John Chapter 3 Discussion Page 23

Jesus is saying that if you have never been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son nd of the Holy Ghost for the remission of sins you will never see the true Kingdom of heaven that simply means obey the gospel because that is the gospel and then learn the life you should live

I was a deacon in my church on my way to hell God let me visit the hospital for 3 days blessed me with a kidney stone and I Prayed a Prayer of repentance and Jesus came into my heart Oliver Greene says a lot of people believe about God not in him I passed the stone10 minutes after the Prayer I have served 30 years in a jail ministry 90 saythey believe In asking have you truly been saved washed in the blood of Jesus you see a cold look come on their face and ask can you save me today I can not save anyone but I can lead you to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ Not only in Jail in our churches today many believe as I John 3 3 Thanks

I LOVE GOD HE IS MY SAVIOR

I m grateful for all your inspiring comments I believe that God really loved us to the fullest meaning of the word love since who can express love than LOVE Godself and i think those who believe will learn the true meaning of love God is telling all of us to do To really love is a vocation one should be serious about Its not easy but we can because the loving God created us out of love and is sustaining us with His love

Did the thief on the cross got baptized in water please explain

He couldn t love us more or love us less because his love is complete We are eternally loved how awesome is He I humbly bow my knees and rest in the finished and complete work of his beloved son

God gave up his son for our old nasty sins could you do that give your sons or daughters life up for someone else so do not tell no lies you could not do it

God loves me so much and also to you who have faith in Him through His Son Jesus Christ

The old testament was closed when Jesus died and raised so baptism is merely you except Lordship and the Holy spirit is power and after you receive power you are to separate yourself from the old man and walk in the new man Now that s the baptism Jesus was saying WE DIE WITH CHRIST WE ARE RAISED WITH CHRIST WE LIVE A HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE LIFE AND ENDURE TO THE END THEN WE SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM

the words may have,should have is not clear. do thy mean will have or might have/possibly have?

All men and women of God should pray before opening the word of God and surrender to his will, no mater what we find it to be. The prayer should be for God to remove all the wordly motivation that we would all have otherwise have (like wanting a verse to mean something before we even study it or so we can argue with someone). I don't see how anyone that has prayed that prayer could possibly see this verse to be about water baptism. The entire chapter is talking about the difference between being born physically and being born spiritually. Why would this verse suddenly be about anything else? Water and of spirit; one has to be physical birth and the other spiritual birth. After all, it's not "born of spirit and of spirit". Water is simply the physical birth. Remember, this was written in an ancient language (not even exactly the same as today's Greek).

Indeed had it not been for the Lord Jesus my soul would have been lost forever,but praise and glory be to God our Father for sending his Son to come and redeem us from the bondage of satan and giving us the right to be called God's children if we believe and follow His commands.Jesus' death at the cross was a great sacrifice ever made hense,He broke the wall that separated us from the Father and united us again with GOD.

The scriptures indeed speak of water baptisim. 1st baptisim doesnt come after salvation it is incorporated in the package deal! It is by water bapisim that the old man is destroyed, it is by baptisim that we go down with the old and arise in the newness of life! The theif on the cross didn't have to be baptised, they were still under old testament law and would be until the day of Pentecost which is the birth date of the church. Notice old testament practice called for the preist to make sacrifice at the alter, but all it did was pust the sins of Isreal ahead one more yr! Jesus was that sacrifice and it is by that name, by that blood that we are all redeemed! No folks except u/r born of water and spirit! look at Acts... everytime salvation was carried out the same thing was done. Acts 2:28 was the message of salvation. It still is today, ru repented are u baptised in Jesus Name hve you recieved the Holy Ghost? (baptisim is for what for what? Its for the remission of sins. Thats what the word says. Acts8,9,10,19 here diciples of John were re-baptised, why? because it had not been done correctly. God bless yall.

We can show that we are exercising faith in the Son by making changes in our life and bringing it into harmony with God’s will. We must reject any wrong course and do things that are pleasing to Jehovah God.

what a love,what a sacrifice,what a humility that GOD could manifest himself in the form of flesh just to save mankim
nd better acknoledge thiS
awesome sacrifice?I LOVE THIS JESUS

All glory to God for He loved the world "you and me" that He gave His only begotten son that who soever believe on Him shall not perish but live life eternity.
Thank you JESUS that sacrificed yourself b'cos of me on the cross of calvary. I love you Lord JESUS & continue to love You forever

No one will force you to believe this...it's ur fundamental right to choose bt knowing the consquences of the choice..choose Jesus to avoid eternal agony or refuse at your own peril..yees that is it !!!!

