Jesus replied to Nicodemas, “Very truly I tell you, no one can “see” the kingdom of God unless they are “born” “again.” Commentary: What did Jesus mean here? The first Greek word used is the word “see”. This word used here in the Greek does not mean by eyesight but means to perceive or understand! Without being born again you will not be able to understand what is going on you will have no revelation! You will not be able to connect the dots! You will not be able to understand the times and seasons that we are in! You will not have a radar! You will be flying in the dark with no instruments! You will be blinder than a bat! The scriptures will not make sense to you? You will be baffled by world events! You will be fearful lacking the God given revelation available to you yet you only trust your own knowledge! Your gas tank will be empty! You will assume ignorance must be bliss! Notice here Jesus is explaining this to us and Nicodemas before the Cross! Jesus did not tell us we cannot be saved just that you will not understand the times and the scriptures! The thief on the Cross was saved but was he born again? As far as we can tell from scriptures no! He had never read a Bible verse in his life! Now let us take “born again” one word at a time! This will help you and me! The word “born” in the Greek means to be born from above! We are all born from below but many not from above! The word “again” means from the beginning! From before the fall of man in the Garden of Eden! Before sin! In the perfect state before the rebellion! In perfect harmony with God! No separation! In union with him! We can be saved yet not born again! However we then have limited access to God! Why not get the whole deal! In our next post we will go to verse five where Jesus presents the cure and how to get born again! He gives the solution to our problem! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYouChurch.com