Conceived From Above (John 3:3-5)
The Kingdom Corner podcast
Host: Matt Geib
In this episode, Matt discusses looking at old truth in a new way, Conceived From Above (John 3:3-5)
[00:00:51] - Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;[a] repent and believe in the gospel.”
[00:02:24] - Romans 12:1-2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b] 2 Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]
[00:03:22] - John 3:3-5 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again[a] he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
[00:06:42] - Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
[00:06:53] - Ephesians 2:3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
[00:07:20] - Genesis 5:3-4 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4 The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters.
[00:07:35] - Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men[a] because all sinned
[00:08:07] - Genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.
[00:08:16] - Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,” who is Christ.
[00:08:47] - Matthew 1:20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
[00:09:00] - I Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
[00:10:44] - John 3:3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again[a] he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
[00:11:30] - II Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[a] The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
[00:11:55] - I Corinthians 15:46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
[00:12:24] - I Thessalonians 4:13-18, I Corinthians 15:51-54
Quotes from the episode:
“The Kingdom of God is ready to be expounded upon and ready to be revealed in this new gospel age.” [00:01:42]
“The Old Testament does not mention anywhere about being born again however the Old Testament does have a reoccurring theme of The Seed.” [00:07:45]
“You must be conceived from above not born again.” [00:12:34]
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