Born

"Born not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God," John 1:13.

When Scripture says we must be born again, it's clear that we ourselves do not effect that birth, right? Nicodemus showed the folly of that thought. Nonetheless, lest we forget, the Word tells about a light coming into the cosmos. The enlightening true light. Yet, not recognized by the cosmos he created, rejected by his own culture, he still gave power, right, to become children of God. To whom? to whomever believed in his name. What name? Word (of God). And such power does not arise from culture or ethnicity or pedigree. Such right does not arise from collective human administration, reason, and passion. It does not arise from nature's natural way. Well then, what effects that birth? It's a Who, not a what: The Word become flesh, camping out with us. Glory, grace, truth as the only son of the Father. He (that's Who) makes us children of the same Father. of God.

Remember when you first confessed Jesus as Lord and Christ? not just repeating someone else, but first understanding and believing? of course we do! Sometime today, touch bases with a brother or sister and remind them of the power of God birthing them to a new life.