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Originally Posted by Berkeley
if born of water is the natural physical birth, then what was the point of mentioning it??
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Because Nicodemus had asked how a man could be born when he was old --could he reenter the womb and be born a second time? Jesus explained that there are two separate births. The first birth is a natural birth and affects the natural man. When the water (actually amniotic fluid) is spilled that is the first birth. It affects the flesh part of us. That which is born of the flesh is flesh. The second birth is by the Spirit and affects the spirit man within. That which is born of (God's) Spirit is (our human) spirit.