You Must Be Born Again
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You Must be Born Again
You Must be Born Again
John 3:7 Don’t be surprised when I tell you, ‘You must all be born again.
John 3:7 Don’t be surprised when I tell you, ‘You must all be born again.
To begin with brothers and sisters, The word of God says don’t be surprised when Jesus says to us that we must be born again because it’s the basic step involved in salvation. The key phrase in this text is “You Must Be Born Again”. Let’s look at two important words Born and Again
To begin with brothers and sisters, The word of God says don’t be surprised when Jesus says to us that we must be born again because it’s the basic step involved in salvation. The key phrase in this text is “You Must Be Born Again”. Let’s look at two important words Born and Again
1. The word Born in the Greek vernacular is the word Gennao It literally means to come into existence.
1. The word Born in the Greek vernacular is the word Gennao It literally means to come into existence.
2. The second word is Again. Again in the Greek is the word Anothen (An No thin) it means to be born anew but this time to be born from above. And so when you put all of this together being born again means to be regenerated from above.
2. The second word is Again. Again in the Greek is the word Anothen (An No thin) it means to be born anew but this time to be born from above. And so when you put all of this together being born again means to be regenerated from above.
and Regeneration in simple terms is a change of heart. And so regeneration means to be Born Again. But how does this happen?
and Regeneration in simple terms is a change of heart. And so regeneration means to be Born Again. But how does this happen?
How does one become Born Again?
How does one become Born Again?
What exactly does God do in this regeneration process? This is what God does it’s a secret act of God whereby God imparts New Spiritual Life to us. So brothers and sisters Regeneration in essence is a total work of God. Meaning we did nothing to get saved and we can’t do anything to get unsaved. “It’s all God.”
What exactly does God do in this regeneration process? This is what God does it’s a secret act of God whereby God imparts New Spiritual Life to us. So brothers and sisters Regeneration in essence is a total work of God. Meaning we did nothing to get saved and we can’t do anything to get unsaved. “It’s all God.”
Tell your neighbor: It’s all God. And the text here today teaches talks and tells us about a ruler of the Jews named Nicodemus, who comes to Jesus by night. Some people say it was ill-reverent but I say it was out of great respect. Because now I can have a private conversation about Jesus’ ministry.
Tell your neighbor: It’s all God. And the text here today teaches talks and tells us about a ruler of the Jews named Nicodemus, who comes to Jesus by night. Some people say it was ill-reverent but I say it was out of great respect. Because now I can have a private conversation about Jesus’ ministry.
In verse In verses 1 and 2 We have Nicodemus the orthodox ed Jewish leader. Nicodemus tells Jesus that Jesus is a Teacher come from God and that no man can do the miracles that Jesus does except God be with Him. Because after all Jesus did make the lame to walk, the dumb to talk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see and He raised the dead. And Jesus unlike most people with either money, power or influence Jesus says something unusual.
In verse In verses 1 and 2 We have Nicodemus the orthodox ed Jewish leader. Nicodemus tells Jesus that Jesus is a Teacher come from God and that no man can do the miracles that Jesus does except God be with Him. Because after all Jesus did make the lame to walk, the dumb to talk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see and He raised the dead. And Jesus unlike most people with either money, power or influence Jesus says something unusual.
Look at verse 3 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot be in God’s kingdom.”What an unusual answer. No chit chat, no false empty rhetoric, no thank you pray for me that I may grow stronger in the Lord. No act of humility. No No No. Jesus says In frank conversation
Look at verse 3 Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot be in God’s kingdom.”What an unusual answer. No chit chat, no false empty rhetoric, no thank you pray for me that I may grow stronger in the Lord. No act of humility. No No No. Jesus says In frank conversation
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.On the surface level it seems unorthodox but on the spiritual level it makes perfect sense.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.On the surface level it seems unorthodox but on the spiritual level it makes perfect sense.
Here’s why If what the Lord has to tell me is life changing and life altering, then I want to know the truth of God about that truth. And I don’t want no pea pie patty cake answers. I don’t want you to give me an ice cream cone and the bridge is burning down and I’m about to drop 1,000 feet to my death. I want somebody with some real solutions that will throw me a life saving rope. And somebody who say hang on tight because help is on the way.
Here’s why If what the Lord has to tell me is life changing and life altering, then I want to know the truth of God about that truth. And I don’t want no pea pie patty cake answers. I don’t want you to give me an ice cream cone and the bridge is burning down and I’m about to drop 1,000 feet to my death. I want somebody with some real solutions that will throw me a life saving rope. And somebody who say hang on tight because help is on the way.
Question church, Don’t you want to hear the life saving truth concerning your life? And the great truth in this 3rd verse is Except a man be born again. Except there is a secret act of God in which God Himself imparts new Spiritual Life to us. Jesus says Except a man be Born Again. You have to have a relationship with Christ for yourself to be in right standings with God.
