, God never told Eve I will "greatly" multiply your sorrow. Actually the Hebrews reads "Multiplying I will multiply," which is one way the Hebrews used superlatives (in this case using a polyptoton). I quote Genesis because the translators use "greatly" even though the Hebrews never used superlatives either and "greatly" is an added English word. As an aside, since the Hebrews did not use superlatives either, one way they described very red is to simply write "red red."
Perhaps “born of water & the Spirit is the same as saying born of the Living Water. John 7:37-39 37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”[a] 39 (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given,[b] because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)
Not discounting what you say here, but in conjunction with John 3:5, please consider Acts 19:1 - 6 and Acts 8:12 - 19 and Romans 6:3 - 11. In Acts 19:1 - 6 we learn that the proper protocol for baptism is that shortly afterwards a person is to be given the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands of those who have this authority (so much so that people who had been baptized but not given the gift of the Holy Ghost were re-baptized to be sure it was all properly done and with the right authority, and to give them the gift of the Holy Ghost after their baptism). This idea is also affirmed in Acts 8:12 - 19 about baptism being accompanied by the laying on of hands to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 6:3 - 11 shows that baptism by immersion, among other things symbolizes (1) the death and burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and (2) the death and burial of our old natural man life and a metaphorical resurrection of our lives to a new spiritually alive life, being new creatures in Christ. To me the scriptures say that baptism by immersion and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands of those with proper authority is very tightly connected with if not synonymous with being born again. Best wishes.
I feel that you hit the nail on the head my brother this is been something i have been investigating for awhile. Everyone said baptism but the problem with that is baptism does not save us because that is a work and we are saved by grace through faith. People said the water being of natural birth but i don't belive that that was debuked by when Nicodemus said to jesus can a man return to his mother womb, obviously not!!
And “born of water” was NEVER an expression for being born of woman. That has always been referred to as born of flesh, born of man, born of Adam. If Jesus meant born of woman he would have said “one must be born of flesh & spirit.”
The Living Water is also another good thing to remember for when Jesus speaks of this, Jesus Christ is our salvation and the Holy Spirit comes from Him and His sacrifice and through Him comes Living Waters.
Sometime during the 20th century, the idea emerged that being “born of water” is actually a metaphor for the amniotic fluid that breaks from the womb shortly before childbirth, rendering water baptism irrelevant to this discussion. They reasoned that one must be born naturally before one can be reborn spiritually. The chief problem here is that this culture did not refer to natural birth as birth "by water", as we might today. This view was not held by the early church, and neither by the reformers. Martin Luther believed and stated that the "water" in John 3:5 refers to water baptism. Calvin viewed "water and Spirit" as being synonymous. When Nicodemus misinterpreted Christ’s words in John 3:3 as referring to natural childbirth, Jesus immediately corrected his misunderstanding in verse 5. Thus, it does not follow that Jesus was speaking metaphorically of natural childbirth, but that being “born of water and the Spirit” describes one event, namely water baptism. - Hugo Odeberg, The Fourth Gospel, (Uppsala, 1929), 48-71
Before John the baptised jesus said I baptise with water but the one is coming will baptise with the Holy spirit .as a song lyrics goes are you washed in the blood of christ. 🙏🙏🙏
So is it possible Jesus is saying you must be born of repentance (water) & faith in Jesus (Spirit)? Repentance (water) prepares the way, Jesus is the way (Spirit)?
No, you have to be born AGAIN of water and Spirit. It is referring to Water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (not titles as others suppose.) When the Church was born in the book of Acts, anytime someone repented, they were baptized in water because it is a command by Jesus that is still for us today. In 1st Peter he let us to know in the first chapter that baptism in water also saves us, and the rest of the New Testament agrees that water baptism is identifying with Christ in his burial. The same man (Peter) asked the question in the ending of Acts 10 “Can any man forbid water?” The answer is NO! You have to be water baptized or you will not make heaven.
@@andersons238 correct, but Jesus could had say to baptize in my name. He did said _Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. What creates this is the authority otherwise we will need to pronounce his name in hebrew?
To be born of water, (the symbol of being buried with Christ) Baptism. Some people think today we can skip some things in the Bible. This is not true; we need every Word now more than ever...! It always gets me when I'm standing in front of a woman and she is saying how much of a Christian she is, at the same time her hair is cut short, and she is covered in gold. The little things are just as important, as any part of the Word...! Jesus is depending on us now more than ever... to keep His Word whole... Stop the division, stay the course...! God Bless my friends...
Being born again is referring to resurrection. This is why it flummoxed Nicodemus, who was a Pharisee. Pharisees believed in the afterlife. Like all religious sects when people believe in the afterlife resurrection doctrine is confusing. To be born of spirit is explained in much greater detail in 1Corinthians 15:35-53. To summerize, one cannot enter into the celestial realm until they're born a spiritual man which occurs at the resurrection.
The water here in John 3 is spiritual as explained in Ezekiel 36:25. Water baptism is taught in many churches as part of the salvation doctrine. That is not true at all. Its ok to be water baptized, but the IMPORTANT baptism is the Holy Spirit we receive after we are born again.
I enjoy your teachings, thank you. So I’m left with a question. Why did John the Baptist baptize Jesus with water? Jesus told him He had to be baptized.
I find it interesting how you take away the simple promise from God's sure means and make it a metaphorical mental exercise of "simple" ambiguity. I think I'll stick with Peter "Repent and be baptized and you SHALL RECEIVE THE SPIRIT..." Also the Ethiopian in the book of Acts when he said "Here is metaphorical water, what prevents me from being Metaphorically baptized?" (OH, that's not quite what scripture said, and certainly not what it meant). After his baptism, he went away rejoicing. The Spirit then took Philip out of there. Do you think the Holy Spirit missed it by not giving him your metaphorical wisdom? Paul states what happens in baptism in Rom 6, and none of it is metaphorical.. Paul equates believe on the Lord Jesus with being baptized. He baptized the Philippian jailer and his all his family. Peter says Baptism now saves us. Yep it's not the washing of dirt away, there's something Spiritual happening there. God is giving Hs Spirit of promise just as we read in Acts 2:38. By that Spirit we have a clean conscious. Water baptism is a spiritual baptism, because His Words are Spirit and they are life. If He puts His Word of promise in water, it isn't the water, but the word. You don't therefore reject the water. There were those filled with the Spirit by the Word alone in Acts. Peter didn't say they don't need to be baptized since they were baptized metaphorically. Rather he baptized them in actual water (Which is what a baptim is btw). Naaman would have rejected the simple promise that was put in the water of the Jordan for him because of his reasoning of the ability of water to do anything good. He had better water, he states in his hometown. But God put His word in a specific place, not a metaphorical place. God gives Himself to us by specific real means that we can know that we have truly been washed by the Word, in the waters of baptism, that we have eaten His Body and drank His blood in the Bread and Cup of Holy Communion, where God puts His Word, Himself for us through sure and certain means. The faith that you often teach is like Peter's "I will die for you" and the "We believe!" But they didn't believe. That faith betrays true faith; it doesn't get you to the cross. The Promise given to you by sure and certain means gives you the faith of the cross; it gives you Jesus, reconciling you to the Father, and seals you with the Holy Spirit of Promise. Or you can go to your hometown and swim in your metaphorical waters. The reason there is such wet imagery in scripture isn't to give you metaphorical ponderings, it to point to Himself and where He gives Himself. Mybe you will reject Christ coming in the flesh next? Maybe you will give His body, blood, death, and resurrection a metaphorical meaning too? Why can't you say what Peter says in Acts 2:38.? Oh because you want to make it simple!??? "Why not simply wash and be clean?" Nobody baptized themselves. God does the baptism; we are passive, we are done unto. Like Peter, when Jesus went to wash his feet, we could protest and resist; but Peter didn't wash himself, Jesus washed his feet. In baptism, in those very waters of promise, we are washed by the Word. That's a true Spirit baptism. I don't mean to sound upset. This young man is a very bright fellow. I wish I could have a conversation with him. But I'm sure he's too popular and busy. But I hope he can see how water and the Spirit are used through scripture right from Gen. Young Sir, if you read this and want to talk, I believe a lot of scriptures can be better understood, including such things as fasting.
