Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old ... made us alive together with Christ-by grace you have been saved.” Again, He must sovereignly make us alive.

He ignored his polite request and told Nicodemus that if he wanted to enter the Kingdom of God he had to be born again. The argument went something like this; (Jesus) “You must be born again”.

Here He is speaking, not to a criminal, but to a pious religious man. Thus, being “born again” indicates a radical change, ...