John 3:1-21 The Teacher As The Pupil

My commentary says, "Nicodemus himself was 'the teacher of the Jews' (John 3:10 literal translation), and he had great respect for the Teacher from Galilee."  

The man who apparently taught all others had come to try to understand what Jesus was teaching.  "Our Lord stated clearly Nicodemus' knowledge of the Old Testament should have given him the light he needed.  Alas, 'the teacher of the Jews' knew the facts recorded in the Scriptures, but he could not understand the truths."

Jesus told him about spiritual birth being the second birth.  He'd said unless one is born again (physical birth followed by spiritual birth), he cannot be in God's kingdom.  I suppose that would also mean that since angels were created and not born, they've had a spiritual but not a human birth, so accordingly, they will be servants, not rulers, in God's kingdom.

One comment I liked said, "The child inherits the nature of the parents, and so does the child of God ...Nature determines appetite, which explains why the Christian has an appetite for the things of God.  He has no desire to go back to the foul things of the world that once appealed to him."

It reminded me of how, as a child, I refused to eat any food any longer that I'd ever gotten sick on.  The taste of it brought back the bad memories of throwing up.  That should be our reaction to thoughts of our lives before Christ and the sin we fed on.

Father, thank You for Your Holy Spirit living inside of me.  Help me not to make Him sick by thinking of or doing things from my life before Christ.

 

Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford