John || Born Again pt. 2
ARE YOU BORN AGAIN ?
John 3:3
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
BORN AGAIN – A transformation brought about by the power and grace of God that is so radical that it is as if you are starting all the way over again from a new/2nd beginning point.
The Kingdom of God = anywhere where what God wants done, is done
Being born again is not affirming the supernatural in Jesus, it’s experiencing the supernatural presence of Jesus in yourself.
John 3:4
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Water = Cleansing
Spirit = Power.
(Power to be what we could never be and do what we could never do.)
Ezekiel 36:25-27
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules
Spirit = pneuma – wind, breath, spirit.
The power that makes you born again is both, life-giving and intimidating.
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 3:7-8
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Spiritual birth comes from a mysterious source.
Colossians 1:26-27
The mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
You cannot make yourself a christian
Matthew 19:24-26
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 25 When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
John 3:7-8
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Being born again means you become inexplicable to others and yourself.
ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?
1 John 5:4
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.