READ John 3 COMMENTARY: : 5      Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (1080 “born” [gennao] means bring forth, bedelivered, give birth, procreate, conceived, or gracious act of God to produce spiritual children.) DEVOTION: Jesus is stating something very significant when HE uses “verily” twice in this verse. HE wants Nicodemus to listen intently to what HE is about to say. Nicodemus was a religious leader who had questions regarding spiritual matters. He knew that Jesus was a teacher come from God and wanted to pick HIS brain regarding these spiritual matters. Jesus starts right out informing HIM that he must be have a new birth. This new spiritual birth had to come from above. That is what born again means. It…