Ye Must Be Born Again!

John 3:3 “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.”

This is the question everyone who attends church services knows, do I need to be born again? And the answer, almost all Pastors will give you is yes! The problem is, how? How does one become a true born again Christian? Well this is the problem, you ask ten different Pastors and you may very well get ten different answers. Some Pastors are as dumb as Nicodemus was on this subject. The only way to understand God’s plan of salvation is to read and study His word. However some men seem to follow customs and traditions rather than God’s word to arrive at an answer. If we search the true meaning of words it really gets pretty simple. The two words “born again” come from two Greek words that mean “to be delivered of” and “from above” so therefore if you put these two words together “born again” they simply means to be delivered from above and folks it is truly that simple. While there is a lot that goes into it from man on earth i.e. the planting and watering of the seed (the gospel) the actual new birth comes from above and that is from God. Jesus goes on to tell Nicodemus in John 3:5 “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.” The water here refers to the natural birth process and this is proven in verse 6 “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” And to be born of the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Anyone who makes it mean anything else is simply misunderstood of God’s word and has not properly studied God’s word. We want to go back to verse five to where Jesus said you must be born of the Spirit. Now add this statement with the statement in verse 3 to be delivered from above and here is your answer you must be born from above by the Holy Spirit of God and the conclusion is that God saves sinners. The only thing man has to do with salvation is we plant and water the seed there is no way possible we can breath life into the seed. Life in any form comes from God, He breathed life into Adam and He breathed life into every born again believer who has ever or will ever be saved.

Jesus goes on to say in verse 15 “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” There are a lot of men confused about this subject also. Paul tells us in Romans 10:10 “For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” While Jesus tells us to believe, Paul goes on to tell us that believing is in our heart and our heart is the inner-man which is the inner-spirit that resides in us all. This is why it takes God to breath life in our spirit before we can believe Ephesians 2:1 “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;” Folks man can create all various way for you to be saved however there is only one way and that is God’s way. All of their various ways will not produce one single believer, only non-believers and they are convinced they are believers, but their faith is only a false hope. If you have not been born from above by the Holy Spirit then you are not saved no matter how much faith you have. Folks, now is the time for a faith check, do not trust your salvation to the hands of man but to the word of God. John 5:39 “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” Remember what Jesus told Nicodemus “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Have you been born of the Spirit of God or has someone told you that you have? Your answer will let you know whether or not you pass the faith check.