John 3:7-15
Do not be astonished that I said to you, “You must
be born from above.” The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of
it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with
everyone who is born of the Spirit.’ Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can these
things be?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do
not understand these things?
‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know
and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. If I
have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe
if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven except the
one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever
believes in him may have eternal life.
Reflection
Would the question asked
by Nicodemus: ‘How
can these things be?’ be the same question that I ask to Jesus as well?
How do I understand that earthly things are relevant
to heavenly things?