born of water

[thephnxman]

Originally Posted by jfrog

John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
John 3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
What the "baptism and spirit filled required for the new birth believers" confess is that only "being born of the Spirit" makes one half-born again. Yet, Jesus spoke of those "born of the Spirit" as if they were fully born again. How can that be?

We should read the full context in the scriptures.

If someone at point A asked how to get from point A to point C, and was told that he must pass through point B: would you suppose that he went through point B, if you later saw that same person at point C?

"He that is born of the flesh is flesh; and he that is born of the Spirit is spirit." Jesus must have known that to get from the flesh to the Spirit, a person must pass through the waters (obedience)!