Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews who came to Jesus by
night. The Apostle John records for us the evening interaction that took place
between these two. During this conversation, Jesus brings up the concept of the
new birth as he says “‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God’” (Jn. 3:3). Nicodemus doesn’t understand what
Jesus is talking about, as he is focused on the physical birth. He knows that a
man cannot enter his mother’s womb to be born a second time. Jesus was not
talking about the physical birth, but the spiritual birth. He explains this
birth is “…of water and the Spirit…” (Jn. 3:5).
This past Sunday our oldest son, Conner experienced the new
birth that Jesus was talking about with Nicodemus. His physical birthday is
July 13, 2005. His spiritual birthday is September 27, 2015. I am grateful that
he will be brought up in a congregation of the Lord’s people who will encourage
him, help him and mentor him in his Christian walk. North View is a special
place, and I have every confidence that he will thrive spiritually in this
church. What a blessing it is to be able to baptize your child into Christ. I
can now say I was there on both days that he was born and born again.
