You Must Be Born Again

John 3:3  ‘Jesus answered and said unto him (Nicodemus), Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’

There is a common saying: ‘either a person is born once and dies twice, or he/she is born twice and dies once.’  Sadly, the majority of people do not take this adage seriously, or fail to follow up on its advice.  In today’s verse, Jesus makes it crystal clear that a person must be born the second time if s/he is to ever see the kingdom of God.  And many, like Nicodemus, will no doubt ask just what it means to be ‘born again.’  In verse 8 of John 3, Jesus used the analogy of the wind, which we cannot see, or tell where it comes from or where it goes.  Being born again is the work of the Holy Spirit, Who miraculously performs the work of regeneration by which a person becomes a new creation.  It is not a work which can be explained terms of human understanding, but is a mysterious transformation which results in a person being spiritually raised from the dead.  As Ephesians 2:3 says ‘you have He made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins.’

The key to being born again is faith to believe and receive, which God gives to every person who is willing to seek the way of salvation.  As we are told in 2 Peter 3:9, ‘the Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.’  God does not want any person to be lost and suffer eternal separation from Him.  But in spite of the misconception that there are many ways to heaven, the only way is through Jesus Christ Who Himself proclaimed ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by Me.’  Today could be the day of your re-birth – God patiently awaits your decision.

Have you received God’s gift of salvation? (Ephesians 2:8,9)

Why would you choose not to accept His gift?

Do you believe there is another way to eternal life?

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