John 3:5 – Jesus answered, verily, verily, I send of the, except a man be born of water and the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Is everyone who says they are born of God, truly born again? Nicodemus, that important man among the Jews, who came to Jesus by night, was a man instructed in the Scripture, fearful of God, and who believe that Jesus Christ came from God. What he did not know was how to enter the kingdom of God. Jesus told him:
John 3:3 – verily, verily, I send the, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus and on him, how can a man be born when he is old? How can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, verily, verily, I say into the, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
I want you to read this passage, going beyond the message of salvation with which we are so familiar. God wants to give us something immensely powerful for this century, which will cause a stander into the true dimension of power and of revelation that is our heritage. I dare to say, and I do not feel that I am wrong, that this passage is much deeper and worthy of repeated study than the simple announcement of the gospel that leads us to receive Jesus as Lord and Savior and to assure ourselves of eternal life in heaven.
Here Jesus is talking about seeing the kingdom in entering into the kingdom. I believe that when Jesus truly enters in the heart of man to live, his spirit is sealed for salvation, and it is also awakened to begin to understand spiritual truths and to be able to feel the manifestations of the spirit.
Nevertheless, as I’ve traveled to the different nations of the world and have talked with thousands of Christians and pastors, I realize the tragic reality. The vast majority of the people of God have never seen the kingdom of God, have never had a face-to-face encounter with Jesus, have never seen the heavenly places in which they have so often been told they are seated. And the most terrible thing is that the vast majority of them have never been born again.
Notice what Jesus says next:
John 3:6 – that which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I sent under the, you must be born again. The wind blows where it listed, and now here is the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whether it goeth: so is everyone that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, how can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, knows not these things? Verily, verily, I I sent to the, we speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; any receive not our witness.
Here Jesus wants us to understand what is the true design of a son of God born of the Spirit: it is a person who can see the invisible dimensions of the kingdom. How is this possible? We said in past chapters that he who comes to Jesus is one spirit with him. Now, I ask you, what are the chances of a spirit that is become one with God not being able to see, hear, and feel the spirit of the Lord? The answer it is absolutely none!
I will go even further: if the heavens and the earth are united in Jesus and Jesus is one with us, then what possibility is there that a born again believer would not be able to see the kingdom of heaven? The answer is also non-. We just read that Jesus said to Nicodemus that unless someone is born again, they can see the kingdom of God. Again I emphasize that to see means to look at with our spiritual eyes. Jesus could testify about the kingdom because he saw it.
John 5:19 – but what he – Jesus – see at the father do: for what things where he do with, these also do with the sun likewise.
John 3:11 – we speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen
Then where is the error? Why then can’t millions of Christians that we call born again see the kingdom of God? Why can’t they hear the voice of God? Obviously, the prom is not in the passage of Nicodemus. The promise, rather, in the way in which we have understood it and preached it.
At some point in history, it occurred to someone to begin to preach that at the moment that a person said the sinners prayer in order to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior, that they were born again. Somehow this became common knowledge. When we brought someone to the feet of Jesus, we prayed for him, and then we gave him a hug, saying, now you are born again. This became so normal that Christians began to be called born-again Christians. In this manner, every person who became a part of the congregation on a Mac was called born-again believer.
Let’s analyze this in depth. God is a God of designs. Everything that he created is made according to a divine model. All things were created from the invisible to the visible. This means, not that they were created from nothing, but that they were first conceived in the spiritual world and then brought to the visible, natural world.
And none of the designs of God, in heaven or earth, do we see that when a seed is planted, the plan is born instantly. We do not see any design in which an embryo is conceived in the womb, in an animal or a woman, and it that moment, the baby is suddenly born.
The supposed instant birth, in my opinion, is not a design of God. His model is as follows: so the seed, watered, allow the seed to split inside your, and then it will route itself, and, in time, the plant will come forth. The same thing occurs in the womb: the seed is sown, there is a time of gestation, and then the womb opens, and the child is born. When John speaks to us about being made sons of God, he says,
John 1:12 – but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor the will of the flesh, nor the will man, but of God.
