Born Again
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. John 3:9 · Berean Standard Bible
Nicodemus asked, 'How is this possible?'
The most honest question in the world: 'How?' You don't have to have all the answers before you take a step of faith.
Nicodemus asks the question many people still ask.
Three words that reveal a heart wide open: 'How is this possible?' Nicodemus didn't understand, but he was still there, still listening, still seeking. And that's enough.
Nicodemus asks again, 'How can these things be?' (Greek: pōs dynatai tauta genesthai), still unable to comprehend the mechanism of spiritual rebirth.
Nicodemus' repeated 'how?' reveals the limits of his rationalistic framework. He seeks a mechanism, but Jesus is describing a mystery — something that can be experienced but not fully explained.
Nicodemus asks how spiritual birth is possible.
The teacher of Israel is reduced to the question of a child: 'How?' His inability to understand illustrates that the kingdom of God operates by principles that transcend human religious categories.
7Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
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