I agree totally with you. It takes a spiritual mind to understand that everything that Jesus said and did is spiritual. And our bodies is the temple of the Holy Ghost. Jesus disciples baptized so many people. Jesus himself was immersed in water. It's an act of obedience. I don't believe this guy has spiritually discernment.
Except when did the 12 disciples ever get baptized in water? Peter wanted Jesus to baptize Him in water but Jesus said “you are already clean because of the words I have spoken.” So I don’t think any of the apostles were ever baptized except Paul. There is a reason Jesus never baptized anyone in water because He IS the water (the word) & Jesus baptizes us with the Holy Spirit (not through physical water). That which is flesh is flesh. That which is spirit is spirit. The WORDS I speak to you ARE SPIRIT & life.
@BingoNamo-gb8pz , Jesus said those who believe and are baptized shall be saved. Those in Acts 2:38 were all baptized (to say "in water" is redundant. Paul was baptized, "Washing away sins." Yep, in water. Peter says "Baptism now saves us." And connects our baptism that saves us with the water of the flood of Noah's day. They were saved through the water. The water that washed away wickedness lifted Noah and his family off the cursed earth... Yes, Amen! To "Jesus is the living water." This is why the disciples were told "Ye are clean for the word spoken." This is why the thief on the cross was saved, because Jesus' word spoken to him. And this is what we have in Baptism, the Word of Jesus given to us. His words are Spirit and Life. His word makes water a Spirit baptism. We are through His Word in and with the water cleansed and set free from the eternal penalty of sin. "Here is much WATER, what prevents me from being BAPTIZED." baptism is in water and God gives us the Spirit, just as He did the Ethiopian who went his way rejoicing, and the Spirit bore witness that the Ethiopian had everything he needed since right after the baptism (In WATER) the Spirit took Philip away.
The Baptism washes away our old sin nature and separates us from the powers of darkness so that we can now be a slave to righteousness!! Paul eloquently illustrates this fact in Romans 6:1-8! The baptism does cleanse us from our old man (sin nature) after we repent of course! If you don't repent before getting baptized, then it isn't actually a baptism!!
There is only one baptism, Ephesians 4;5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. The baptism is in spirit not physical or why would Jesus said in John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Is not talking about H2O but the word of God, the living water.
@@Fr4nkSanchez Jesus Himself was baptized as an example to us. He told Nicodemus we must be born of water AND spirit to enter the kingdom. That we must be born again. This happens through faith and obedience to the Word. Yes, there is only one baptism, but if you dont repent prior to being baptized then it wasnt a baptism at all. It was more like a bath. Just like when a baby is baptized, it isnt a baptism. A person must make a personal and sincere choice to repent to God, and turn away from their sin before they can actually be baptized. This point is illustrated in Acts 2:38 when Peter tells the very Jews that crucified Jesus that they must repent, be baptized into Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins and receive the holy spirit. 3000 came to life that day with that message on Pentecost. How can we enter the Kingdom if we arent yet forgiven? The Baptism gives us a clear concience toward God. This is the way to be born again. With it comes a RADICAL transformation, which is our testimony.
Keep in mind passages in the Old Testament can be cross examined in the New Testament. If you are saying you need to be baptized to enter the kingdom of God. First you have to ask yourself what does being baptized mean? Secondly what about the Old Testament saints? Abraham wasn’t baptized so that means he isn’t saved? That’s doesn’t make sense
In water baptism Enekiel's verses were al fulfilled. How our spirit s were cleansing, The process we do not know. But we can see the person's behaviour change.
Very interesting, well read verse 12 : "if I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" . Does that mean all along Jesus was saying natural things to him example we all know about water breaking during child birth which is natural for humans ..
Psalms 51 is about David's big nasty? David was a prophet and so he prophesied. In chapter 50 it is clear that it is prophecy about the nation of Israel and the kingdom. So if you hold that mentality thru Psalms 51 those scriptures line up with other scripture that are about the kingdom in Jerusalem at Christ's eternal reign. For example Ps. 51 [9] Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Acts 3 19] Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. Ps. 51 [11] Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Those who believe that the church started in Acts 2 make that claim because they ignore prophecy and conclude that it started there because that is the day that the Holy Spirit came. So how does this make sense to apply it to David? Psalms 51 is prophecy just like the book of Joel is Joel 2 [28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: [29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. [30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. [31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. [32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. Acts 2 [16] But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; [17] And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: [18] And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: [19] And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: [20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: DON'T JUST TAKE SOMEONES PREACHING AND TEACHING. INVESTIGATE IT.
Thanks, Jason, for this wonderful teaching! I’m going to have to watch it again, it’s so full of truth. I sincerely appreciate how carefully you seek to stay true to the Word, and it’s whole counsel. Concerning the topic of this video, I’m still trying to understand this passage. These verses seem to shed light on it, though I’m still learning: John 6:63 (CJB) 63 It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh is no help. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life, 1 Peter 1:23 (CJB) 23 You have been born again not from some seed that will decay, but from one that cannot decay, through the living Word of God that lasts forever.
Jesus go on to explain the spirit... John 3:8 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.
I believe it is the Word and the Spirit. The seed and the egg, the flesh and the blood. The Spirit gives life to the Word. We grow in Christ by revelation of the Word by the Spirit, But I am open for God to change what I believe
Thank you very much for this explanation. I've struggled with what the true meaning might be for a long time You have searched the scriptures and found its truth. Appreciated!
Jesus taught about being born-again in John Chapter 3. In V3 Jesus said "unless one is born again he cannot SEE the kingdom of God" and in v5 Jesus went further, "unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot ENTER the kingdom of God". Seeing and Entering are 2 different steps for a follower of Christ. V16, "whoever believes in Jesus have eternal life". Accepting Jesus as our Lord and savior give us eternal life but also Jesus wants us have "I came that they may have life and have it abundantly" In order to have abundant life, we must ENTER and live in the Kingdom of God now, which means that we begin to use the same power in us that resurrected Jesus from the dead, the power of Holy Spirit. This is what Jesus said in v8. Those who entered in to Kingdom will live like with effects of Wind. We don't see wind but we feel and see the effects of the wind. 1st, believe Jesus (the Word) and declare the Word. (I believed, therefore I have spoken) 2nd, Live the Word by doing the Word (Faith without works is dead). 3rd, Be spiritually minded by walking in Spirit (Gal 5:22 -23).
I believe being born of water is our earthly birth and spirit is our born-again conversion that's why Jesus said you must be born again, in verse 5 He says water and verse 6 He says flesh because there same thing our earthly birth and then being born of spirit is being born-again.
Verse 6 explains verse 5. That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. The flesh speak of the natural birthing process of humanity and the spirit there is the Spirit of Regeneration (Born Again).
quite inspirational 👏 however something you don't bring out clearly and could breath more meaning to that scripture is that the heart (lev) in hebrew understanding was the seat of thinking and reasoning ie the mind .so when God says He will give us a new heart and a new spirit essentially means He will re program our thinking processes so that we make decisions to follow His teachings
So, basically water baptism does not saves/cleanses us. It Is the Spirit of God who makes the actual spiritual cleansing/washing thru His Word ( spiritual water can I say?). If I'm correct, we are actually being baptized in water and Spirit continously everytime we read His Word?
Ephesians 5:25-27 KJV
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and *cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,*
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Cleansed / Washed by the word!
Good job linking John with Paul. Paul never speaks literally of a birth or a begetting, as John often does, but prefers the phrase "new creation." Peter speaks of a "regeneration by the seed of the word" and is the only place where we find that term exactly. Paul's appeals are generally corporate as well. We are IN Christ. The Church is his body and so on. Lots to say, but that's why we have a Bible!
Thank You! You are so wise..
@@timkins9155you’ve beautifully connected these scriptures for me and others that are crucial for understanding the importance of God’s word and what it accomplishes in us! Thank you!!
