what does it mean by Born of water?
"born of water" is = to "born of flesh"....
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
(Jesus is using
physical birth as an earthly example to help the spiritually blind nicodemus see His point)
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
(again Nicodemus is unable to understand this spiritual lesson even with an earthly example of birth so he uses his earthly reasoning to question Jesus about being
born of flesh two times)
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
(still speaking of
brith and trying to relate the two....
born of water = anatomical fluid =
born of flesh and
born of the Spirit = when God makes His children new)
6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
(again further explaining the two births....
born of flesh/born of water = natural birth Spirit = born of God)
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be
born again......