Question church, Don’t you want to hear the life saving truth concerning your life? And the great truth in this 3rd verse is Except a man be born again. Except there is a secret act of God in which God Himself imparts new Spiritual Life to us. Jesus says Except a man be Born Again. You have to have a relationship with Christ for yourself to be in right standings with God.
Every tub sit on its own bottom. You’ve got to want for God to come into your heart and make some changes. In John 3:4 Nicodemus said Jesus How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Well to be one that intellectualized conversations on religious maxims, Nicodemus wasn’t nearly as intuitive as Jesus thought he might be. Because in verse 5-8 Jesus give the teacher Instructions
Every tub sit on its own bottom. You’ve got to want for God to come into your heart and make some changes. In John 3:4 Nicodemus said Jesus How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Well to be one that intellectualized conversations on religious maxims, Nicodemus wasn’t nearly as intuitive as Jesus thought he might be. Because in verse 5-8 Jesus give the teacher Instructions
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. I see several things here.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. I see several things here.
1. In verse 5 Jesus is saying that you must be born of water, Meaning a natural physical birth as a human being has to occur.
1. In verse 5 Jesus is saying that you must be born of water, Meaning a natural physical birth as a human being has to occur.
2. Then we have to be born of the spirit whereby God secretly imparts to us a Regenerated heart.
2. Then we have to be born of the spirit whereby God secretly imparts to us a Regenerated heart.
Water and Spirit.
Water and Spirit.
3. In verse 6 Whatever is flesh is flesh and whatever is spirit is spirit, meaning that flesh and blood cannot enter into the kingdom of God but that flesh and blood must be transformed into spiritual life through the blood of Jesus Christ.
3. In verse 6 Whatever is flesh is flesh and whatever is spirit is spirit, meaning that flesh and blood cannot enter into the kingdom of God but that flesh and blood must be transformed into spiritual life through the blood of Jesus Christ.
4. And that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Listen the Spirit of God takes the word of God and when a sinner believes in Jesus as their Lord and Savior, Then God the Father imparts the spirit life of God into that individual, which still boils down to Regeneration,2x which is the secret act whereby God imparts new spiritual life to the believer.
4. And that which is born of the spirit is spirit. Listen the Spirit of God takes the word of God and when a sinner believes in Jesus as their Lord and Savior, Then God the Father imparts the spirit life of God into that individual, which still boils down to Regeneration,2x which is the secret act whereby God imparts new spiritual life to the believer.
5. In verse 7 Jesus tells Nicodemus Don’t be surprised!!!, don’t be all hyped up, don’t be all astonished that my doctrine states something different from all of your Rev. Dr Mr top notched smartest prognosticator Theology classes teach.
5. In verse 7 Jesus tells Nicodemus Don’t be surprised!!!, don’t be all hyped up, don’t be all astonished that my doctrine states something different from all of your Rev. Dr Mr top notched smartest prognosticator Theology classes teach.
In biblical antiquity Jesus’ doctrine took the most gifted religious leader out of him comfort zone. And Right now in the 21st century Jesus’ doctrine is still taking the top theologians out of their comfort zones, and and and I argue that even in the future Jesus’ doctrine will take us out of our comfort zones.
In biblical antiquity Jesus’ doctrine took the most gifted religious leader out of him comfort zone. And Right now in the 21st century Jesus’ doctrine is still taking the top theologians out of their comfort zones, and and and I argue that even in the future Jesus’ doctrine will take us out of our comfort zones.
Because the word of God changes not but it’s ever changing in us. Jesus said don’t marvel that you must be born again.
Because the word of God changes not but it’s ever changing in us. Jesus said don’t marvel that you must be born again.
6. because in verse 8 Jesus said the wind bloweth where it wants to, and the wind whips and howls, and we don’t know where it came from or where it is actually going.
6. because in verse 8 Jesus said the wind bloweth where it wants to, and the wind whips and howls, and we don’t know where it came from or where it is actually going.
Wind and spirit are almost sonomous because the word Spirit and wind in the Greek vernacular is the word Pneuma. it means wind or breath Jesus wraps it up and says It is the same with every person who is born from the Spirit.”and
Wind and spirit are almost sonomous because the word Spirit and wind in the Greek vernacular is the word Pneuma. it means wind or breath Jesus wraps it up and says It is the same with every person who is born from the Spirit.”and
7. in verse 9 Nicodemus asked, “How can this happen?” Nicodemus’ line of questioning tells us even though Nicodemus is a good man, and even though Nicodemus is a man of high moral character, and even though Nicodemus is demonstrating a deep religious hunger ,yet and still we see a profound spiritual blindness in Nicodemus. Listen to me The worse thing in the world for the preacher pastor teacher leader is to be a teacher that doesn’t know the word that he/she is supposed to be teaching or preaching.
7. in verse 9 Nicodemus asked, “How can this happen?” Nicodemus’ line of questioning tells us even though Nicodemus is a good man, and even though Nicodemus is a man of high moral character, and even though Nicodemus is demonstrating a deep religious hunger ,yet and still we see a profound spiritual blindness in Nicodemus. Listen to me The worse thing in the world for the preacher pastor teacher leader is to be a teacher that doesn’t know the word that he/she is supposed to be teaching or preaching.