Nice. Your answer is in Ephesians 5:26. He cleansed her (how did He do that?) by the washing of water (with what did He do that?) WITH The Word 🙏🙏🙏 loving your content
(His word does not cleanse).... it's the blood sacrifice that does the cleansing (1John 1.7)....His word in this scripture is the command to baptize (/Mat.2819) .
@@mslice09 and His blood is wine 🙏🙏🙏
@@mslice09 for that to be true how could Jesus tell His disciples that they were already clean (in John 13 and 15) IF He had not yet been lifted up at Calvary?? You were right to quote 1 John 7 but you (and ALL of us) also NEED to understand verse 9 as well!!
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I John 1:7, 9 NKJV
You see verse 7 says "ALL SIN," right?? What he is talking about there is all the sin we have committed up until salvation...when we walk in the Light His blood will cleanse those old sins forever!! Amen!!
Now look at verse 9 again and you'll see there's TWO seperate acts going on. 1st there's the FORGIVNESS of sins that is applied after we've confessed those sins, but 2nd there's ALSO the "cleansing from all unrighteousness" that takes place in our hearts, our unconscious, through the sprinkling of His blood!!
This is much more clearly laid out in the book of Hebrews:
how much more shall the BLOOD of CHRIST, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse YOUR CONSCIENCE FROM DEAD WORKS TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD? (So here we can specifically see what and where the blood cleanses and also the why...Sanctification, set apart as an honorable vessel for the Lords house)
Hebrews 9:14 NKJV
For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, WOULD HAVE HAD NO MORE CONSCIOUSNESS of SINS. let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having OUR HEARTS SPRINKLED FROM AN EVIL CONSCIENCE and OUR BODIES WASHED WITH PURE WATER.(And here it is probably the most clear, NT at least, that there are 2 different types of cleaning/cleansing that Christ does for the Church. 1st He washes her clean with the pure Word of God and then He cleanses her conscience with the sprinkling of His blood!! So NOT ONLY does God not see our past sins BUT we ourselves can become free of BOTH the guilt AND EVEN the memory of them altogether!! )
Hebrews 10:2, 22 NKJV
For further follow-up on the Type of these 2 cleansings I'd strongly suggest re-reading Leviticus 14 on how to 1) cleanse a leper (sinner) and 2) prepare the cleansed leper so that he may reenter the camp and see how perfectly God's Word truly has been writeen!! I pray this lands on good soil on both you and everyone else who takes the time to read it as well because there is such great Truth in this...it's NOT just being set free by the Truth, His Word (according to at least John 17:17) which is also His Water, but we can be set free indeed by the Son through the sprinkling of His blood!! And free indeed is very much better than just being free (although both are amazing)!!
And I'll leave everyone with this last question and ask you to all meditate on before anyone starts in on why what all ive just shared is probably most likely completely wrong according to your opinion...
The bride of Adam was formed out of what was taken from his side after he died (fell into a deep sleep)...so why would God not do the same for the bride of the 2nd Adam?? Forming her (the Church) out of the material that came out of His side after he died...water and blood?? There's an AWFUL lot of witness verses someone would have to attack to make this one just go away :)!!
@@mslice09 I really thought I could skip SOME Scripture pasting because you would go and read it for yourself. This is EXACTLY what Jesus says in those 2 place I shared (praying this hits tilled ground):
Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I DO NOT WASH YOU, you have no part with Me.” Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “He who is BATHED needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; AND YOU ARE CLEAN, but not all of you.” For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not ALL clean.”
John 13:8-11 NKJV
You ARE ALREADY CLEAN BECAUSE OF THE WORD WHICH I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU.
John 15:3 NKJV
Nowhere at either time does Jesus speak of the blood that cleanses the conscience...both times He says NOW, right NOW, at this moment your BODIES (conscious minds) are clean because of the Word I've spoken to you. Later, after I have become your propitiation for your sins and gone to Calvary, then I will cleanse your conscience with My blood.
Did you take the time to go and read Leviticus 14 and look for the Type(s)?? Or even further back you can look at Israel itself whom though redeemed from Egypt and converted from the Kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of Light, and being cleansed in the Wilderness STILL needed a 2nd circumcision in Joshua 5 to "roll back" the reproach from Egypt on that 2nd generation...again a Type of cleansing the conscience even though the sins had been left on the other side of the Red Sea. I REALLY DO pray this doesn't land on a hardened heart and you take the time and diligence to go and search the Scriptures I've shared for yourself and let the Spirit tell you what's the Truth and what's not my friend.
@@danielhensley934 God bless you for your immense understanding of his Scriptures brother. I was thinking if the exact same Scriptures when I was thinking of this reply. How that God has ordained that through his previous covenant he shows how that his blood sacrifice is right and true to his eternal word forever. Amen
Blessings to you young man!! You are serving God so well by your manner of teaching. Never stop your thirst for learning!!!
The very first example given for new covenant…..“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38 KJV
The Master makes it manifest that the only baptism he says here is his Spirit baptizing us in fire. For he came to kindle a fire upon the earth; and what will he if it be already kindled? I must work today and tomorrow and the third day I shall be perfected. Amen
Interesting theory, young man. I have always thought, and still do, that being "born of water" is the natural birth of a human being (a mothers water breaks just before labor). This is the first birth. The Spirit birth is when you are filled with the Holy Spirit at salvation. This is being "Born Again", "which is the second birth". Love your insight.
That has also been my interpretation. But… this lesson really has me thinking. Both interpretations still point to the new birth in the Spirit. Good stuff.
We share the same thought pattern but not the filled with the Spirit part. Born of the Spirit refers to the indwelling Spirit taking up residence within the New Believer. Being filled with the Spirit is that which occurred in Acts where the Believers were filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other to tongues.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 2:4 KJB
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Ephesians 5:18 KJB
@@scooterp7009 my favorite thing about the miracles and signs of God are that they don’t follow a set formula. While tongues was and can be a sign of the indwelling of the Spirit, the greatest sign is that the believer is filled with the peace and knowledge that they are truly saved.
@@GhostShooz Amen. Assurance through the inner witness of the Holy Spirit is a blessing indeed.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Romans 8:14-17 KJV
Love and Blessings to you young man. You are using the ministry the LORD has trusted you with very well. 👍🏽🙏🏽❤️
Excellent description David definitely describes this the same way. God bless you in all truth and righteousness.
Very good study. We have tried for years to get Christians to understand that just because you were baptized, does not mean you are born again. For a lot of people, all they got was wet. Love how God has put such wonderful gifts in this younger generation.
That goes for infant baptism.
I love sharing God’s word with my sisters and brothers in Christ.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not (washed) from their filthiness.
Proverb 30:14.
Interesting link to the generational types of Proverbs 30. There's four types.
@@timkins9155 I do believe that there is only one. You must be thinking of getting other three where they are lofty, prideful, and devourers of the needy and poor. However, these are all the same generation, not different ones. That's just how evil they are.
@@xavierthomas5835 Well, if you're right, that's one sinful generation!
Amen. I agree with what you have observed and said... because those who come to Jesus, rivers of living water will flow from his bosom.. there's a spiritual cleansing on the person being done by God by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the cleansing of the Word. But in another sense, the Gospel said repent and be baptised, said by John the Baptist, Jesus, and the apostles, and people have done this as well, so that it means there must be willingness for everyone to come to Him to repent and be baptised, a step of faith coming to the Lord so that the Lord will come to him, and so that the work of the Spirit will take effect and be done, the regeneration, cleansing of water, the purging, the transformation with a new heart and renewed mind, the rebirth of the new person.
Water baptism is not required for salvation, but it is necessary for obedience because Yeshua said to do it. Everything He said is nonnegotiable because He is Lord. The Christian life is about more than escaping God's wrath. Let's obey Him because we love Him and He's worthy, not just to escape punishment, though that is also valid.
Baptism is symbol of dedication....(the word does not cleanse,)..... it's the blood sacrifice that does the cleansing (1 John 1.7)
Good job linking all these typologies of water. There is no absolute distinguishing. That's part of the usage of water as an image we would have to say.
