“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.” John 3:3
Salvation is probably the most debated subject in the world, even among those who call themselves “Christians” there is much debate. In the end it will be the one single issue that will deliver you the most glory it your right or punishment if you’re wrong. Those that are wrong will without question will spend eternity in the lake of fire. Sin has brought much bad to man, when Adam sinned God counted all mankind sinners, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Romans 5:12 This means that we are all sinners in Adam, we are not condemned for our own sins, we were born sinners, we are born with dead spirits, we were born condemned. “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” John 3:18 This is what God was talking about in Romans 5:19 “For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Notice in verse 12 God used the word (all) which includes everyone born on this earth. Here in verse 19 God uses the word (many) not once but twice, but why, please remember this, God does not play with words, when God uses a word, it has a direct meaning. In verse 12 God is referring to every soul born, in verse 19 God breaks these lost souls into two groups, the vessels of honor and the vessels fitted for destruction. When God says “For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners…” These must be the one’s condemned to eternal hell because of Adams Sin and will never be redeemed. The second group, “…so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” These must be the one’s that will be redeemed by the Lamb of God, who are made righteous in Jesus Christ by being born again. For that “many” that were “…so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.” Paul wrote in verse 21 “That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” The words, “sin hath reigned unto death” means sin has enslaved them unto death with no escape on their own. However, for the second many, “…grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.” These group will be born again and be redeemed by the blood by the Lamb by grace reigning in them. Not every living soul will be saved, God never gave every living soul His gift of “salvation grace” only this second “many” in verse 19 will ever be saved.
Jesus told Nicodemus that he must be born again, these words means that one must be born from above, and anew. The old man is condemned by the sin of Adam, their spirit is born dead and unable to respond to God’s word. They cannot hear it, they cannot believe it, they cannot receive it because they are dead. There must be a quickening first, that is the spirit in a person must be made alive, life comes from God only. Read this very slowly and powerfully to yourself, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: (13) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:12 – 13 We must be born of God, by God, and through Jesus Christ and by grace. Only a remnant will, all other are condemned to eternal hell. If you have not been born from above, by the power of the Holy Spirit, through the blood of Jesus, then you have not been born from above! There is no other way, if one does not go through Jesus Christ then they will never see nor enter the Kingdom of God.
