John 3:6 - Plain English Version6 You see, everybody is born from a human mother, that’s how our bodies get life. But if people get born again from God’s Holy Spirit, then the Holy Spirit gives new life to their spirits too. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17696 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition6 What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible6 Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Ver Capítulo |
And it wasn’t only you mob that were bad. We were all bad. We were like those other people in this world. We did whatever we wanted to do. We did whatever made us feel good. We did whatever our own bodies and minds told us to do. And that made God angry with us, just like he is angry with everyone else.
You know that the Jewish people do a young man operation on their baby boys. Well, when you joined on to Jesus, God did something like that to you. He didn’t cut away a part of your body, but it was like he did an operation on your spirit. He cut away a bad part from your spirit. That was the bad part that made you want to do bad things.
You see, sometimes doing bad things makes people feel good. But people that belong to Jesus Christ stop doing those bad things. That bad part inside them might make them feel like doing those bad things, but they don’t take any notice of it any more. It is like they nailed it to a cross and killed it.
You know, we all have a bad part in us that wants us to do bad things. And at first, when we didn’t believe in Jesus, that bad part in us was our boss. And when that law told us not to do bad things, that bad part in us made us think about those bad things and want to do them, and so we did them anyway. So we had to die.
Thank God, Jesus Christ can make us free. He is the answer. God made a way for us to be free. Jesus will be our new leader, and he is stronger than that old boss inside us. This is what I have been saying up until now. We ourselves, we really want to do things that are right, but we have a bad part in us that is our boss, and it makes us do things that are wrong.