“There is a yearning in the human heart for the Divine–but also a
yearning for sin. ...Yeshua told Nicodemus [that] a new birth, a conversion so radical [is required] that we do
indeed become new people. And to be perfectly blunt, most people don’t
want that. They don’t want the sacrifice of ego that it takes to admit
that one is depraved to the core and is in desperate need of redemption.
They don’t want to give up the pleasures of a well-kept slave and take
on the responsibilities and sacrifice that are duties of true freedmen. They want an instant gratification that makes them feel
spiritual without making them give up their favourite vices”. Michael Bugg
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