Christian spirituality: Children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. John 1:13

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The Gospel of John, unlike the other Gospels, does not tell us about the childhood of Jesus, the Gospel of John begins with the baptism of Jesus and the call to the first disciples of the Kingdom.
And the apostle John, when he explained to us about Jesus, he told us about how the verb became flesh, that is, how the wisdom from above was personified in Christ, and this is very important in the christian spirituality, because later in his gospel with the seven affirmations of "I am", the evangelist explained to us why Our Lord Jesus is the "son of man."
And in front of this personified wisdom, the evangelist taught us, are the children of the world and the children of God. In the New Testament, the flesh and the spirit are opposite natures, sin and righteousness are paths that we must choose, and Jesus with his grace and mercy (compassion, kindness, gentleness) came to the world to give us that help to overcome the forces of the world and thus achieve the spiritual gift of eternal life, that is, the contemplative life, the adoration of the divine attributes of God: "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent" John 17:3.
This is how the gospel tells us how Our Lord Jesus, as the new Adam, came to save all those who believe in his name:
"The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God" John 1:9-13.
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