John 3:12

John 3:12. If I have told you earthly things,-

Things that take place here below, such as the new birth, -

John 3:12. And ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

Christ will not go on to teach us the deepest doctrines of the Christian faith if we will not learn that which is simplest. Shall the boy be taught the classics if he will not study the spelling-book? If men will not believe that there is such a thing as the new birth, shall they be taught the doctrine of union to Christ, and all those higher truths that rise out of it? They would not believe these things if they were taught them.