Succinct and to the point, topples many an idol, casts out many a foe. Not good works, not Sunday school attendance, though those things are good, that saves us. It is belief that Jesus died for us and rose again and is seated at the right hand of God the Father and will come again. We must become like children and let go of what we know in order to gain what He knows and who He is, what He has done for us, in our place, as our substitute for sin, on the cross. Death, burial and resurrection, all so that we could have fellowship with God.

I believe that vss.5&6 go together. The water meaning natural birth.From vs.6 (flesh is flesh) and vs6 (Spirit is spirit). I do not believe this is referring to water baptism because in other scripture water baptism takes place after salvation. The thief on the cross went into paradise with Jesus without water baptism so salvation CAN take place without it. Not saying it is not important.I believe water baptism is symbolic of the death and ressurection of Jesus.

I believe that vss.5&6 go together. The water meaning natural birth.From vs.6 (flesh is flesh) and vs6 (Spirit is spirit). I do not believe this is referring to water baptism because in other scripture water baptism takes place after salvation. The thief on the cross went into paradise with Jesus without water baptism so salvation CAN take place without it. Not saying it is not important.I believe water baptism is symbolic of the death and ressurection of Jesus.

I believe that vss.5&6 go together. The water meaning natural birth.From vs.6 (flesh is flesh) and vs6 (Spirit is spirit). I do not believe this is referring to water baptism because in other scripture water baptism takes place after salvation. The thief on the cross went into paradise with Jesus without water baptism so salvation CAN take place without it. Not saying it is not important.I believe water baptism is symbolic of the death and ressurection of Jesus.

it's a very nice story that all Christian most know

We are condemners of our ownselves.once the forbidden fruit was eaten we became conscious and ashamed. Which caused us to condemn ourselves do to guilt.

the Son of Man(Jesus Christ) was the only one who ascended to Heaven,after His earthly ministry,and of course he ascended because he first came down from heaven during his birth.when he was born by the Holy Spirit of God..( Acts 1:9-11;3:15-21; Heb. 1:3;8:1; Psalm 110:1,2)

Truly i confess to all that read the words of God, for he did give his only begotten son for that who soever believeith in him shal not parish but have everlasting life. Thease are not just words people for this is the truth, the life and the way of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. He shed his preshes blood to clense us you and me from our sins. For i beliveith in him and i worship him, i freely give all GLORY to him i give to him all that i am , all that i have. For the LORD GOD IN HEAVEN is the LORD of my life. GLORY BE TO GOD. HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD GOD ALL MIGHTY WHICH IS AND WAS AND IS TO COME! Is he the lord of your life people? Its not to late all you got to do is ask. Ask and you shall recieve, knock and his door shall be opened to you. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

When I believe in something or someone I give them my all mo matter what other people think about me this includes my faith in Jesus! No matter where when or with whom I am I reflect on my acknowledge of who I believe with a simple reply of salutation when one ask me how I am doing my response is never changing for with all sincerity I say I am greatful to God for He continues to bless us with life. And when I depart I say may God bless you in the name of Jesus and while I am in their presence I ask Jesus to use me as a vessel of His love even if I know without a doubt I am in the midst of those that despises and resents me for my obedience and faith in Jesus. May God bless us all in the Mighty name of Jesus with understanding for soon and very soon Jesus is a COMMING.

The carnal man focuses more on carnal things than spiritual things. Carnal things lead to all manners of woe and strife, yet the carnal lusts may remain, yea, even grow stronger as the carnally minded man does not always learn from his follies, and in many cases does not wish to, being hard-hearted. Christ on the other hand speaks to us of spiritual truths that lead to holiness and blessedness when incorporated into our lives, as well as the need to repent from the "I" that desires carnality and sin (literally to DENY oneself) in order to slowly but surely begin eradicating the temptation to sin (to be delivered from evil). If the heart of man is desperately wicked, it is because it is focused on wicked things. Therefore, to accomplish seeing and entering the Kingdom of God, we must seek first righteousness and be as little children (teachable and trusting in the verity of the words of the Good Teacher). Jesus IS the embodiment of righteousness and truth, therefore HIS commandments, precepts, indeed all that Jesus IS must therefore continually increase in our lives, and the carnal "I" must decrease. How else can you expect to win the race set before your soul except to prepare rigorously, as Paul exhorts us, believing AND FOLLOWING the words of our Good Shepherd and Teacher?

John Chapter 3 verse 5 coments.
It's not mandotary but one has to confess all the wrong doings prior like the thief did to be in paradise

The thief on the cross was not baptized but Jesus told him that Today you will be with Me in Paradise. One should be baptized to show the world their commitment to Christ but Baptism is not mandatory to get into heaven.

We have to love our fellow men and tell them how God save us from our sin.