‘You must be born from above.’ (Jn 3:7)
To be born from above is to be born of God. As the Fourth Gospel says:
But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man's decision but of God. (Jn 1:12-13)
Perhaps that’s why the Risen Lord says to Mary Magdalene: “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God’” (Jn 20:17) To be born from above means we are members of God’s new family of grace, sisters and brothers of the Risen Lord Jesus.
