John 2:23-25
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men. 25 He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.
John 3:1-8
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” 4 “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!” 5 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
珠玑:
受洗归入耶稣基督,我们就是新造的人。
悔改->施洗->重生。并不是说,在施洗前,我们悔改变得很完美。但是说,在受洗前,我们有意识到我们的罪,让生命有所改变。
罗马书6:1-4
这样,怎么说呢?我们可以仍在罪中,叫恩典显多吗?断乎不可!我们在罪上死了的人岂可仍在罪中活着呢?岂不知我们这受洗归入基督耶稣的人,是受洗归入他的死吗?所以我们藉着洗礼归入死,和他一同埋葬,原是叫我们一举一动有新生的样式,像基督藉着荣耀从死里复活一样。
repent- a change of heart that results in change of actions