This word born is the Greek word gennao, that means to conceive in the womb. This is the beginning of the process, not the birth. There is a big difference between being conceived and being born. When a child is in the womb of his mother, the parents already talk about him as their heir, but he can’t enter into the possession of anything if he is not been born.
Jesus speaks clearly with Nicodemus and he gives him the characteristics of those who have really pass the period of gestation and have been born again. He says that these see the kingdom, they have entered the kingdom, and also, they are like the wind, that you can listen to and hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it is coming from. So is everyone that is born of the spirit – John 3:8 – paraphrase.
John 3:8 the wind blows where it listed, and now here is the sound thereof, but canst not tell word cometh, and whether it goeth: so is everyone that is born of the spirit.
Here we see that Jesus is teaching him how to know if someone has been born of God. In other words, he is telling him that they are people that see the kingdom of God and that are continually guided by the spirit, because they hear his voice in dazzling clarity.
When someone is born into the natural world, there is evidence. The baby sees, hears, and moves with obvious clarity in his new world. While he still formed part of God, he cannot know this world. He first said to be born as material being. The same thing happens when we are born into the spiritual world. There also has to be evidence, and the evidence is that, upon entering the spiritual world, we see it, we hear it, and we move in it.
When my spirit was truly born to the spiritual world, the invisible world became clearly visible. Notice what Paul says to the Romans:
Romans 8:5 – for they that are after the flesh to mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the spirit the things of the spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind – the blinded, the old mind that cannot see God – is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that spirit of God dwells in you. Now if any man have not spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Notice here that he who truly has the spirit of Christ, is going to be guided by the same spirit, to live a spiritual life; and he could in no way feel satisfied living a fleshly life and thinking fleshly thoughts, because he knows that this is enmity with God. To truly have the spirit of Christ, will lead you to preach to the lost and it will lead you to have mercy on the poor. It’ll lead you to a life of prayer and of bounty with the father. It is not possible for Christ live in someone and this person go one year or 5 years without preaching to someone, as is the case with the vast majority of people who fill our churches today.
Romans 8:13 – for if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if he threw spirit to mortify the deeds of the body, he shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Here we see that the seed that was produced upon receiving Jesus in one’s heart can die, or can be aborted, by the death that is contained in carnality. We also see how in the passage of Nicodemus, those born of God, the sons who have entered into the manifestation of their birth, these are led by God. What does it mean to be led by the Spirit of God? This is the internal voice that manifests from spirit to spirit nor to give direction to our steps. It is the voice that Anaïs heard when the spirit told him
Acts 9:11 arise, and go into the street which is called straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for behold, he prayed, and that seen in a vision a man name Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive the site.
It is the angel, manifesting himself to fill up, and saying:
Acts 8:26 – and the angel of the Lord spake on the Philip, saying, rise, and go towards the south onto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem on the gas a, which is desert.
It is the voice of the angel that spoke to Cornelius and said:
Acts 10:5 – and now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: he lodges with one Simon a Tanner, whose house is by the seaside: he shall tell the what thou ought us to do.
It is angel that appears to Peter in jail and, touching him, said:
Acts 12:8 – an angel sent on to him, gird thyself, and bind on nice sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, cast by government about the, and follow me.
Beloved reader, you can see the heavens and earth united into one. Dangers were manifesting themselves and interacting with the sons of God. This is our promise as sons of God. We see how there can really be a difference between a born son, meaning manifested in a son not yet born, and, in the worst-case scenario, someone in whom the seed could have died. It is illogical to think that someone who says he has been born of the Spirit, has no evidence of knowing and moving in the spiritual world.
The Lord gave us a very clear example, explaining to his disciples about the kingdom of God. He compares it to us or who goes out to soul: Mark for: 14 – the source so at the word. And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sewn; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sewn in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sewn on stony ground; who, when they heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; and have no root themselves, and so under but for a time: afterwards, when affliction or persecution arise for the word say, merely they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and a become us unfruitful. And these are they which are sewn on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some 60, and some and hundred.
