I think being born of water is a lot deeper and spiritual.
I'm not exactly sure what it means, but we also know that Jesus is the living water.
Jer 2:13 For my people have committed two evils;
they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters,
and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
what does it mean to be born of water and of spirit?
Is it that those who believe in God are the seed of God?
And we are born of this belief?
That is not to say we have "faith" . Faith is a gift of the Spirit of God.
Right?
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye
saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:
Heb 11:6 But without faith
it is impossible to please
him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and
that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
So what I hear is, the very believing in God is the water by which we come to him, and then faith is given as a gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
I am of the opinion that it is no so much what John DID, but what he Said.
Mat 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Mat 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mat 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Mat 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Mat 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
I saw a picture in my mind of all these little streams coming to the river...
being drawn to the river...
searching...
Jer 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd:
and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Joe 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day,
that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters,
and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Jhn 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
I understand John came baptising with water. However, the people first had to believe in order to come to John in the first place.
The Saducees and Pharisees that did not believe in God were blasted. They were trying to "creep in unawares"
Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Mat 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Mat 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to
our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Mat 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore
every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water
unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear:
he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Mat 3:12 Whose fan
is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Random thought..
Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them,
O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Gen 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Just thinking..
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