The only begotten Son
John 3: 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Being born again means fully becoming a new person. The only way to do this is to obey Acts 2:38. People take this too lightly and bring it down to meaning almost nothing. Some say all that is necessary is to just believe. That is like saying all one needs to be born is to take a walk. Almost everyone believes but few are really born of the Spirit.
Nicodemus shows how it is when you can only think naturally or carnally. That is where almost everyone is. .. carnal minded… taking Scripture as natural. It is SPIRITUAL and must be spiritually discerned. But he had one thing that he needed to find the truth… he wanted to know and asked Jesus to tell him the answer.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
Jesus is now preparing Nicodemus to receive something spiritual or heavenly.
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
This verse is so slaughtered by folks who have no spiritual understanding. They accept a lie that this proves that Jesus was alive in heaven before he was born to Mary. That is not the right answer. That is carnal thinking. If that is the right answer how is it that he was right then in heaven? The Heaven that he is speaking of means being spiritual minded.
See, Jesus has said if I tell you earthly things and you can’t understand them how will you understand if I tell you heavenly things. Then he proceeds to tell Nicodemus heavenly things. So the spiritual understanding is this heaven.
This chapter in John has been so misunderstood and taught wrong that it has tripped up millions of souls.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life
V 15: whosoever believeth in him SHOULD NOT PERISH. See? That does not say he absolutely will not perish as the liars teach. Should not … Here is an exact quote from a dictionary of the meaning of SHOULD: 1. indicating a desirable or expected state.
2. used to indicate what is probable.
3. referring to a possible event or situation.
Now it pays to study; look up words. The true meaning is not that this believing absolutely assures one of salvation; and especially as some add to it… [no matter what you do from now on; such slaughter of the Word of God].
It is saying that if you truly believe what God said about Jesus and being born again, then you should not let something keep you from obtaining eternal life. IT is not saying that the belief assures you all by itself. IT is saying that it gives you the means to go on and obtain eternal life. BUT THIS REQUIRES BEING BORN AGAIN. Believing does not give new birth!
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Now! This verse is one of the most distorted verses in all Scripture and is used to deceive millions into thinking they obtained eternal life when they are not even close. Once again it is not saying that this belief absolutely assures you of everlasting life. It is saying that it gives you the means of obtaining this wonderful gift. ‘Should not’ means that since you believe, do not allow others things to keep you from the goal.
I know this will be disputed by almost everyone because they already believe the lie.
In the first place they do not know who the only BEGOTTEN SON IS. They believe that Mary’s baby is this begotten son. This is where the real error lies.
Go back to verse six:
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
If you say that Mary’s baby is the begotten son, or even that he is God, then you are saying that he was not born of flesh. You are denying the humanity of Jesus and this makes you an antichrist.
Let me prove right here that Jesus was born of flesh:
Acts 2: 29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
The above is saying that Jesus was of the loins of David. And there is more proof:
31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
The above verse is saying that it is the resurrected one that is Christ. This is also proven in Roman 1, which I will show in a bit. This is very important to know if you want real truth.
36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Most people just give this chapter a hit and a miss and never really see into its depth; thereby deceiving most people.
V36 is saying that God made Jesus to be BOTH LORD AND CHRIST. Jesus had to be made Lord and Christ. He did this by being obedient in all things to God. God highly exalted Jesus to have this glory. It was not when he was a flesh man, before his resurrection. This is shown in Hebrews 1.
Acts 3: 22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
This proves that Jesus was a man, a prophet; the promised Prophet like unto Moses. This is what those Israelites were looking for; they knew that this had been prophesied. They were not looking for a god in human flesh or as the lies says, an incarnate god. Those words are not one time mentioned in all the Word of God. It had not been prophesied. The Lord will do nothing that he did not prophesy by the OT prophets.
Acts 13:22 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
Of this MAN’S SEED. How can anyone deny this? Mary, a woman, did not have man’s seed. It had to come from Joseph, which Scripture declares several times that Jesus is the son of Joseph. It was accomplished by the Holy Ghost; not sex. This is what people are missing.
Luke 1: 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
‘His Father, DAVID.’ So is God the son of David; of the seed of David? The root of Jessie?
Isaiah 11 11 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: 2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
So you who say this baby, Jesus, was God, you are saying that God was a rod out of the stem of Jesse? God came from the loins of Jesse? See where this lie takes you!
[ shall be called the Son of the Highest…. That shall be is FUTURE TENSE. ]
Now to show where the BEGOTTEN comes in: Romans 1: 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; [this is three witnesses that Jesus was of the seed of David.]
4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
The resurrection from the dead. That is how Jesus was declared to be the Son of God.
Colossians 1: 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
The FIRSTBORN from the DEAD; [MARY?] THE DEAD? NO WAY.
And the confirming Scripture: Rev. 1: 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Jesus Christ, first BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD. How much Scripture will you continue to call a lie to uphold your false doctrine?
