The Blog of Patrick Vincent

“How can these things be?” – Nicodemus (John 3:9)

You must be born again; this is the Doctrine of Regeneration. Without the new birth, one cannot even see the kingdom of God let alone enter it.

This is all a sovereign work of God’s wondrous grace.

“But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” – John 3:21

D.A. Carson calls this person the “light-lover.” He is contrasted with the light-hater in verse 20.

This weird phrasing means the person who is living biblically comes to the light, not out of pride or arrogance, but to exalt God. It’s to glorify the Creator, not Self.

Doing the truth is done in light of God’s sovereignty.

“His Name shall endure forever: His Name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in Him: all nations shall call Him blessed.” – Psa. 72:17

the literal translation of the Hebrew is “His name is to the age, Before the sun is His name continued, And they bless themselves in Him, All nations do pronounce him happy.”

Spurgeon says, “Christ is the only need of every heart.”

There is no other response but: Crown Him Lord of all.