Psalm 139:13 English Standard Version (ESV) For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

Life begins at conception. The parents are the parents no matter what happens.

Being born again in the spirit is exactly the same. We are children of the living God no matter what happens.

If a child is born blind the parents are still the parents. We are children of God if we remain spiritually blind, we are still children of God.

Now there is nothing human parents can do about a child born blind.

God is not powerless to leave us spiritually blind.

How can we see without having some sense of what to look for?

The television is on and the show is picturing beautiful waterfalls in Norway. I can see this beauty without being there. If I want to see it for myself, I must go there to see it for myself.

Preachers and teachers paint a picture of the kingdom of God. We get to glimpse into the kingdom without going there. It is beautiful, just like our large screen 4K television. We can go there and see it for ourselves but just like a trip to Norway, we must put in the effort to get there to see it for ourselves.

We can learn from the parable of the Ten Virgins that we must buy oil for our lamps for ourselves and no one will do it for us.

Psalm 119:105 English Standard Version (ESV) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

If the only Word we get is from our teachers and pastors on Sunday we may enjoy the picture but we will never get there without investing time in the Word by ourselves, buying the oil.

Time is the only thing we can invest in opening our spiritual eyes.

John 1:12 English Standard Version (ESV) But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

How old were you when you believed by saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ?

There will be some who have never heard it put to them in that manner. The gospel is preached to us in very simple terms. 

The only gospel that addresses the issue of being born again is the last gospel, the gospel of John. It is the only gospel that is not synoptic. There is a reason for this and its order was preordained by God. It is the same reason that the word predestined was not mentioned in any of the gospels and does not appear until Acts.

We were not spiritually developed enough to accept those truths. At least not yet.

John 3:3 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

It is difficult for a new believer to understand when they are born again that they are born spiritually blind. They have heard and read the gospel and they believe in Christ and upon their baptism they wake up in the world that is visually the same. They are yet to see the spiritual kingdom.

The reason I asked how old you were when you believed by saving faith in our Lord Jesus Christ is because many of us seek to come to Him as just our savior. We have not yet seen Him as Lord. That identity is spiritual and is not seen with earthly eyes,

Just as babies that are introduced to their earthly parents, those identities come into focus as the natural eye adjusts to being alive. They recognize their parents by repetition of relationships. They see nothing of the world until the parents introduce them little by little as they are ready to receive those experiences.

The kingdom of God is no different. We will not see into the spiritual realm when and how the Lord our God deems us ready to receive those truths. The truth that opens our eyes to more truth is the one where we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and submit to Him.

No one is a servant until we submit to His Lordship.