Ye Must Be Born Again

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Analysis of John 31-7

• Nicodemus Mentioned on three different
  occasions in the Gospel of John.
• (John 31) There was a man of the Pharisees,
  named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews
• (John 750-51) Nicodemus saith unto them, (he
  that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
  Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him,
  and know what he doeth?
• (John 1939-40) And there came also Nicodemus,
  which at the first came to Jesus by night, and
  brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an
  hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of
  Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the
  spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

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Analysis of John 31-7

• Nicodemus proclaims that We Know that Jesus was
  a teacher come from God.
• Truly impressed with the miracles and no doubt
  familiar with this kingdom of God that Jesus went
  about teaching.
• The Pharisees as well as most Jews were
  anticipating the coming of the Kingdom of God!
• Looking for a physical kingdom
• Jesus answers Nicodemus questions concerning the
  Kingdom of God

(John 33) Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
(Luke 1720-21) And when he was demanded of the
Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come,
he answered them and said, The kingdom of God
cometh not with observation Neither shall they
say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the
kingdom of God is within you.
(John 1836) My kingdom is not of this world if
my kingdom were of this world, then would my
servants fight, that I should not be delivered to
the Jews but now is my kingdom not from hence.
(Matt 423) And Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the
gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of
sickness and all manner of disease among the
people.
(Matt 935) And Jesus went about all the cities
and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing
every sickness and every disease among the
people.
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Analysis of John 31-7

• This Perplexed Nicodemus The kingdom of God was
  promised to the children of Abraham
• The promise of Abraham
• (Gen 123) And I will bless them that bless
  thee, and curse him that curseth thee and in
  thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• (Gen 177) And I will establish my covenant
  between me and thee and thy seed after thee in
  their generations for an everlasting covenant, to
  be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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Analysis of John 31-7

• The Jews had the concept of being born into the
  nation of God by a physical birth
• Children of Abraham
• (Matt 38-9) Bring forth therefore fruits meet
  for repentance And think not to say within
  yourselves, We have Abraham to our father for I
  say unto you, that God is able of these stones to
  raise up children unto Abraham.
• (John 839) They answered and said unto him,
  Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If
  ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works
  of Abraham.

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Analysis of John 31-7

• Christ showed that one was not in the kingdom of
  God by a physical birth but by a spiritual birth
• (John 36-7) That which is born of the flesh is
  flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is
  spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye
  must be born again.
• John says
• (John 111-13) He came unto his own, and his own
  received him not. 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 Which were
  born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
  nor of the will of man, but of God.

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Analysis of John 31-7

• We are children of Abraham and heirs to the
  promise by spiritual seed and not physical
• (Rom 228-29) For he is not a Jew, which is one
  outwardly neither is that circumcision, which is
  outward in the flesh But he is a Jew, which is
  one inwardly and circumcision is that of the
  heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter
  whose praise is not of men, but of God.
• (Gal 314) That the blessing of Abraham might
  come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ that
  we might receive the promise of the Spirit
  through faith.

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Analysis of John 31-7

• (Gal 316) Now to Abraham and his seed were the
  promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of
  many but as of one, And to thy seed, which is
  Christ.

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Analysis of John 31-7

• (Gal 326-29) For ye are all the children of God
  by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as
  have been baptized into Christ have put on
  Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
  neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor
  female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And
  if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed,
  and heirs according to the promise.

As opposed to by nature!
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Analysis of John 31-7

• The new teaching of Christ is that in order to be
  a citizen of the Kingdom of God, you will need to
  be born again spiritually
• How are we born again?
• (Vs. 5) 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.

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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Except

• Greek (ean mh) if not or unless
• The ability of our entering into the kingdom of
  God depends on us completing the conditions that
  follow
• Shows that there is something that God wants us
  to do.

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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A Man

• Greek (tis) an enclitic indefinite pronoun
  some or anyone.
• Being born again is for all Male or Female
• (Gal 328) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there
  is neither bond nor free, there is neither male
  nor female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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A Man

• All can be saved if we obey Christ
• (Heb 59) And being made perfect, he became the
  author of eternal salvation unto all them that
  obey him.

