John3:5"Jesus answered, verily, verily I say unto you; except a man be born of water and Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."
Born of water means several things. The human is born from male sperm - water; the body is about three quarters water; the baby in the womb grows in a "bag of water" which breaks just before birth "watering the baby's way" through the birth canal.
Conception, when life begins to form in the womb by means of sperm/water, is the natural parallel to what occurs in a human when they are "quickened" or "made alive" within by the Spirit, which is symbolic of "water". Spirit (water) has made the human "alive to God" and given the human the ability to believe, BUT THIS IS NOT THE NEW BIRTH EXPERIENCE WHICH MOST PROFESSING CHRISTIANITY THINKS. This is Spiritual "con-
ception" and the beginning of the formation of the Spiritual "baby".
American sectarianism is in the stage I call "water school". They
think they are "born again/born from above", but are not. This quickening or making alive is the "beginning of school". They are surrounded by water (Spirit) and have their being by water (Spirit), but are not yet born of Spirit. This is revealed by their attitude toward the "time" they are living in. They are very upset at the time.
Matt.24:12" And because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many shall grow cold."
The "time" they are upset at is what Jesus is referring to when He says, "because lawlessness being brought to the full". This is the time we are living in at the present. Daniel calls this the "exhausting of indignation".
Because American sectarianism is not born of Spirit it cannot see the hand of God directing all things and bringing all things to their ultimate climax in this time according to His purposes. Man
is unknowingly coming to the end of himself in this age all the while thinking and making plans for what he thinks is his ultimate perfection. He is beginning to say, "At last! Peace and safety!";(1Thess. 5:3), but they know not that sudden calamity is coming upon them as soon as they utter those words in their heart. Their end shall be the fulfillment of Ps. 2:4-5 and Pro.
1:24-32.
Because American sectarianism cannot see God in everything, they fight against evil(lawlessness), thereby making it stronger
and enabling what they are fighting against; for example
homosexuality and it's pervasive influence in the country. The
queers already know their practices are evil, for God has already made it a point for those to hear it within themselves via the very acts they perform, so they are without excuse.
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