“SO IT IS!

John 3:1-8                                                  (ESV)

“1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

2 This man came to JESUS by night and said to HIM, "Rabbi, we know that YOU are a teacher come from GOD, for no one can do these signs that you do unless GOD is with HIM."

3 JESUS answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of GOD."

4 Nicodemus said to HIM, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

5 JESUS answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the SPIRIT, he cannot enter the kingdom of GOD.

6 That which is born of the FLESH is FLESH, and that which is born of the SPIRIT is spirit.

7 Do not marvel that I said to you, YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.

8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. “SO IT IS” with EVERYONE WHO IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT."

There are many evidences of NEW LIFE in CHRIST.  Baptism, church membership, feeding HIS sheep, a giving heart, are just a few of them.  Being able to SEE when a person has been CONVERTED can be a tricky, even deceptive undertaking.  There are a long list of people, even those calling themselves pastors, who have been exposed as “false prophets”, never experiencing THE TRANSFORMATION.  Matthew Henry’s Concise Bible Commentary says “We must be entirely different from what we were before, as that which begins to be at any time, is not, and cannot be the same with that which was before”.  

In speaking with Nicodemus, JESUS explained that being born of water (natural birth) and being BORN of Spiritual Birth are totally different occurrences.  When you have been “BORN OF THE SPIRIT” the evidence is like when the “wind” blows!  We don’t know where it comes from and we don’t know where it is going.  We do know the cooling effects of the true wind.  We Believers also know the comforting effects of the SPIRIT, calming our nerves and giving assurance in troubled times.   Like a gentle breeze, it cools and comforts without us who benefit from it ever thanking GOD for its blessings.  

John 4:24 says GOD IS SPIRIT.  HIS Blessings are far too often attributed to chance or circumstance when WE SHOULD KNOW James 1:17 says “EVERY GOOD GIFT and EVERY PERFECT GIFT is from above, coming down from the FATHER of lights, with WHOM there is no variation or shadow due to change.”  

“SO IT IS” with the HOLY SPIRIT WHO REVEALS HIMSELF to we that are chosen by the FATHER to SERVE HIM.  HE hasn’t selected us to join the ranks of HIS servants to not SERVE!  All but one of the original twelve disciples were willing to die a martyrs death, and John survived being boiled in oil to write the book of Revelation!   “SO IT IS” that OUR CREATOR has CHOSEN me to serve HIM!  If it is persecution or death, who am I to question MY LORD???