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impossible. We need the divine life. We need to be born again. Regeneration is the only way, the unique entrance, into the kingdom of God.
The divine life brings us into the kingdom of God. We were all born into the human king dom. No one has ever been naturalized into the kingdom of man. For example, when a dog is born, he immediately finds himself in the dog kingdom. He knows everything about being a dog. There is no need for anyone to teach him to be a dog, saying, "Little dog, you must know that you are a dog, that you are in the dog king dom, and that from now on you must bark every day." A dog is in the dog kingdom and knows all about being a dog by birth. This is why the Lord Jesus told Nicodemus that he had to be born into the kingdom of God. We cannot enter into the kingdom of God by learn ing or by being naturalized. Although you may be naturalized to be a citizen of a particular nation, you can never be naturalized into a king dom. A dog cannot be naturalized into the cat kingdom. Suppose someone would say to a dog, "Little dog, I like you. I want to change your nationality. You were born into the dog king dom, but I want to naturalize you into the cat kingdom." If you try to do this, you will cause