WHAT IS TO BE BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT?

 WHAT IS TO BE BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT ? - Jesus tells us in John 3:5, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” What, then, is the gospel of the water and the Spirit? The Bible tells us, first of all, that “water” refers clearly to the baptism of Jesus, and is the antitype of salvation (1 Peter

3:21). When Jesus turned 30, He went to John, who had been baptizing the people of Israel in the Jordan River. Jesus tells us that John the Baptist was the representative of the mankind and the last High Priest of the Old Testament. Meeting this John, Jesus received His baptism from him, which fulfilled all the righteousness of God (Matthew 3:15, 11:11-14). The baptism that Jesus thus received was the eternal offering through which all the sins of the world were passed onto Christ Himself. The incarnation of Jesus through the Holy Spirit, His baptism, His blood and death on the Cross, and His resurrection and ascension—all these things were the works of the Holy Spirit. When one believes that Jesus came to this earth and made, through the water and the Spirit, all his/her sins disappear at all once, he/she can then become a righteous person, freed from sin, and a bride of Christ. This is not something accomplished by man’s thoughts, but it comes from the thoughts of God Himself.

The truth is that the water, the blood, and the Holy Spirit are the three essential components for the salvation of the mankind from sin, and none of them can ever be absent at all. The Bible elaborates on this clearly and exactly in chapter 5 of 1 John. It tells us that these three elements of the water, the blood, and the Holy Spirit are one in all, and that our salvation from sin cannot be whole and approved if any one of them is missing.

When we know and believe in this truth, that the perfect salvation is to believe in these three―the water, the blood, and the Holy Spirit—we can then realize and accept the love of Jesus that has saved us, and thus our hearts can actually become completely sinless. The Bible promises us in Acts 2:38, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

What, then, is this Word that enables us to receive the Holy Spirit? This is none other than the Word of Jesus’ baptism (the water), of His death on the Cross (the blood), and of His being God, resurrection and ascension (the Holy Spirit). This Word of salvation had actually been prophesied in the writings of Moses and other prophets of the Old Testament, and was fulfilled and testified in all four Gospels of the New Testament. Also, the “eternal salvation of atonement completed at once,” which is detailed in the Book of Hebrews, testifies repeatedly to the righteousness of God, which we have received through our faith.

Though everyone in this sinful world is living a life of the flesh that falls far short before God, he/she must receive the remission of sin offered by God, and live one’s life by placing his/her hope in Heaven. This is the gift of God that He has given to the mankind. We must all receive this grace given to us freely.

Believing in the Word that our Lord would return, build His new Kingdom, and let us live in it is our true hope. We must live with this hope, and this is what I most fervently believe.


Reverend Paul C Jong

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