Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.' Nicodemus, a teacher of Israel, comes to Jesus at night and hears this enigmatic statement.
Nicodemus gets confused—how can someone be born again physically? Jesus clarifies: born of water and Spirit. Nicodemus is highly educated but he can't understand. Jesus is talking about a complete reorientation, not just improvement. You have to be born differently. Start over. Nicodemus wanted to understand spiritually through intellectual mastery. But you don't understand the kingdom through learning. You understand through being transformed. That's been hard for me to accept.
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