Section 9
than Nicodemus? He was a man of a superior standard, high attainment, and morality.
When Nicodemus came to the Lord Jesus, the Lord took the opportunity to reveal the true need of mankind. In His conversation with Nicodemus, the Lord revealed that regardless of how good we are, we still need regeneration. Regeneration is the first need of man. Moral people, as well as immoral people, need regeneration. Many Chris tians hold the mistaken concept that people need regeneration simply because they are fallen. How ever, if man had never fallen, he still would have needed regeneration. Even if Adam had not fallen he still would have needed regeneration. That is why God put him in front of the tree of life. If Adam had partaken of the tree of life, he would have been regenerated.
Since we are human beings, we all have a human life. The problem is not a matter of whether or not our human life is good or bad. Regardless of the kind of human life we have, as long as we do not have the divine life, we need to be regen erated. To be regenerated simply means to have the divine life besides our human life. God's eter nal purpose is that man be a vessel to contain the divine life. Our being with our human life is a vessel to contain God as life. The divine life is