Heavenly Doctrine (Chadwick) n. 204

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204. The Lord teaches this in John:

Unless one is born of water and spirit, one cannot enter the kingdom of God. John 3:5

Water in the spiritual sense is the truth of faith drawn from the Word, spirit is living in accordance with it, and being born is being regenerated by these.


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