Ye Must Be Born Again

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Ye Must Be Born Again!

• (John 31-7)

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Important to Revisit our Faith over and over!

• (1 Cor 151-2) Moreover, brethren, I declare
  unto you the gospel which I preached unto you,
  which also ye have received, and wherein ye
  stand By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
  memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have
  believed in vain.

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Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.

• Nicodemus struggled with this idea
• Like many he was carnal minded
• He asked, How can a man be born when he is old?
  Can he enter the second time into his mothers
  womb and be born?
• He didnt understand the concept of being born
  again.

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Jesus answer

• (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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Jesus answer

• (vs. 6-7) That which is born of flesh is flesh
  and that which is born of Spirit is spirit.
  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
  again.
• Born of Flesh - reference to what Nicodemus
  asked.
• Born of Spirit reference to the rebirth that
  Christ was speaking of.

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How are we born again?

• Jesus said, Except a man be born of water and of
  spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
• Born of two agents
• Mother Water
• Father Spirit
• Flesh Spiritual

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Except a man be born of water and spirit
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Except

• Greek (ean mae) 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 (gennao) to procreate properly of the
  father, but by extension of the mother)
  figuratively to regenerate.
• Two agents for procreation Natural Law
• Christ gives two agents in the next few words of
  this verse Spiritual Law

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Must be Reborn Why?

• Not just because Christ commanded it Theres a
  logical reason for our need of being reborn.

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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 Spiritually and 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 come 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 (Hudor) Water
• What does water do?

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Not the washing away of the Filth 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.

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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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Its how we put on Christ

• (Gal 327) For as many of you as have been
  baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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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
• Not even Cornelius
• Water baptism (Acts 1047) Can any man forbid
  water, that these should not be baptized, which
  have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

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Only One Baptism

• (Eph 45) One Lord, one faith, one baptism
• What baptism is it?
• Water
• The Ephesians (Acts 195) When they heard
  this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord
  Jesus.

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What does it mean to 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

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What does it mean to 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.

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