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siah, the antitype of Moses; and thus consecrating to me you will be begotten of the Father to a new Mfe and the di- vine nature, which, if it develop and become quickened, will insure your being born a new creature, a spirit being, in the first resurrection, and as such you shall not only see but share the Kingdom-,

The change to be wrought by this new birth of the Spirit is truly great, Nicodemusj for that which is born of the flesh is flesh, but that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Wonder not, then, at my first statement, that you must be begotten from above ere you can understand, know and ap- preciate the things of which you inquire. " Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 1 * The difference between your present condition, born of the flesh, and the condition of those born of the Spirit, who shall enter into or constitute the Kingdom I am preaching, is very great. Let me give you an illustration by which you will gain some idea of the beings who, when born of the Spirit, will constitute this Kingdom: "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound there* of, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it go- eth so is every one that is born of the Spirit." As the wind blows here and there, you cannot see it, though it ex* erts an influence all about you. You know not whence it comes nor where it goes. This is as good an illustration as I can give you of those born of the Spirit in the resur- redlion, those who will "enter into*' or constitute the Kingdom which J am now preaching. They will all be as invisible as the wind, and men, not born of the Spirit, will neither know whence they come nor whither they go.

Nicodemus. How can this be? invisible beings!

Jesus. " Art thou a master in Israel, and knowcst not these things?" that spirit beings can be present, yet invis- ible? Have you, who attempt to teach others, never read

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