Something New

Hold onto your hats and grab your seats!  Something extraordinary and impossible to comprehend is out there in those words of the Prologue.  While it might all be described as something which takes your breath away, verse 12and 13 is that and more!  "But, to all who received Him (the Word, Jesus), He gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God."   How can we read such a word and not be blown away?  Even though our first name is sinner and our last name is man (or woman), Christ has the power to make us children of God.

 

This extraordinary word is the prelude to the 3rd chapter of John which tells the story of Nicodemus.  To this nighttime stalker Jesus said, "...no one can see the kingdom of God without being born anew."  (John 3:3) When Nicodemus asked, "How can anyone be born after growing old?" (John 3:4), Jesus assured Him it could happen through the power of the Spirit of God.  An amazing word is being cast out into the span of time for all people. 

 

Some folks settle short of what Jesus is saying.  Some folks believe the Christian faith is about starting over, but it is about more.  Some say it is about being better, but better is still far short of what the Word is proclaiming.   And some will settle for being made good and decent and moral and upright, but still not enough.  What Christ has been given the power to do is to make those believe in Him new.  When we say "Yes" to Jesus, a person who has never before existed or lived comes into existence and it is accomplished by the power of the One sent from God to live among us.