Praise God to see this young man full of the wisdom of God. Stay true to Jesus. ❤
Repent, baptized with water and filled with the Holy Spirit!
@@Red_Pill_Matrix Philippians 1.29....does not say that faith is granted or giving...the scripture is referring to salvation not faith,...faith is a human condition.but I agree that repentance is a mindset.
@@Red_Pill_Matrix could we say Metanoia Is "mind over matter"? Leading to self-control? Or am I going in a different direction?
I do wonder what people think about Peter's quote in Acts 10:47-48? Not here to argue, but understand. This directly and emphatically declares we should NOT forbid water (born of the water) and then COMMANDS us (they were gentiles) to be baptized. If baptism by water doesn't matter, why did it matter so much in this instance? Here's the scripture. Thanks for respectful commentary or responses.
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
I would also add this scripture to go along with my previous comment:
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
My last point as I wait for responses and keep looking for real meaning as to what Jesus meant by "born of the water". I have also believed it was representing our natural birth by water, and it absolutely could be that. Yet, as I study water, and how God/Jesus reference water, I start seeing some alignment around baptism.
19 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
I am old enough to be your grandma and am grateful to learn from you. God bless you. 😊🙏❤️
This young man has a gift, does he not?
Truly amazing thank you Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth for blessing this young man with your wisdom amen 🙏
I really enjoy your channel. God bless.
Keep preaching and teaching the Gospel young brother! Much Love from your brother in Christ Timothy
I enjoyed listening and Wonderfully put together.
amen brother Yeshua be Praised. Amen
Very interesting study. I re-read John ch. 3 in the interlinear Greek and noticed a couple things.
1) Jesus is answering the questions of Nicodemus - a Pharisee! Nic would have been very familiar with the passages you pulled together, and many others, yet still struggled to understand Jesus' words. Jesus was so patient as He explained the work of His Spirit.
2) Reading the entire chapter, I noticed a focus on the person and deity and work of God's Son. All the way to the end of the chapter - we read the gospel several different ways, by Jesus, and then repeated by John the Baptist. The water, or baptism references, really seem to be focused on repentant hearts where the Spirit moved.
Eph.5:26 "washing of water by the word". John15:3 "now you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you". John 6:63 "...the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are Life".
The "water" is His word, the Biblical scriptures they are spirit and are life, understanding of His word is given by His Holy Spirit who is given to us at the moment of rebirth (born again) Eph.4:30 2Tim.1:14 2Cor.1:22 Rom.8:11 John 14:17 etc. 🙌🙏
Amen! Loved it!!!!
It’s simpler than that.
The answer to What shall we do for the remission of sins.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Obviously part of preaching Jesus because the Eunuchs asks.
Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
Acts 8:36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
Baptized into His death and raised to new life.
Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Amen great teaching brother!
I appreciate you desire to do somthing like this. May I suggest you do a word study on the word baptize, baptized, baptism, baptizing etc.... by looking up every scripture that has those words in them. I would like to suggest you start with Mark16:15-16 where Jesus is talking about this and instructing the Apostles what to teach. After all I think you would agree we need to follow Jesus's instruction on what we teach folks. Also the second one you can look at is Acts 8:26-40. The book of Acts is full of conversions and what they taught imediately following Jesus's resurrection and ascension. And then of course all of the rest of the scriptures that have the word baptize or the variations of that word that I mentioned earlier. Always strive to dive deeper.
You are 100% right!!
That water is the same as having the living water flow from within, and is refering to the Holy Spirit. The water is the Spirit given to us.
John 7:38-39 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given,] because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Wonderful!
You’re blessed 😊
Nice teaching brother!
Love you brother! Great video and teaching! Hah sprinkled yah! Lol
John 3:8 the wind blows no one knows where it comes from are where it goes, so is everyone born of the spirit.
@@TRUTH2729 this is literally a Bible verse how is it wrong? It means every one thats born of spirit is like the wind
I totally disagree with you. The point in this passage is TWO BIRTHS. He goes on to say that which is born of FLESH is FLESH and that which is born of SPIRIT is SPIRIT.
John grogu? Is he related to my boy baby yoda!?😍 (great discussion, great demenaor, this felt like a coffee shop discussion across from you)
To my brothers & sisters in Christ. I come in love. The following is from an amazing teacher. He believes the translation for the teaching in this video is sadly incorrect. Please have a read of the following:
An extensive look into why “born of water” in John 3:5 is water baptism & not natural birth as some say:
“Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:11 NKJV
For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
Luke 7:28 NKJV
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Galatians 4:4 NKJV
How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
Job 25:4 NKJV
Here we see in both the old & new covenant & even from Jesus Himself (who said unless one is born of water & Spirit...), referring to someone born naturally as being born of women (or “out of” woman if translated more literally); not once is the term "born of water" used clearly to refer to natural birth & the term is only ever used in John 3 when talking about the new birth in context to Nicodemus's curiosity as to the supernatural power of Jesus ministry. It would be strange for Jesus who used the term "born of women" to suddenly use the term "born of water" once to refer to the same thing when no one else ever in scripture uses that term... especially considering Nicodemus said nothing about water in the natural birth to give Jesus a reason for using that term for natural birth.
However Nicodemus would connect the term "out of water" when talking about the new birth to baptism, because great crowds were flocking to be baptized by John the baptist & it was only after Jesus Himself came out of water (Matt 3:16) & the Spirit descended on Him that He could minister with signs & wonders, fitting the exact context of Nicodemus's curiosity as to why Jesus ministry was one of signs & wonders, God being with Him; where as Nicodemus the teacher of Israel did not have this supernatural aspect to his ministry.
Jesus disciples were also baptizing many at the time so water & being immersed into it for a new, clean start would have been in everyone's knowledge at the time & also the Pharisees of whom Nicodemus was one refused John’s baptism, so it is quite a humbling & appropriate statement to make to Nicodemus that he must humble himself & be willing to be baptized to experience a new start (though baptism into Christ had not come yet but John was preparing the way)!
So why did Jesus not just use the term baptized in water?
Well baptized/immersed/dipped was just a verb then (“baptizó” in the Greek meaning to submerge, dip under, immerse) & it was not coined as a term for a specific event like it is now, so to say “out of water” would be just as clear as the term “baptism” is to us. Also to come out of water means one has to have been immersed into water first; which by definition is water baptism.
When Nicodemus asks how can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb?
The emphasis of this question is not about natural birth for I can't imagine Nicodemus to be genuinely thinking an old man could go inside his mother's womb & be born that way again! The essence of his question is "I am an old man, how can I experience this new birth that you're talking about?" hence Jesus then going into more detail about how he can be born again, breaking it down into water & Spirit.
Finally when Jesus says "that which is born of flesh is flesh & that which is born of spirit is spirit" He is saying the natural birth has nothing to do with the spiritual birth & so He uses the term "born of flesh" which is used elsewhere in scripture:
But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.
Galatians 4:29 NKJV
who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:13 NKJV
concerning His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,
Romans 1:3 NKJV
If this statement “whatever is born of flesh is flesh” referred back to the water part of “born out of water & the Spirit” then surely Jesus would use the same term! & say "whatever is born of water is flesh/fleshly". However in this statement He clearly divides born of flesh from born of Spirit, but in the statement before He puts water & Spirit together, emphasizing the fact they are two parts of the same new birth, & to support this, all through the book of Acts we see water & Spirit together & in 1 John 5:8.
'This is he who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. '
1 John 5:6-9 ESV
Flesh is also used in scripture of those trying by their own efforts or of the sinful nature which would put a different meaning altogether to “that which is born of flesh is flesh”: it would mean those who are born of flesh/into sin are fleshly/sinful people but those who are born of the Spirit are Spiritual people; enabling Nicodemus to be able to identify between the two.
Jesus from this statement on, refers to the Spiritual aspect of the birth as it is the Spirit who enables signs & wonders & who changes people's character & I have already in another post discussed the reference of the next bit about the Spirit blowing, to Pentecost, which Nicodemus himself would likely have experienced as he helped take down Jesus body from the cross & so was still around & respected Jesus.