John 3: 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
The name of the only BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD. The only begotten Son of God is the resurrected Jesus Christ. This is the Christ; the anointed one; Christ is the anointing Spirit. If God had not raised Jesus from the dead we would have no salvation. His death did not provide this for us; his resurrection did. Paul said if the dead rise not our faith is vain and ye are yet in your sins. Without this resurrected [begotten] Son of God, we would have no hope; no salvation.
Now for the most distorted verse in all Scripture: John 1: 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
In the beginning was the Word; [ the spoken thoughts of God.] The word was God. Jesus was not God. The Word was God. Jesus said the words I speak are not mine but the Father’s who sent me. So those words, spoken by Jesus, was/is God; not the man, Jesus.
We beheld his glory… When? What was the glory? Isa 53 said of Jesus, when we see him there is no beauty that we should desire him. That beauty is the same as the glory. There was no glory to be seen TILL THE RESURRECTION.
That was when the Word was made flesh. But what kind of flesh is it speaking of? There again is the lies told to deceive the world.
John again has the answer: 6: 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Meat is the same as flesh. All words in Scripture have at least two words that mean the same thing. This is how every word is confirmed. So here flesh and meat are the same. But there are two different kinds of meat or flesh.
One is natural food for the belly. But the other is Spiritual TRUTH to feed our souls. THIS IS THE FLESH THAT JESUS ATE TO GIVE TO HIM ETERNAL LIFE.
I know that you all think this means that Jesus is the word; not this is the I am or the Father’s spirit speaking in or through Jesus. He said my words are not mine. Learn spiritual discernment to get free of the damning lies.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
That is God the Father speaking through Jesus. He said several times, the words I speak are not mine but the Father’s.
He is going to show what the bread that comes down from Heaven is:
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
[see, the Jews were carnal minded and thought he was speaking of his own human body, as you all do].
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man AND drink his blood…
So you who say the word was made flesh…. And that this means the baby Jesus… Tell us.. How are you going to EAT THAT FLESH? Jesus said you must take a bite of his …what? Arm? Leg? Belly? What? How are you going to eat his flesh…. Don’t mock this because it is exactly what you are believing and teaching.
Drink my blood? If you say it means his natural, human blood, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DRINK IT?
And you must do so to have eternal life. Did you drink some of the blood yet? If so, how? You may not like this but it is what you need. How else will you ever see the truth and find eternal life? This is something that Jesus said you must do to have eternal life. Eat his flesh.
If the flesh is what the word became, and it means the baby Jesus; the man, Jesus, then you must find a way to get a bite of that natural body. You must find a way to drink some of that natural blood. If that is what this is speaking about.
But we are not finished yet; hold on:
58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. [Jesus said this flesh is the bread THAT CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN> SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO EAT IT?]
If you think it was the natural man, Mary’s son, then you have to go eat some of that human body. Drink some of that natural human blood. If you think that is what came down from heaven. Be honest. Your eternal life depends on getting this right.
If you wish to lose eternal life to cling to someone’s lies, so be it. But if someone out there wants the truth, here it is.
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Those disciples also murmured at this for they also thought he was speaking about his own human body. So if you see the son of man ascend up where he was before? And you think that means the baby Jesus came down from heaven… then you must go take a bite of that baby/man. This carnality is why those disciples and the jews walked away from him. They had no understanding of Spiritual things. But Jesus did not leave us in the dark; He explained it here.
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
The FLESH prophet NOTHING? WHAT? BUT HE JUST SAID IT GIVES ETERNAL LIFE. NOW IT PROFITS NOTHING? SEE?
IT COULD NOT BE SPEAKING OF HIS HUMAN BODY.
So his human body, or Mary’s baby/son, is not this flesh that we must eat to have eternal life and therefore it is not the flesh that the word was made into. It is not the flesh or bread that came down from heaven. This son of man is spiritual ; not natural. It is totally spiritual else you must go eat a natural human body!
If you cannot understand this, you cannot understand simple English.
It is the Spirit that quickens or makes alive. It is the Spirit of Christ. The Holy Ghost. Here it is: THE WORDS …. THE WORDS. THAT I …SPEAK… UNTO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE.
So there it is plain as day: It is the WORD OF GOD THAT IS THE FLESH AND IT IS THE WORD OF GOD THAT WE MUST EAT AND DRINK. The eating and drinking is SPIRITUAL It means understanding the Word of God as SPIRITUAL TRUTH
When you believe lies and teach lies you are of the devil and have no life in you; for without the spiritual truth of God’s word you have no life-giving bread or flesh.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
So, how did God give his only begotten Son? It means the risen Christ; the one who was resurrected from the Dead… he is given to us to believe in and eat and drink and marry and become one with. Eat his flesh = understand the spiritual truth of Scripture. God gave that to us. It is our Saviour. It is spiritual.
By: Jo Smith ~~~ April 4, 2026
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