Here we see how the seed of Jesus, sewn in the heart, only gives fruit and one fourth of those in which it is sown. The rest of the seeds died. They dried up due to a lack of water of life, they were drowned by pleasures, by desires, or by the greed of this world. Perhaps they call themselves living, but, in reality, they have already died, or are about to die.
The apostle John gives us a clear diagnosis in order to recognize those who are born of God and those who just have the external form. Before delving into this, I want you to feel with me what God feels for his church, how much he loves her and wants to see her alive and full power. That is why am writing the way I am, not in order to condemn anyone, but so that we all enter into this new millennium possessing everything that he wants for us. God is literally shouting from the heavens: Reformation! A new Reformation is necessary.
When I began to hear this shout in the heavens, I stopped in order to seek his face and understand what it was he so desperately wanted to say. It was then that I began to understand and to realize the true condition of the present-day church. Why is so much power, so much anointing, so much promise of blessing preach, and the people of God remain as if they were tortured, trapped in innumerable failures, we can full of sin in carnality? God wants to raise his church to immeasurable heights, but he can’t do it until we realize our reality, until we speak the truth. The apostle John entered the third heaven many times! He knew the kingdom, saw the face of Jesus, and enjoyed experiencing it every day. He penetrated the infinite depths of love, and he knew got intimately and gloriously. And he is the one that said:
First John 3:6 – whosoever Abydos and him sin is not: whosoever sent us have not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that do with righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committed sin is of the devil; for the devil Senate from the beginning. For this purpose the son of God was manifest, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remain it in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
What does it mean that he cannot sin because the seed of God protects him? It means that the seed is very powerful, it is God himself inside our being. And what this produces is that when someone proposes sin to you, something stronger than you opposes it. Even though you would like to send, there is a force inside of you that stops you and makes you take off running, as Joseph did when he was enticed by potiphar’s wife. It is a power that, when you are tempted, it will not allow you to sleep, it still is your piece, it shakes you, it does the unspeakable in order to keep you from sinning.
This does not mean that you will never fall; but if you were to slip, as soon as you touch the ground, you will come back shouting, seeking his mercy. He will not allow you to remain there even one day. The experience will be so strong that you will radically distance yourself from that seduction. It is as when Peter sin. It was an experience of true hell, knowing that he had failed the very one that he loved so much. And from there he rose up powerfully, to the point that he gave up his life for him.
The seed simply cannot live together with sin.
Romans 8:13 – 4 3 live after the flesh, you shall die
John goes on to say:
First John 3:10 – in this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever do is not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
First John 3:14 – we know that we passed from death on the life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother Abydos in death. Whosoever hated his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he lay down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
I recommend reading immersed in him, by Emerson Farrell to go deeper in this revelation.
I believe that those who are born of God have a continual experience with the water of life. They are people whose spiritual levels begin to be felt and recognizable by the rest of the body. They are people who no longer belong to this world, but who have left the things of this world, and truly, irrefutably belong to the kingdom that is not of this dimension, the kingdom of God.
I believe that when Jesus talks about being born of water and the Spirit, he is not necessarily referring to baptism and water, but to waters of revelation, waters of life that flow from the very throne of God. Those who are born again are necessarily worshipers, tireless seekers of God, men and women God is brought to drink from these waters, and who know how to get to these waters and drink from them.
When the Bible speaks of water in this passage, it does not say baptism, as the Bible so clearly names it when referring to baptism and other parts of the Scriptures. Theologians have assumed that it is baptism, but here it says water, and there are many different kinds of water in the word.
John 4:14 – but whosoever drink his of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst
From your inner being will flow rivers of living water, and these are those whom I am seeking, the true worshipers in spirit and in truth. I’m not seeking those who sing songs, but those who know how to take their worship to the very presence of his throne room.
The new birth and kingdom levels
Upon some immersing myself in depth in order to understand this Reformation that God wants, I began to understand some things that, through listening to so many theologies, had previously just brought me confusion. Some theology say that one can never lose one salvation, while others affirm that it can definitely be lost. This matter has done nothing more than to create divisions. Other powerful servants of God and I have arrived at the conclusion that there are different kingdom levels. Upon understanding it in this way, many pieces of the puzzle find their place.