Furthermore, for Jesus to tell someone who is already born naturally that they need to be born naturally to enter the Kingdom is completely unnecessary & pointless to say because everyone who reads or hears this is already born naturally, it would be a null & void statement that would add nothing helpful to the conversation & would not help Nicodemus one bit, & would probably imply to him that he does need to go back into his mother's womb & be born naturally again to enter the Kingdom of God! Exactly the opposite of what Jesus is saying!
Finally Titus 3:5 is another witness in scripture that puts water baptism as part of the new birth along with the Holy Spirit, further supporting John 3:5 to mean water & Spirit baptism:
'But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the bath (literally a bath of water!) of new birth and renewal of Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.'
Therefore I am confident being born out of water means water baptism & being born out of Spirit means Spirit baptism.
Blessings, I hope this brings clarity to this & helps you to be able to give an answer if asked. Please check this out for yourself, testing it.
Once again, this is great teaching. I agree that faith precedes rebirth (whether that faith is free or predestined), because I know for certain that having faith does not mean that one is reborn. In addition to being born of water and spirit, Jesus tells us two things about being born again: 1. It’s random. 2. You can see the kingdom of God. #1 fully repudiates any possibility that it comes from a decision or action (unless you can decide to make the wind blow), and #2 is a wild, radical transformation of the mind that alters your perception of everything around you. The kingdom of God is TRULY at hand.
How do you know for certain that having faith does not mean that one is reborn? If I have faith, but must also be reborn, then how do I meet this additional requirement for salvation?
@@sarco64 That is an excellent question! There is no additional requirement. We must believe in Jesus to be saved. Belief in Jesus is the only requirement, at least according to Jesus (John 3:16). If you believe in Jesus, you are saved. Of course, if you believe in Jesus, your belief will manifest itself in actions that follow his commands. But you cannot enter into the Kingdom of God until you are born again. And there is no way to control that (again, that’s according to Jesus and his likening it to the wind). ALL saved people WILL be born again to enter the Kingdom of God, but not all saved people ARE born again. My experiences of believing in Jesus and being born again were distinct events, although they were obviously related. My experience of being born again was a radical transformation that proceeded not only without any decision on my part (exactly like the wind) but very much AGAINST my own will. It happened really and truly with me FIGHTING it, even as a believer in Christ. It happened EXACTLY like a baby. I did not even realize this until so much had happened that I finally realized I had been born again. Jesus called it being “born again” (as opposed to “awakening” or some other softer concept) for a reason. It is a shocking, painfully disorienting experience that moves you out of the dark, lightless apparently protected comfort of your previous existence and places you into an entirely new environment. That is a description of being born, and that is a description of being born again. You cross a boundary. Every believer WILL cross that boundary to enter the Kingdom of God, but not every believer has. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Being born again means you enter it now. There are many pastors out there who truly believe in Jesus, but their actions are of the world. They are saved, but they have not entered the Kingdom of God, because if they had, they would stop doing a lot (maybe even all) of what they’re doing. I am completely aware of all the objections that could be raised to what I’m describing, and it is only my testimony. But one objection that cannot be raised is that it is inconsistent with scripture. Belief = being saved. Born again = entering the Kingdom of God. There are people who might say that these two things are the same, but Jesus wasn’t one of them.
@@stephenstrager9852 Many, many people want to quote John 3:16 out of context. John 3 should be read from verse 1-22 as a unit.
In a number of places, as in John 3:16, “believe” is used as a summary or a synecdoche. Synecdoche is “a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole.” When Moses said not a “hoof” shall be left behind (Exodus 10:26), he used a synecdoche, as does a cattleman who says he has “ninety head of cattle.” Jesus used a synecdoche here in John 3:16: “whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” He permitted belief, which is only one condition of pardon, to stand for all the conditions. This does not make repentance, confession, or baptism unnecessary any more than God’s granting Gentiles “repentance to life” (Acts 11:18) makes belief unnecessary.
Belief does not equal being saved. Scripture has several examples of those who believed but did not go on to salvation. John 12:42,43 is but one example. James 2:29 says "You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe-and shudder!". James says that belief does not equal salvation.
On the other hand, Jesus says that being born again equals entering the kingdom of Heaven which equals salvation. You cannot enter the kingdom without being saved. Jesus said that you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven without being born again of water and the Spirit. Jesus definitely said that these two were one and the same.
I don't want to discount your feelings. You feel them. That is as it is. But feelings are not what the kingdom is about. Only by the word of God can we find the true Gospel.
@@the3bairs778 Ha, ha, ha. Before I was born again I got an M.A. in English, so I enjoyed your lesson on synecdoche! And before I was born again, I absolutely would have analyzed the text from a purely intellectual standpoint using terms like that. Not today. You’re wrong about so much there, but you care about Christ and that is all that matters. You will learn through experience. One thing we know for sure is that you 100% believe that salvation is totally predetermined and completely out of one’s control, since Jesus says that irrefutably and without the slightest room for variance when it comes to being born again: The wind blows where it will-he could not possibly have come up with a more precise example of something we can’t control. I’m fine with someone saying that being born again and being saved are the same thing, as long as they say that both are as out of our control as the wind. That may very well be true!
@@stephenstrager9852 I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson. 🙂 I assumed that most people wouldn't know what that meant. I have been a Bible teacher and author for over 50 years, so I don't think at this point in my life I have as many experiences to look forward to as have already gone by. And yes, as a retired engineer, I have a fairly analytical mind. But I definitely have been born again, and try my best to be led by the Spirit. I don't base my doctrinal position on my feelings, or even my experience. The Holy Spirit is the author of all scripture, and scripture alone is my guide. I would love to have you school me (from scripture) about the much I have wrong. But if you say that salvation is completely out of our control, that makes you sound like a Calvinist. If so, we can probably find little common ground.
I have to disagree with you using the wind analogy to mean we have no control over over decision to follow Christ. Jesus is describing the one born of the Spirit. Sometimes conversion comes quietly with little fanfare like a gentle breeze, and other times it makes an Earth shattering difference in a convert's life, like a tsunami. We don't know beforehand how the Spirit will come. Too many scriptures plead with us to turn to God (repent), call on His name, not to harden our hearts, etc... for any reasonable person to conclude that we have no part in our salvation. Before you jump to conclusions about what I believe, let me state, there is absolutely no meritorious work we can perform to earn any part of our salvation. It is all God's grace. I assume that we will just have to agree to disagree on the rest.
Excellent.
Amen, Glory to God In the Highest. Thanks you heavenly Father. Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. Hallelujah.
The Holy Spirit is the Living Water that is part of being born again. In Acts 2 we can read about the beginning of the church where God's Spirit is poured out. In verse 38 Peter tells the crowd that had gathered that they must repent AND be baptized in the name of Jesus FOR the REMISSION of sins and they WOULD receive the Holy Spirit. We see here that there are 3 distinct things mentioned: repentance, baptism and receiving God's Spirit. These 3 steps correspond to the death (repentance), burial (baptism), and resurrection (receiving the Holy Spirit) of Jesus, which is the gospel. I would be happy to discuss this more in depth with you maybe virtually or something if you'd like.
WOW!! Beautiful broken down. To God be the glory 🙏..this is scripture!!
Praise God...🤗
I believe I was washed by water and spirit. It took both. I was singing to God in the shower, I had an experience, and I've been a different way ever since. Since it didn't happen in church there is little interest in my experience but I believe it is the way to overcome sin and our sinful world.
Don't be afraid of what others think or say to you. When they confront you , they confront God, who is using you to reveal His Word to men
Most False Prophets are fearless and God is far from them and they haven't a clue what they're talking about .and are constantly wrong about ever interpretation.they give.
@@mslice09 Most people who ca others false prophets constantly and unabashedly, while also lurking around them at every corner, are what God calls hypocrites and vipers and Haters of God. This is a rabbit hole of logic unless you can prove your statements or tell me why you have them. Because I believe this man is telling the truth.
Being born of water is being born in the word of God, knowing the scriptures and gaining understanding of the true wisdom within the Word of God which will lead us into being born of the Spirit too. That's what I feel is what is meant here
My grandmother told me the same. Yall both are right.
