Being Born Again
Nicodemus comes to the Lord and receives teaching from Him. We are taught of being born again.
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Quote/Principle
This quote beautifully ties in a analogy of nature with how we can change with the help of our Savior we can be born again.
The intellectual Nicodemus was impressed with the miracles of Jesus; but even with extensive knowledge of the scriptures, he could not grasp the doctrine of spiritual rebirth, the transformation of the human soul, what it means to be born again. Nature provides some striking parallels. Cecil B. DeMille shared this experience: "One day as I was lying in a canoe, a big black beetle... climbed up to the canoe. I watched it idly for some time. Under the heat of the sun , the beetle proceeded to die. Then a strange thing happened. His glistening black shell cracked all the way down the back. Out of it came a shapeless mass, quickly transformed into beautifully, brilliantly-colored life... There gradually unfolded iridescent wings from which the sunlight flashed a thousand colors ... The blue-green body took shape. Before my eyes had occurred a metamorphosis--the transformation of a hideous beetle into a gorgeous dragonfly ...I had witnessed ... a miracle. Out of the mud had come a beautiful new life. And the thought came to me that if the Creator works such wonders with the lowliest of creatures, what may not be in store for the human spirit!" My testimony today is that through Jesus Christ we can be born again. We can change. We can change completely. And we can stay changed.
J. Richard Clarke; April 1993, General Conference
Ornament
This ornament ties is with the quote. We all need to be born again through Jesus Christ and become gorgeous butterflies.
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