Earlier he had affirmed to Nicodemus that water and the Spirit enable us to enter into the Kingdom of God, referring to John’s baptizing with water, and Spirit baptism at Pentecost. In the context of the discourse on the bread of life, Christ explained to his disciples that he would come to them and upon them as they partook of the Lord’s Supper: With the condition that these emblems profit nothing, unless the Holy Spirit has come upon us. It is the Holy Spirit who revives, the flesh is of no value. Christ’s Spirit alone assures his Presence in the believers.
Mapema alikuwa amemsisitizia Nekodemo kwamba, maji na Roho itatuwezesha kuingia katika Ufalme wa Mungu, kwa kurejea ubatizo wa Yohana na kubatizwa na Roho wakati wa Pentekoste. Katika maelezo yake kuhusu mkate wa uzima, Kristo aliwaelezea wanafunzi wake kwamba, atawajia na kuwa ndani yao wanaposhiuriki Ushirika Utakatifu: Kwa hali ya kwamba, alama hizi za mkate na divai hazisaidii kitu, isipokuwa Roho Mtakatifu ametujia kwanza. Ni Roho Mtakatifu tu anayehuisha - mwili hauna thamani . Roho wa Kristo tu ndiye anayetuhakikishia kuwepo kwake Bwana ndani yetu waumini.