Born of water and Spirit

Now there was a man from the Pharisees, Nicodemus by name, a ruler of the Jews. This one came to him by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one is able to do these signs that you are doing, if God is not with him. Jesus answered and said to him, Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you, If someone has not been born anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.  Nicodemus says to him, How is a man able to be born when he is elderly? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb a second-time and to be born again, is he? Jesus answered, Assuredly, assuredly, I am saying to you, If someone has not been born out of water and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God! What has been born from the flesh is flesh, and what has been born from the Spirit is spirit.  Do not marvel that I said to you, It is essential for you to be born anew.  The Spirit is blowing where he wills and you hear his voice, but do not know from where he is coming and where he is going, so is everyone who has been born from the Spirit.  - John 3:1-8 MLV

The phrase in question is in verse five:  "gennēthē ex hydatos kai Pneumatos" = born of water and Spirit. See the full Greek of verse five here:  http://biblehub.com/interlinear/john/3-5.htm

The purpose of this blog is to discuss Jesus in general and this "requirement" that Jesus gives in order to enter the kingdom of God.  I plan on discussing Scripture, books on the topic, history and just capture my general thoughts and musings on subjects that interest me like discipleship of Jesus, conversion, baptism, the Trinity, type-antitype constructions, etc.  Sometimes this blog will merely serve as my stream-of-consciousness on topics, and other times I hope that it will be a resource for all those seeking Biblical truth about conversion and discipleship.  

That's all for now.  Welcome to "Born of water and Spirit", the blog.

Be strong in the grace,

Fenton