For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
This concluded the Lord's interview with Nicodemus, an interview reported only in part, we may be sure; but enough was recorded to make it one of the most significant ever to occur on earth.  Here was enunciated, probably for the first time, the doctrine of the new birth; and, from Jesus' words in this interview, there can be no doubt that this doctrine lies at the very heart of Christianity.  The conclusion is established beyond any question that in order to enter fellowship with God, one must be baptized into Christ and receive the Holy Spirit - such is the sacred and eternal law laid down here by the Lord.  Let every man ask himself, therefore, if indeed he has been born of water and the Spirit!