Recieving the "seed" of the Word of God begins the new birth process but is not the birth itself, no more than physically recieving the seed of man by the wife is physical birth itself.
This is true the Holy Spirit revealed this to me. I'm an agreement with you.
“ baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…
Do you believe that we need to be baptized?
Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
As I understand it, water baptism is the burial / death of the sinful adamic body, the Holy Spirit then raises us up to be born again of God, the washing of the word comes after imo, without water & spirit baptism I don’t think you can truly understand the word, either way the word says get baptised so whichever it means, I always say to get baptised in water & spirit 🙏🙏🙏
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,”
1 Peter 3:21 ESV
“We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.”
Romans 6:4-5 ESV
“having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.”
Colossians 2:12 ESV
And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
Mark 16:15
@Taylor Torno
"Do you believe that we need to be baptized?"
If you are asking do we need to be dunked in physical water, the answer is NO.
The passage you quoted is a washing of repentance. The reason it is call the baptism of repentance, NOT a baptism for repentance.
Repentance is the washing/renewing of the mind/change of mind, that comes by hearing the Word of God. We are WASHED by the Word of God.
Repent and be made clean/Repent and be baptized. Same thing different wording but the same meaning.
A person can not receive the Holy Ghost if they are not made clean.
Many time we see where people repented and then received the Holy Ghost.
They were never dunked in water.
They heard the Word, repented and were made clean/baptized.
We also have an example where some were dunked and never received the Holy Ghost.
Paul asked them about this and then shared the Word of God with them and they repented and immediately received the Holy Ghost.
This baptism Jesus spoke of has nothing to do with physical water. It is repentance he was speaking of.
To repent is to turn from something to another way. It is not a confession of sin.
@@grounded7362 You are confusing John's baptism of repentance with the new covenant baptism for remission of sin. The Ephesians that Paul rebaptized only knew John's baptism. That is why they needed to be baptized again for the remission of their sin. Without the remission of sin, none of us can be saved.
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Sorry no I'm not confusing anything you are the one that is confused.
Water baptism is not for the remission of sins repentance is for the remission of sins.
Too many people have bought into this water baptism for remission of sins and go on living like the devil, never coming to repentance.
We are called to repent not be dunked in water.
Acts:3:19
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
Acts:17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
The preacher dunks them in the tank and tells them brother sister you're saved.
Since when does some preacher have the authority to determine someone's salvation?
@@grounded7362 I agree that repentance is a prerequisite for salvation. No one can say that baptism alone without faith, repentance, and confessing Christ as Lord brings salvation.
But one of us is definitely confused about the purpose of baptism. Let's assume for a moment that it is me. If I agree that "Water baptism is not for the remission of sins" then Peter must have also been confused when he said "Repent, and BE BAPTIZED every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN". Paul was also confused when he said that God chose him as an example of how we are to be saved (1 Timothy 1:16) and then related in Acts 22:16 how he was told to "Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins". Paul still had this confusion when he told the Ephesians that their baptism of repentance (the baptism of John) was not good enough, and that they needed to be rebaptized into Christ. Even Christ was confused about the role of baptism when He said in Mark 16:16 "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved". It is curious that He didn't say "Whoever believes and repents will be saved".
That Christ and His Apostles were confused on this issue would be a hard (impossible) pill to swallow. I don't care what any preacher says. Let's stick with the Bible.
Thank you ❤️
My dear brother,I clearly disagree with you on this one. from my understanding, I believe water baptism is a physical action that has a spiritual implication. water baptism is for remission of sins just as it was said by Peter in the book of act 2:38. Also Acts 19:4-7 talks about apostle Paul correcting some certain disciples on water baptism, which they obeyed and where all baptised in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and there received the Holy Ghost.
There is only one baptism, Ephesians 4;5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. The baptism is in spirit not physical or why would Jesus said in John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Is not talking about H2O but the word of God, the living water.
I was showed that fasting with water and returning to seek his faith and show praise and repentance. But yea that makes sense
Woke up one morning and had a familiar "brand", or name I couldn't quite place. Kept thinking why is this an ear bug trying too figure it out...hmm, barbasol,...no...what is a barabas? Then it hit me stupid hard. ... and in an instant I knew Jesus died for me, and I was absolutely full of exhilaration and joy! I bawled like a baby at 56. I mean ugly cried hard over His saving Grace He just filled me with. Repentance was instantaneous and man did I feel ridiculous about what I thought so much of me, it was and it was so silly! I literally had no idea what born again meant or even a new heart. And that very day I grabbed a Holy Bible and turned toward the new Testament only too find Ezekiel and my new flesh heart! Only our Living Savior Yeshua would guide a prodigal as myself. I truly try and know only His Truth, Life and Way. Keep the narrow path!
Water would mean washing us and Spirit would be filling us with the Holy Spirit is what I get out of this. God bless brothers and sisters
Good Stuff. ⚘
He is our living Water, what did he say to the woman at the well. If she drink of his water you will never thirst again.
Jason, do you read Bible commentaries ? Who do you think a good commentator for me to read would be? By the way, thankyou for the teaching you just done, on the water,and the Spirit.
AW Pink is pretty amazing, especially if you want Expository in depth revelation!!
@@danielhensley934 thankyou I'll have to try his books.Gods blessings on you.
The best commentary on the Bible is the Holy Spirit commentary. John has already told us that we need no man to teach us and that the anointing abides in us. Run with it and never let it go, for it shall lead thee and guide the in all thy ways.
Completely agree nowadays. I used to think natural birth or baptism also. Remember also Jesus said to the Syrian woman that He had Living Water, and Rev 22 says He will give freely to anyone who thirsts, the water of life.
Also Exodus 12:22 regarding the hyssop
How many ppl have been baptized in water, yet the heart is not transformed. First you confess, believe in heart, you receive the HOLY SPIRIT as your helper, so that the Word can begin to sanctify, leading to transformation and renewed mind. Hmmmm🙏🙏🤗🤗
Amen and amen
God's word is the water and his Spirit the fire, his blood the sanctity and his body the desire of every living thing satisfied. Amen
@@xavierthomas5835yes. No one can be born of Spirit without first hearing the word of the gospel. Emphasis on hearing. The Pharisees did not have ears to hear what Jesus was saying.
@@BingoNamo-gb8pz But who gives ears to hear? The Bible says that God is the one who gives them ears to hear the word. Deuteronomy 29:4 KJV
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
@@xavierthomas5835 yes, one must be humble & willing to be taught. That is what separated the Pharisees from the disciples. Neither one of them understood what Jesus was saying, but the Pharisees claimed to understand the truth, whereas the disciples claimed not to understand the truth & therefore wanted Jesus to explain it to them.
@@BingoNamo-gb8pz amen
I taught classical Greek for 25 years in Europe. "Born of water and spirit" is not two things, but one. The Greek construction is called a hendiadys. It consists of two nouns separated by "and." The second noun becomes a superlative adjective that modifies the first noun. Christ thus said, "Born of spiritual, yes, I tell you spiritual water." The reason why translators don't like to add so many words in the English translations is puzzling because there is no English equivalent for a hendiadys and words do need to be added for clarification. Christ did not say "spiritual water" only. He said something like "truly spiritual water" to emphasize spiritual in a superlative way. Looking at the Hebrew, God never told Eve I will "greatly" multiply your sorrow. Actually the Hebrews reads "Multiplying I will multiply," which is one way the Hebrews used superlatives (in this case using a polyptoton). I quote Genesis because the translators use "greatly" even though the Hebrews never used superlatives either and "greatly" is an added English word. As an aside, since the Hebrews did not use superlatives either, one way they described very red is to simply write "red red."
