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Originally Posted by Nell
The Word of God is specific. Jesus told Nicodemus "you must be born again" for a reason. He spoke to the woman at the well to fit her specific situation and meet her need...which was different from Nicodemus. He spoke to Mary, Martha and Lazarus according to their specific situation to meet their needs. Jesus came to save His people from their sins, each according to their needs, to meet them in their specific life situation, to draw them to Himself.
The Lord meets me where I am and tells me what I need to hear, not a bunch of babble.
Obviously, Jesus didn't interact with John the Baptist the same way he interacted with Nicodemus...for a reason. If "born again" was the same as "filled with the Spirit", would Jesus have used two different terms? I don't think so.
I found a Latin phrase that describes the "non-gospel of Evangelical": reductio ad absurdum. This topic has been "Reduced to absurdity."
Nell
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Of course being born again is different to being filled with the Spirit. But surely you understand that a person who is filled with the Spirit cannot be, unless they are first born again. How can an unregenerate or unsaved be filled with the Spirit?
If being born again is a requirement to enter the kingdom of God, then how does John the Baptist enter the kingdom without being born again? Every person whether old testament or new testament cannot enter the kingdom without being born of the spirit.