that was not there before. New life happens at new birth. This is not religious activity or discipline or decision. This is the coming into being of life. That’s the first way of describing what happens in the new birth. EXPERIENCING THE SUPERNATURAL, NOT JUST AFFIRMING IT Second, what happens in the new birth is not merely affirming the supernatural in Jesus but experiencing the supernatural in yourself. Nicodemus says in verse 2, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one
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