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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Be Born

• Greek (gennaw) to procreate properly of the
  father, but by extension of the mother)
  figuratively to regenerate.

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Must be Reborn Why?

• Not just because Christ commanded it Theres a
  logical reason for our need of being spiritually
  reborn.
• To be begotten as Children of God
• (John 112-13) 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 Which were
  born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
  nor of the will of man, but of God.
• To be brought back to life - Spiritually

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We have all Sinned

• (Rom 223) For all have sinned, and come short
  of the glory of God.
• (1 John 110) If we say that we have not sinned,
  we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

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Sin Spiritual Death

• (Rom 623) For the wages of sin is death but
  the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus
  Christ our Lord.
• (1 Tim56) She that liveth in pleasure is dead
  while she liveth.
• Dead (Spiritually) while she lives (Physically)

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We have All Died Spirituallyand must be Born
Spiritually

• (John 525) Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
  hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall
  hear the voice of the Son of God and they that
  hear shall live.
• (Col 213) And you, being dead in your sins and
  the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he
  quickened together with him, having forgiven you
  all trespasses

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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Of

• Greek (ek) Primary preposition denoting origin
  (the point whence action or motion proceeds.)
• What comes after this preposition will tell what
  agent will cause us to be reborn.

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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Water

• Greek (udwr) Water
• What does water do?

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Not the washing away of theFilth of the Flesh.

• (1 Pet 321) The like figure whereunto even
  baptism doth also now save us (not the putting
  away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of
  a good conscience toward God,) by the
  resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• No Soul Saving properties in water.
• Saves because it is the reaction of our faith in
  what God commands

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It Puts our Sins on the Cross with Jesus Christ

• (1 Pet 224) Who his own self bare our sins in
  his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
  sins, should live unto righteousness by whose
  stripes ye were healed.
• He bore our sins on the cross

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It Puts our Sins on the Cross with Jesus Christ

• (Rom 63-6) Know ye not that so many of us as
  were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
  into his death?... that our old man is crucified
  with him, that the body of sin might be
  destroyed

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In baptism we put on Christ

• (Gal 327) For as many of you as have been
  baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• By putting on Christ we become a New Creature
• (2 Cor 517) Therefore if any man be in Christ,
  he is a new creature old things are passed away
  behold, all things are become new.
• In baptism we are risen to walk in a newness of
  life
• (Rom 64) Therefore we are buried with him by
  baptism into death that like as Christ was
  raised up from the dead by the glory of the
  Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
  life.

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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And

• Greek (kai) a primary particle, having
  copulative force.
• Coupler on a train holds two cars together
• and holds water and Spirit together. You cant
  be born by one without the other
• Examples
• Faith AND Baptism (Mark 1616)
• Salvation
• Repentance AND Baptism (Acts 238)
• Remission of Sins
• Water AND Spirit (John 35)
• Entering into the Kingdom of God

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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Spirit

• Greek (pneuma) breath (blast) or breeze,
  (divine) the Holy Spirit
• Was not speaking of Holy Spirit Baptism
• Holy Spirit Baptism is never used to get one into
  the Body of Christ
• Speaking of being born of Spirit
• Water is already shown to be necessary
• Water (Baptism) Spirit (?) Birth

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What does it meanto be Born of Spirit?

• (John 663) It is the spirit that quickeneth
  the flesh profiteth nothing the words that I
  speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
  life.
• The words of Christ are Spirit
• We are reborn by his words His words have given
  us life!

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What does it meanto be Born of Spirit?

• (1 Peter 123) Being born again, not of
  corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
  word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
• (1 Cor 415) For in Christ Jesus I have begotten
  you through the gospel.
• (Rom 116-17) For I am not ashamed of the gospel
  of Christ for it is the power of God unto
  salvation to every one that believeth to the Jew
  first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the
  righteousness of God revealed from faith to
  faith as it is written, The just shall live by
  faith.

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Except a man be born of water and spirit, he
cannot enter into the kingdom of God.