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b'This passage starts off talking about being born again\\u201d \\u2026 what does that mean? And why must one be \\u201cborn again\\u201d in order to enter the Kingdom of God? And what about Matthew 19 where Jesus says a rich person can\\u2019t enter the Kingdom of God and must sell everything and give it to the poor?\\nAs you can tell, there\\u2019s A LOT going on here.\\nWe also look talk about verses 16 & 17 in this passage. You know, the whole \\u201cGod so loved the world bit\\u2026\\u201d verse 17 says that Jesus came to send save the world not just some of us. Why do we leave that part out? And what does the \\u201cKingdom of God\\u201d and \\u201ceternal life\\u201d even mean? In Luke 17, Jesus tells us that the Kingdom of God is already among us. So what\\u2019s going on there?\\nWe talk about all that \\u2014 and more \\u2014\\xa0in this week\\u2019s episode.\\nIf you want even more queering scripture, Sanctuary Collective might be right for you. There are lessons and books and resources on how to do this queering Scripture yourself and a community of LGBTQ Christians and straight, cisgender supporters from around the world to discuss faith and life with.\\nRead the transcript (PDF)\\nJohn 3:1-17\\nThere was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, \\u201cRabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could do these miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.\\u201d\\nJesus answered, \\u201cI assure you, unless someone is born anew, it\\u2019s not possible to see God\\u2019s kingdom.\\u201d\\nNicodemus asked, \\u201cHow is it possible for an adult to be born? It\\u2019s impossible to enter the mother\\u2019s womb for a second time and be born, isn\\u2019t it?\\u201d\\nJesus answered, \\u201cI assure you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, it\\u2019s not possible to enter God\\u2019s kingdom. Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. Don\\u2019t be surprised that I said to you, \\u2018You must be born anew.\\u2019 God\\u2019s Spirit blows wherever it wishes. You hear its sound, but you don\\u2019t know where it comes from or where it is going. It\\u2019s the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit.\\u201d\\nNicodemus said, \\u201cHow are these things possible?\\u201d\\n\\u201cJesus answered, \\u201cYou are a teacher of Israel and you don\\u2019t know these things? I assure you that we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you don\\u2019t receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you don\\u2019t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Human One. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so must the Human One be lifted up so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won\\u2019t perish but will have eternal life. God didn\\u2019t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.\\nThe post How to enter the Kingdom of God \\u2013 John 3:1-17 appeared first on Queer Theology.'