New Creation

Spirit and water are the agents of the first creation. Jesus doesn’t come that way. He doesn’t come by water only. Neither did renewal under the law. Cleansing came by water baths and also by shedding and distributing blood. Neither does the church. It doesn’t grow by water only, but by water and blood, when the witness of the Spirit at the water is confirmed by the witness of the Spirit of the martyrs.

Creation comes by water. New creation comes by water and blood.

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