Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 3:6-7

"That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew." — John 3:6-7 (ASV)

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.

Nicodemus was well born, no doubt; probably, he was a pure Jew; yet he must be born again.

And you may have descended from a long line of saints, your parents may be in the Church of Christ, and your parents' parents, too; but still the truth remains, that which is born of the flesh is flesh, at its very best. It cannot rise above that which gave it birth; it is only flesh.

You must be born again. There is no hope for you apart from the new birth from above.

You cannot see, and you cannot enter, the kingdom of God merely by your first birth. Birthright-membership is a great delusion, for that which is born of the flesh is flesh; and only that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.