Admission Requirements: The Case Of Heaven
John 3
KJV
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.
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.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Every human institution requires entry qualifications, in the case of the spiritual these are the words of the Spiritual Chief Registrar stating in unambiguous terms the requirement one must possess if he/she wants to be admitted into Heaven.
Just as we have Physical Registrars, even so do we have the Spiritual whose requirements must be satisfied to gain admission
The Spiritual Chief Registrar emphasized the need to be born again as a precondition, a new birth which is different and distinct from what all went through to be admitted into the physical world.
Hear him ;
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit”
To show the difference between the physical and spiritual, hear Him
“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit”
Through physical birth, we were all admitted into the physical world. But to be admitted into the spiritual we must be born anew this time by water and spirit.
All who desire to gain admission to Heaven must meet these conditions; which everyone who has obeyed the words of the Spiritual Chief Registrar have done!
1 Corinthians 12
KJV
13+ For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:13
NIV
[13] For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body---whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free---and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
When did this take place? The day you willingly surrendered to be immersed and die to the flesh and its desires. That was the day you were born anew.
Admission therefore is granted to all who have met this requirement! There is no protocol admission, nothing like fee-paying, or whom you know.
“Except a man be born again, he cannot **see** the kingdom of God.
“Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot **enter** into the kingdom of God”.
To “see” is one thing; to “enter” is another. Some may “see” but will not enter! But who are these one may ask?
O these are “sympathizers”. These are those who have nothing against Christianity but will not be part of it. They do good, and live upright moral lives but are not committed to Jesus.
It is like a political party, there are members and there are sympathizers. The members are those who are registered, have party cards and pay dues. Mostly they are few.
The sympathizers are those who love, follow and vote for the party, they are unknown to the party!
The difference is when the party wins only the registered, card-bearing, dues-paying members who are rewarded. Sympathizers “see the kingdom “ but are denied any share in it.
There are many today who are “ Christian sympathizers “who are yet to be “ born of water and the spirit” so they can enter as full members.
Think again, are you a “sympathizer” or a “member? “
Maranatha!