Perhaps “born of water & the Spirit is the same as saying born of the Living Water. John 7:37-39 37 On the last day, the climax of the festival, Jesus stood and shouted to the crowds, “Anyone who is thirsty may come to me! 38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”[a] 39 (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given,[b] because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)
Not discounting what you say here, but in conjunction with John 3:5, please consider Acts 19:1 - 6 and Acts 8:12 - 19 and Romans 6:3 - 11. In Acts 19:1 - 6 we learn that the proper protocol for baptism is that shortly afterwards a person is to be given the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands of those who have this authority (so much so that people who had been baptized but not given the gift of the Holy Ghost were re-baptized to be sure it was all properly done and with the right authority, and to give them the gift of the Holy Ghost after their baptism). This idea is also affirmed in Acts 8:12 - 19 about baptism being accompanied by the laying on of hands to confer the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 6:3 - 11 shows that baptism by immersion, among other things symbolizes (1) the death and burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and (2) the death and burial of our old natural man life and a metaphorical resurrection of our lives to a new spiritually alive life, being new creatures in Christ. To me the scriptures say that baptism by immersion and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands of those with proper authority is very tightly connected with if not synonymous with being born again. Best wishes.
I feel that you hit the nail on the head my brother this is been something i have been investigating for awhile. Everyone said baptism but the problem with that is baptism does not save us because that is a work and we are saved by grace through faith. People said the water being of natural birth but i don't belive that that was debuked by when Nicodemus said to jesus can a man return to his mother womb, obviously not!!
And “born of water” was NEVER an expression for being born of woman. That has always been referred to as born of flesh, born of man, born of Adam. If Jesus meant born of woman he would have said “one must be born of flesh & spirit.”
I love you young brother.
The Living Water is also another good thing to remember for when Jesus speaks of this, Jesus Christ is our salvation and the Holy Spirit comes from Him and His sacrifice and through Him comes Living Waters.
Amen
Sometime during the 20th century, the idea emerged that being “born of water” is actually a metaphor for the amniotic fluid that breaks from the womb shortly before childbirth, rendering water baptism irrelevant to this discussion. They reasoned that one must be born naturally before one can be reborn spiritually. The chief problem here is that this culture did not refer to natural birth as birth "by water", as we might today.
This view was not held by the early church, and neither by the reformers. Martin Luther believed and stated that the "water" in John 3:5 refers to water baptism. Calvin viewed "water and Spirit" as being synonymous.
When Nicodemus misinterpreted Christ’s words in John 3:3 as referring to natural childbirth, Jesus immediately corrected his misunderstanding in verse 5.
Thus, it does not follow that Jesus was speaking metaphorically of natural childbirth, but that being “born of water and the Spirit” describes one event, namely water baptism. - Hugo Odeberg, The Fourth Gospel, (Uppsala, 1929), 48-71
Before John the baptised jesus said I baptise with water but the one is coming will baptise with the Holy spirit .as a song lyrics goes are you washed in the blood of christ. 🙏🙏🙏
So is it possible Jesus is saying you must be born of repentance (water) & faith in Jesus (Spirit)? Repentance (water) prepares the way, Jesus is the way (Spirit)?
Amen 🙏 thank God
No, you have to be born AGAIN of water and Spirit.
It is referring to Water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (not titles as others suppose.)
When the Church was born in the book of Acts, anytime someone repented, they were baptized in water because it is a command by Jesus that is still for us today.
In 1st Peter he let us to know in the first chapter that baptism in water also saves us, and the rest of the New Testament agrees that water baptism is identifying with Christ in his burial. The same man (Peter) asked the question in the ending of Acts 10 “Can any man forbid water?” The answer is NO!
You have to be water baptized or you will not make heaven.
Jesus said in Matthew 28;19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost
@@Fr4nkSanchez Yes! That name is Jesus!
@@andersons238 correct, but Jesus could had say to baptize in my name. He did said _Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. What creates this is the authority otherwise we will need to pronounce his name in hebrew?
Why then was Jesus baptized in water by john the baptist ?
To be born of water, (the symbol of being buried with Christ) Baptism. Some people think today we can skip some things in the Bible. This is not true; we need every Word now more than ever...! It always gets me when I'm standing in front of a woman and she is saying how much of a Christian she is, at the same time her hair is cut short, and she is covered in gold. The little things are just as important, as any part of the Word...! Jesus is depending on us now more than ever... to keep His Word whole... Stop the division, stay the course...! God Bless my friends...
Being born again is referring to resurrection. This is why it flummoxed Nicodemus, who was a Pharisee. Pharisees believed in the afterlife. Like all religious sects when people believe in the afterlife resurrection doctrine is confusing.
To be born of spirit is explained in much greater detail in 1Corinthians 15:35-53. To summerize, one cannot enter into the celestial realm until they're born a spiritual man which occurs at the resurrection.
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The water here in John 3 is spiritual as explained in Ezekiel 36:25. Water baptism is taught in many churches as part of the salvation doctrine. That is not true at all. Its ok to be water baptized, but the IMPORTANT baptism is the Holy Spirit we receive after we are born again.
To be anointed through the gift of the Holy Spirit in Baptism.
Are you saying not to have water baptism? That you dont need it to be born again. Because thats what it sound like
I enjoy your teachings, thank you. So I’m left with a question. Why did John the Baptist baptize Jesus with water? Jesus told him He had to be baptized.
I find it interesting how you take away the simple promise from God's sure means and make it a metaphorical mental exercise of "simple" ambiguity.
I think I'll stick with Peter "Repent and be baptized and you SHALL RECEIVE THE SPIRIT..."
Also the Ethiopian in the book of Acts when he said "Here is metaphorical water, what prevents me from being Metaphorically baptized?" (OH, that's not quite what scripture said, and certainly not what it meant). After his baptism, he went away rejoicing. The Spirit then took Philip out of there.
Do you think the Holy Spirit missed it by not giving him your metaphorical wisdom?
Paul states what happens in baptism in Rom 6, and none of it is metaphorical..
Paul equates believe on the Lord Jesus with being baptized. He baptized the Philippian jailer and his all his family.
Peter says Baptism now saves us.
Yep it's not the washing of dirt away, there's something Spiritual happening there. God is giving Hs Spirit of promise just as we read in Acts 2:38. By that Spirit we have a clean conscious. Water baptism is a spiritual baptism, because His Words are Spirit and they are life.
If He puts His Word of promise in water, it isn't the water, but the word. You don't therefore reject the water.
There were those filled with the Spirit by the Word alone in Acts. Peter didn't say they don't need to be baptized since they were baptized metaphorically. Rather he baptized them in actual water (Which is what a baptim is btw).
Naaman would have rejected the simple promise that was put in the water of the Jordan for him because of his reasoning of the ability of water to do anything good. He had better water, he states in his hometown. But God put His word in a specific place, not a metaphorical place. God gives Himself to us by specific real means that we can know that we have truly been washed by the Word, in the waters of baptism, that we have eaten His Body and drank His blood in the Bread and Cup of Holy Communion, where God puts His Word, Himself for us through sure and certain means.
The faith that you often teach is like Peter's "I will die for you" and the "We believe!" But they didn't believe. That faith betrays true faith; it doesn't get you to the cross. The Promise given to you by sure and certain means gives you the faith of the cross; it gives you Jesus, reconciling you to the Father, and seals you with the Holy Spirit of Promise.
Or you can go to your hometown and swim in your metaphorical waters.
The reason there is such wet imagery in scripture isn't to give you metaphorical ponderings, it to point to Himself and where He gives Himself. Mybe you will reject Christ coming in the flesh next? Maybe you will give His body, blood, death, and resurrection a metaphorical meaning too?
Why can't you say what Peter says in Acts 2:38.?
Oh because you want to make it simple!???
"Why not simply wash and be clean?"
Nobody baptized themselves. God does the baptism; we are passive, we are done unto.
Like Peter, when Jesus went to wash his feet, we could protest and resist; but Peter didn't wash himself, Jesus washed his feet.
In baptism, in those very waters of promise, we are washed by the Word. That's a true Spirit baptism.
I don't mean to sound upset. This young man is a very bright fellow. I wish I could have a conversation with him. But I'm sure he's too popular and busy.
But I hope he can see how water and the Spirit are used through scripture right from Gen.
Young Sir, if you read this and want to talk, I believe a lot of scriptures can be better understood, including such things as fasting.