First level
This is the encounter with Jesus Christ, the level in which we are impregnated with the seed of life. We have the light of truth, and we know that Jesus is our only, all encompassing Savior. This is the level that we will call of John the Baptist. John recognizes the Savior, preaches and announces the Messiah, but he does not have the manifestation of power in miracles in his ministry. He has defeat in the midst of trials, as when he sent the message to asked Jesus if he was the one or should they wait for another.
The majority of God’s people are at this level. They recognize their salvation, but they are children that have yet to learn how to be conquerors and enter into their promised land. In this level we find the promise of the kingdom, but not its manifestation. If the person dies at this level, he enters into possess the riches of the kingdom after his death.
In Galatians 4:1 – 7, Paul draws an analogy to this respect, using a context that was common to Jewish traditions. In hebraic thought, a father has his offspring. They are potential heirs, but they are not considered heirs until they reach the age of 30 and enter into what is called the adoption as sons. At that moment, the father would choose from among his sons, as he thought best, not all them, and would call them heirs.
Galatians 4:1 – now I say, that the hair, as long as he is a child, different nothing from a servant, though he be Lord of all; but is under tutors and governors into the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we are children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: but when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his son into your hearts, crying, Abba, father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an hair of God through Christ.
It is under this principle that Jesus has to wait to be 30 years old in order to enter into possess his ministry. And when he entered the water, the father from heaven said, this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased. Thus the acknowledgment that Jesus was the inheriting son of the father was fulfilled publicly.
This same analogy applies also to the Christian who is a child. He is a potential hair, but until he dies to the rudiments of the world, that is, to the principles by which this world conducts itself, he cannot enter into possession of that which is rightly his. This is the person who receives the seed of the kingdom, has been impregnated by God, and is in the process of being broken and of dying to this world in order to be born again. If he is able to overcome and die to the flesh, he will enter the second level of the kingdom.
Acts 14:22 – that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
If he permits his spiritual life to die, due to his carnality, he will be aborted and he will not be born again.
Second level
This is the spiritual adolescence and what we will call the level of Jesus in his ministry, before the resurrection. In this stage, he already has been born again, and we see the clear manifestation of a signs and wonders ministry. Authority is seen in the believer and he has a growing, healthy spiritual life. In this kingdom level, the devil already begins suffering defeats through the act of diligence of the warriors of God. The believer is ordained in the ministry, and people file him because they see the favor of God upon his life. He clearly hears the voice of God and is definitely guided by the spirit. However, he still does not have all authority.
Third level
This is a spiritual maturity in which we will call the level of resurrected Christ. Here we already enter into much more advanced kingdom levels. Here the devil has been already totally defeated, and the believer enjoys all authority. In this level the active union of all things the scene, those that are in heaven, as well as those there on earth – according to Ephesians 1:9.
This is the authority of the resurrection. This is that which Paul cried out for with all the strength, paying the price of terrible chains in the highest levels of inner death.
Philippians 3:10 – that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection
And he continues, saying: Philippians 3:12 – not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I fall after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am operated of Christ Jesus.
We have been apprehended for a kingdom without limits, were heaven and earth are bonded together, becoming one. At this level, Jesus is now a conqueror, the firstborn, with all authority. He can go to heaven in return, as when he appeared to Mary Magdalene and said:
John 20:17 – touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my father: but go to my brethren, and Santa them, I sent on the my father, and your father; and to my God, and your God.
He is also seen to appear among his disciples and then disappear.
John 20:19 – then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and set under them, peace be unto you.
Here Jesus is going to in introduce new and deep levels of the kingdom.
Acts 1:3 – doom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them 40 days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
It is at this level that we are going to see the most extraordinary spiritual battles against the high ranks of the forces of darkness, the fulfillment of the possession of Jesus Christ total and absolute victory.
Daniel 7:27 – and the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most high, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominion shall serve and obey him.
