7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 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.”
The thought of baptism or being born again should not surprise you or anyone really. It should almost be an after-thought, and as common place as one of those rules that "just is". Children don't need to understand convection to know the wind blows. They accept that there is wind, and that it blows as it sees fit. This is how we should view those born of Spirit. We should accept the Spirit, but should also accept the way He moves as well. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them. Stage two of life. Imagine if the cure to life had two stages, like any multi-part medication or vaccine all parts are needed to work. In this case, stage one is birth - when we are born. For many this is it, just the one birth, however stopping here is like watching the NBA Finals only till half-time with the score tied up at 80. There is so much more that could happen. Stage two of life is death, but not the physical kind Romans 6:1-14 Our second birth comes after our first death, where we die to what makes us sinners, and die to the life that the World Uses
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