I agree totally with you. It takes a spiritual mind to understand that everything that Jesus said and did is spiritual. And our bodies is the temple of the Holy Ghost. Jesus disciples baptized so many people. Jesus himself was immersed in water. It's an act of obedience. I don't believe this guy has spiritually discernment.
Except when did the 12 disciples ever get baptized in water? Peter wanted Jesus to baptize Him in water but Jesus said “you are already clean because of the words I have spoken.” So I don’t think any of the apostles were ever baptized except Paul. There is a reason Jesus never baptized anyone in water because He IS the water (the word) & Jesus baptizes us with the Holy Spirit (not through physical water). That which is flesh is flesh. That which is spirit is spirit. The WORDS I speak to you ARE SPIRIT & life.
@BingoNamo-gb8pz , Jesus said those who believe and are baptized shall be saved. Those in Acts 2:38 were all baptized (to say "in water" is redundant. Paul was baptized, "Washing away sins." Yep, in water. Peter says "Baptism now saves us." And connects our baptism that saves us with the water of the flood of Noah's day. They were saved through the water. The water that washed away wickedness lifted Noah and his family off the cursed earth...
Yes, Amen! To "Jesus is the living water." This is why the disciples were told "Ye are clean for the word spoken." This is why the thief on the cross was saved, because Jesus' word spoken to him. And this is what we have in Baptism, the Word of Jesus given to us. His words are Spirit and Life. His word makes water a Spirit baptism. We are through His Word in and with the water cleansed and set free from the eternal penalty of sin. "Here is much WATER, what prevents me from being BAPTIZED." baptism is in water and God gives us the Spirit, just as He did the Ethiopian who went his way rejoicing, and the Spirit bore witness that the Ethiopian had everything he needed since right after the baptism (In WATER) the Spirit took Philip away.
The Baptism washes away our old sin nature and separates us from the powers of darkness so that we can now be a slave to righteousness!! Paul eloquently illustrates this fact in Romans 6:1-8! The baptism does cleanse us from our old man (sin nature) after we repent of course! If you don't repent before getting baptized, then it isn't actually a baptism!!
There is only one baptism, Ephesians 4;5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. The baptism is in spirit not physical or why would Jesus said in John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. Is not talking about H2O but the word of God, the living water.
@@Fr4nkSanchez Jesus Himself was baptized as an example to us. He told Nicodemus we must be born of water AND spirit to enter the kingdom. That we must be born again. This happens through faith and obedience to the Word. Yes, there is only one baptism, but if you dont repent prior to being baptized then it wasnt a baptism at all. It was more like a bath. Just like when a baby is baptized, it isnt a baptism. A person must make a personal and sincere choice to repent to God, and turn away from their sin before they can actually be baptized. This point is illustrated in Acts 2:38 when Peter tells the very Jews that crucified Jesus that they must repent, be baptized into Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins and receive the holy spirit. 3000 came to life that day with that message on Pentecost. How can we enter the Kingdom if we arent yet forgiven? The Baptism gives us a clear concience toward God. This is the way to be born again. With it comes a RADICAL transformation, which is our testimony.
Baptism has never been metaphorical. Nor is it a dry symbol. That's definitely not biblically accurate
Amen!!!! ✝️
here and again!
Isn't it supposed to be this?
Joh 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.
Born of Waters is watee bapstism, period, see acts 2:38
Keep in mind passages in the Old Testament can be cross examined in the New Testament.
If you are saying you need to be baptized to enter the kingdom of God. First you have to ask yourself what does being baptized mean?
Secondly what about the Old Testament saints? Abraham wasn’t baptized so that means he isn’t saved? That’s doesn’t make sense
In water baptism
Enekiel's verses were al fulfilled.
How our spirit s were cleansing,
The process we do not know.
But we can see the person's behaviour change.
You have exegetically angered the religions demons, excellent SUNESIS of Christ❤
you are clean by the words i have spoke unto you
Amen and Selah
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selah- think deeply on this.
HalleluYah
Amen and AMEN!
Very interesting, well read verse 12 : "if I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" . Does that mean all along Jesus was saying natural things to him example we all know about water breaking during child birth which is natural for humans ..
The word is the water.Being washed by the water by the word.
Ephesians 5:26; John 19:34.
Psalms 51 is about David's big nasty? David was a prophet and so he prophesied. In chapter 50 it is clear that it is prophecy about the nation of Israel and the kingdom. So if you hold that mentality thru Psalms 51 those scriptures line up with other scripture that are about the kingdom in Jerusalem at Christ's eternal reign.
For example
Ps. 51 [9] Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
Acts 3 19] Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
Ps. 51 [11] Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
Those who believe that the church started in Acts 2 make that claim because they ignore prophecy and conclude that it started there because that is the day that the Holy Spirit came. So how does this make sense to apply it to David? Psalms 51 is prophecy just like the book of Joel is
Joel 2
[28] And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
[29] And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
[30] And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
[31] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
[32] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
Acts 2
[16] But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
[17] And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God,I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
[18] And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
[19] And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
[20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
DON'T JUST TAKE SOMEONES PREACHING AND TEACHING. INVESTIGATE IT.
Thanks, Jason, for this wonderful teaching! I’m going to have to watch it again, it’s so full of truth. I sincerely appreciate how carefully you seek to stay true to the Word, and it’s whole counsel.
Concerning the topic of this video, I’m still trying to understand this passage. These verses seem to shed light on it, though I’m still learning:
John 6:63 (CJB)
63 It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh is no help. The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life,
1 Peter 1:23 (CJB)
23 You have been born again not from some seed that will decay, but from one that cannot decay, through the living Word of God that lasts forever.
If you read that particular verse in the whole context , it’s clear that Being born of water is a natural birth
Jesus go on to explain the spirit...
John 3:8 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.
Ephesians 5:26 kjv
I believe it is the Word and the Spirit. The seed and the egg, the flesh and the blood. The Spirit gives life to the Word. We grow in Christ by revelation of the Word by the Spirit, But I am open for God to change what I believe
Praise God.
Thank you very much for this explanation. I've struggled with what the true meaning might be for a long time You have searched the scriptures and found its truth. Appreciated!
Jesus taught about being born-again in John Chapter 3. In V3 Jesus said "unless one is born again he cannot SEE the kingdom of God" and in v5 Jesus went further, "unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot ENTER the kingdom of God". Seeing and Entering are 2 different steps for a follower of Christ. V16, "whoever believes in Jesus have eternal life". Accepting Jesus as our Lord and savior give us eternal life but also Jesus wants us have "I came that they may have life and have it abundantly" In order to have abundant life, we must ENTER and live in the Kingdom of God now, which means that we begin to use the same power in us that resurrected Jesus from the dead, the power of Holy Spirit. This is what Jesus said in v8. Those who entered in to Kingdom will live like with effects of Wind. We don't see wind but we feel and see the effects of the wind. 1st, believe Jesus (the Word) and declare the Word. (I believed, therefore I have spoken) 2nd, Live the Word by doing the Word (Faith without works is dead). 3rd, Be spiritually minded by walking in Spirit (Gal 5:22 -23).
I believe being born of water is our earthly birth and spirit is our born-again conversion that's why Jesus said you must be born again, in verse 5 He says water and verse 6 He says flesh because there same thing our earthly birth and then being born of spirit is being born-again.
Verse 6 explains verse 5. That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. The flesh speak of the natural birthing process of humanity and the spirit there is the Spirit of Regeneration (Born Again).
quite inspirational 👏 however something you don't bring out clearly and could breath more meaning to that scripture is that the heart (lev) in hebrew understanding was the seat of thinking and reasoning ie the mind .so when God says He will give us a new heart and a new spirit essentially means He will re program our thinking processes so that we make decisions to follow His teachings
To me, being born again is to serve god the way he taught us on sermon on Mount so we must live and do a 360 on how we currently live
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@@BingoNamo-gb8pz u know
So, basically water baptism does not saves/cleanses us. It Is the Spirit of God who makes the actual spiritual cleansing/washing thru His Word ( spiritual water can I say?). If I'm correct, we are actually being baptized in water and Spirit continously everytime we read His Word?