EXCLUSIVITY
John 3: 1-12 The exclusive right to see or enter the Kingdom of God is given to those who are born again. Nicodemus recognised Jesus' exclusivity and wanted to belong. He said, "No man can do these miracles... except God be with him." Jesus was quick to make the condition for exclusiveness known to him - "Except a man be born again..." As it is always with man to seek understanding before believing, Nicodemus asked, 'How can this be?' Jesus further explained what the exclusive condition is all about, but with even less appeal to the human mind, making it harder to grasp. Jesus replied, saying; "Except a man is born of water and of the Spirit..." However, the essence of exclusivity was made clear: "That which is born of flesh is flesh; and that which is born of Spirit is spirit.' Birth speaks of origin, and a new birth speaks of a new origin. May God grant us the heart to believe in the new birth.