It is at this level in which heaven and earth are United, where I see the fulfillment of Hebrews 6:4 – 5:
Hebrews 6:4 – 4 it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted of the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come.
Fourth level
This is the level of the total invasion of heaven upon the earth, which we will call the level of Christ ascended to heaven and seated on the throne. It is the level of the glory of God filling all the earth, of the total restoration of all things, the level where the tabernacle worship is manifested upon the earth. It is the level of total government of the celestial over the earthly. I believe that very few will reach this level. These are those who govern with Christ and to whom he will give authority to judge.
Revelation 20:4 – and I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them
Revelation 2:26 – and he did overcome it, and keep his my works unto the end, to him will give power over the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessel of a potter shall they be broken the shivers: even as I received of my father.
Now, coming back to the matter of the new birth in relationship to the 4 kingdom levels. The big prime comes when I read, first the parable of the sewer, were definitely I see that only one fourth of the was that which came forth out of the ground and produce fruit. That is why I believe that only one fourth of those that have been impregnated with the seed of salvation really obtained it, and the other 3 4’s, for the different reasons Jesus mentioned, were aborted and need to be re-impregnated or else they will not enter eternal life. However, I also believe that Jesus would do the unspeakable in order that none will be lost.
He said clearly:
Matthew 7:21 – not everyone that saith on the me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that do with the will of my father which is in heaven.
This brings to mind another great dilemma of Scripture, which we find in Hebrews 6:4 – 6
Hebrews 6:4 – 40 is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and of tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and of tasted of the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall way, to renew them again under repentance; seen they crucified themselves a son of God are fresh, and put them to an open shame.
My question is how many Christians claim to have the Holy Spirit, speak in tongues, and are sinful, fallen river turn to the world? The answer, beloved reader, is millions. How many pastors and servants have fallen, about some of whom it is known to be soul and of others it remains hidden? Thousands. If it is impossible for them to be renewed under repentance, then they are condemned, and there is no hope for them. But, knowing the infinite love of God for us, the answer is obviously another one.
I believe the answer is found in making ourselves conscience of the different kingdom levels. I think in believe that this comes from God: that in the first 2 kingdom levels, the seat can be aborted, but that he can also be replanted through sincere repentance. And it is because of that that we see people who have left the gospel and later returned, who were restored. What we’ve just read in the epistle to the Hebrews applies only to levels 3 and 4 – those who received power of the world to come.
I believe that it is also practically impossible for someone that God allows to arrive at these last 2 levels to return to sin.
A prayer for you
I want to take this moment to pray for you, beloved reader. Perhaps, through reading these words you have realized that your seed was suffocated by the cares of this world, by sin, or that the heat of intense trials dried its rarely born spiritual life, or the devil stole it from you. The truth is that you do not feel the guidance of the Spirit in your daily life. You not hear the voice of God. You do not perceive the spiritual world, or have evident manifestations of the presence of God in your life. If this is you, allow me to pray that God would re-impregnate his spirit in you. Pray this prayer with me:
Heavenly father, I asked forgiveness for not having diligently taken care of the pearl of great price, that was your very life and me. Forgive me, because the cares and the pleasures of this world took preeminence until I stopped feeling you. Today I want to return to you with all my heart.
Take a few moments and look at the state of your soul before Jesus, nailed to the cross, dying for you. Asked Holy Spirit to reveal the condition of your soul. See your thoughts, your motives. See the force behind what is truly deciding the course of your life. And see Jesus, caring your sin in the most horrendous pain.
Do not continue reading into you can embrace Jesus crucified, and you can leave all of your sins in every one of his wounds. He suffered them due to his love for you, and this is not a light thing. This is the most important revelation in order to begin a victorious life with them.
Now, ask him, with your own words, to so his spirit in you, that he help you walk in a brightness and in holiness, and that, this time, you will take care of that seed until it bears fruit, 30, 60 and 100 fold.
And I proclaim upon his life, that from today forward, you enter into the kingdom of God is a new creature, impregnated by the spirit, and it all of the designs that the Lord has for your life will come to pass. That from today forward, you will be a victorious Christian who reaches the highest levels of his kingdom.