Jesus and Niccodemus

Gospel According to John

3.3-7.

"Jesus answered him ," Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above." Nicodemus said to him ." how can anyone be born after having grown old?Can one enter a second time into mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered," Very truly I tell you no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.What is born of the flesh is flesh and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.Do not be astonished that I said to you,' You must be born from above.'

Here we find Jesus exhorting Niccu to be refreshed in God and the Son of Man.Refreshed means one has to shed away all the misdeeds from the past all the wrong thinking and emotion.Just a tree sheds its leaves that have grown old and which cause problem to the trunk, we too must get over our old leanings and unhealthy practices.We have two options, one is that we can continue to live in the old bad way and the second is that we have shed our wrong egos, emotions, thoughts and desires.Instead we have to place God in our mind and dedicate our life to him.Dedicating our life to God and living in accordance with His will is both difficult and easy.It is difficult because we have to train our mind to God and take it away from earthly desires and passion.Our negative attachments to fame wealth sex or career must not distance us from God.It is easy because God the Almighty looks after us and protect us throughout life.We can put everything to His hand.The life in this world and in the next world is given to him and one enters into a state of eternal peace and we start building our heaven at this very moment.One may ask how is it possible that we entrust our life to God and do nothing.It is not that we are not doing anything.Our disposition to life and the selection of activities and the selection of friends are guided by the cardinal principle of God' s will. We are not running away from the earthly life and it's challenges , we face them we confront them.The difference is that God always walk with us

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