You Must Be Born Again

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You Must Be Born Again

• John 31-8

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YOU

• Nicodemus could rely on no one else
• He could not rely upon his family heritage
• Being a religious leader was not enough
• Being religious is not enough
• YOU must be born again
• Born of the water and spirit

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MUST

• The Kingdom is not optional
• The means or conditions for entering the kingdom
  of God is not optional
• Those who are not born of the water and spirit
  WILL NOT enter the kingdom of heaven
• It does not matter the arguments used
• Only the obedient exercise of faith matters

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BE

• Enter A State of Being
• This state is a spiritual state
• The spiritual state is related to God
• Moving from a state of spiritual darkness to a
  state of spiritual light
• Moving from a state of sin and condemnation to a
  state of forgiveness and salvation
• Moving from a state unaware of God and His
  Kingdom to a state aware and concerned about
  things above
• This is how you know you have been born from
  above

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Born Again

• Start All Over
• With relation to a different Father
• With a different direction in life
• With a spiritual seed
• With a total dependence upon God Our Father
• With a hunger for spiritual food
• With innocence and much growth ahead

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Example of New Birth

• Born of Spirit
• Seed from above planted in hearts through gospel
  preaching Acts 222f
• What shall we do? 237
• Repent and be baptized 238
• gladly received the wordwere baptized -240
• Thus, born of the water and Spirit

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The Process of New Birth

• Hearing the word the seed of the kingdom
• Believing the seed planted in heart and
  convicted of sin and need for Gods mercy (cries
  what shall we do?)
• Repenting changing the course, values, and
  priorities of ones life
• Confessing Jesus declaring ones readiness to
  serve the Lord because of the confidence of ones
  faith in Him
• Be Baptized in Jesus name committing to live
  for Him and calling for His mercy to remove the
  sins of the past

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You Must Be Born Again!