"You brood of vipers! Do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham" (Matthew 3:7-9).
Jesus adds another surprise. Anyone seeking to enter God's kingdom must be born again! Nicodemus thinks only of another fleshly birth. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" (John 3:4). Jesus is requiring spiritual re-birth. He explains,
"Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit" (John 3:6).
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