Being "Born Again" - A New Perspective

The presence of the kingdom of God is clearly all around us - we can see signs of the Creator in their animals and plants, and stars and clouds moving across the sky. If you really look, we can see his work everywhere. The Scriptures tell us that the kingdom of God is in us, too. (Luke 17:21)

The kingdom of God may be all around us, even within us, but do not always feel or live or not.

Nicodemus, a Pharisee, came to Jesus with the same concern. He told Jesus. "We know that you are a teacher come from God, because anyone can do these things you do unless God is with him" as part of his statement is the question I wanted to ask the question: "How I can do that God is with me - how I can be in the kingdom of God "

Jesus answered him, saying: "Verily, verily I say unto you, unless he is born again he can not see the kingdom of God."

Nicodemus he must literally (and thus miss the lesson) said to Jesus: "How can a man be born when he is old Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born" Jesus replied, " Verily, verily I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and spirit, he can not enter the kingdom of God that which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit. Not surprisingly, the spirit I have said. You must be born again "(John 3:1-7).

The kingdom of God is certainly all of us, and we can be there when we look deeply within ourselves, apart from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, and soothes the ego, which is noisy place irrational demands of our continuous time and psyche.

But to understand the fullness of that kingdom, lit it, to experience the richness of this, I suggest to you that we need other people to make it live. The Kingdom does not work well alone. Yes, it is easier when there are people with similar ideas, friends, partners, groups, networks, communities, churches, neighborhoods -. "Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am also" notes that as Jesus (Matthew 18:20) It breaks into love when people can meet and establish contact with a level of confidence. Maybe you've heard this year, sometimes when you're with the right people, and where there is no way to know each other, and in depth.

But the kingdom can also be brought to life when faced with someone who may have problems with someone who's frustrating, or those in conflict. We can turn the kingdom of God, even in these situations. How? By being born again.

For me, being born again is the act of looking deeply into the heart, the story and hope the person I am. Is being able to put aside for a while and live the life of another person, so it almost feels as if someone else did. I am represented as having been born in his life, to grow as they did under the conditions that he or she had. If I heard them too, and looked at his heart, I understand where they come from, I'll have an idea of ​​why they think like them, and help me better understand what they face in life. I realize that I had done as they had been born when and where they were born.

With this deep understanding to gain the other person, compassion begins to grow on me. I'm learning to accept what they are. With understanding, compassion and acceptance comes love. I thought it was an enemy becomes a brother or sister. I see that I am connected with them, and I like them in many ways. We are told to love our enemies, because as soon as we do, they are not our enemies. We enter the kingdom of God when we reach this level of understanding.

Being born again is taking the time to listen deeply, deeply to see the other person as that person. It takes patience and time. This means asking questions instead of saying. This observation means that instead of showing. That is humility and a sense of self. Born again in practice. I need to practice. Today I will start trying to best practice.

How many times do we have to be born again? Well, it depends on how often we interact with another person. It could be a lot '! We are not born-again Christians, because we want to be born-again Christians. We are born-again Christians, because we are born again and again and again ... (Think of all the birthdays you celebrate!)

Being born again, you can see the kingdom of God, not only ourselves, but to another person as well.