Look at verse 10 Jesus said, “You are an important teacher in Israel, and you don’t understand these things?
Look at verse 10 Jesus said, “You are an important teacher in Israel, and you don’t understand these things?
11 I tell you the truth, we talk about what we know, and we tell about what we have seen, but you don’t accept what we tell you.
11 I tell you the truth, we talk about what we know, and we tell about what we have seen, but you don’t accept what we tell you.
12 I have told you about things here on earth, and you do not believe me. So you will not believe me if I tell you about things of heaven.
12 I have told you about things here on earth, and you do not believe me. So you will not believe me if I tell you about things of heaven.
13 The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the One who came down from heaven—the Son of Man. In verses 10-13 The implications are insulting while informative, also intuitive as well as instructive in nature. Here’s why,
13 The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the One who came down from heaven—the Son of Man. In verses 10-13 The implications are insulting while informative, also intuitive as well as instructive in nature. Here’s why,
1. Insulting because in verse 10 Jesus insults Nicodemus by telling him in essence all that bible college you still don’t know nothing.
1. Insulting because in verse 10 Jesus insults Nicodemus by telling him in essence all that bible college you still don’t know nothing.
2.Informative because in verse 11&12 because In verse 11 Jesus is saying to Nicodemus your fellow colleagues won’t submit to the authority of Christ’s witness who was Moses of the Old Testament. Then Jesus is saying in verse 12 Jesus says to Nicodemus I have used earthly illustrations to describe things to you and you did not catch on to that, so I know you cannot understand deep spiritual truths like heaven.
2.Informative because in verse 11&12 because In verse 11 Jesus is saying to Nicodemus your fellow colleagues won’t submit to the authority of Christ’s witness who was Moses of the Old Testament. Then Jesus is saying in verse 12 Jesus says to Nicodemus I have used earthly illustrations to describe things to you and you did not catch on to that, so I know you cannot understand deep spiritual truths like heaven.
3. Here is the Intuitive aspect of the text, Jesus is saying in verse 13 “I’m the only one who ever came down from heaven and I’m the ultimate sacrifice that’s going back up to heaven, because in verse 14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, the Son of Man must also be lifted up. This is an intuitive suggestion of Jesus being Jehovah Ralpha the God that heals because when Moses raised up the brass snake the Children of Israel that looked up to the brass snake were the ones who were allowed to live from the deadly snake bites in the wilderness.
3. Here is the Intuitive aspect of the text, Jesus is saying in verse 13 “I’m the only one who ever came down from heaven and I’m the ultimate sacrifice that’s going back up to heaven, because in verse 14 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, the Son of Man must also be lifted up. This is an intuitive suggestion of Jesus being Jehovah Ralpha the God that heals because when Moses raised up the brass snake the Children of Israel that looked up to the brass snake were the ones who were allowed to live from the deadly snake bites in the wilderness.
And Jesus is saying that He literally will be lifted up on a pole on a cross at Calvary for the sins of mankind.
And Jesus is saying that He literally will be lifted up on a pole on a cross at Calvary for the sins of mankind.
Start Closing slowly In verse 15 ah we find the Instructions and declarations in the text Because in verse 15 the word of God says “So that everyone who believes can have eternal life in him”. In other words those who believe in Jesus will have eternal life Because the bible says in John 3:16 Great God
Start Closing slowly In verse 15 ah we find the Instructions and declarations in the text Because in verse 15 the word of God says “So that everyone who believes can have eternal life in him”. In other words those who believe in Jesus will have eternal life Because the bible says in John 3:16 Great God
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
God so loved this old world so much that He gave us Jesus to be the propitiation to be the substitute our sins and become sin for the sins of the whole wide world.
God so loved this old world so much that He gave us Jesus to be the propitiation to be the substitute our sins and become sin for the sins of the whole wide world.
And He died on the Cross on Calvary’s Hill Oh Lord. But Early 3x Sunday Morning He Got Up!!! With All Power in His hands. Oh Yes he did!
And He died on the Cross on Calvary’s Hill Oh Lord. But Early 3x Sunday Morning He Got Up!!! With All Power in His hands. Oh Yes he did!
I’m so Glad that I’ve been Born Again yes I am . And I’m so glad that God the Father in the name of Jesus secretly by the agent of the Holy Ghost imparted new spiritual life in me so that I had a right to the tree of life. Is there anybody in here that’s glad that Jesus saved your soul made you whole picked you up and turned you around Put your feet on solid ground. Oh Lord. Thank You Jesus 3x
I’m so Glad that I’ve been Born Again yes I am . And I’m so glad that God the Father in the name of Jesus secretly by the agent of the Holy Ghost imparted new spiritual life in me so that I had a right to the tree of life. Is there anybody in here that’s glad that Jesus saved your soul made you whole picked you up and turned you around Put your feet on solid ground. Oh Lord. Thank You Jesus 3x