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God’s point of view


The only way He can bring us back into His fold When this happens, our heavenly Father sends
Anyone who has been born again knows
is through the suffering, death and resurrection the Holy Spirit to dwell within us. This alone
without the slightest doubt that it has
of His son. Jesus took upon himself the brings the new birth. And from this we acquire
happened to him or her, and can often give,
consequences of our fallen state. He met the a new nature, one which hungers after spiritual
not just the year or the month, but even the
staggering standard of perfection that our loving things. The old one still remains of course, but
day. It marks a complete transformation in
Father requires of all who would enter His it is now balanced by our new nature, which
how he sees himself and how he relates to
heavenly home. It is then up to us whether or not longs to please God.
God.
we accept the incredible gift that he offers.
You have probably heard that the word
Signs of the new birth
Salvation comes only through grace by faith in What are the signs that the new birth has taken
‘gospel’ means good news. But did you Jesus. There is nothing we can do to save
know that, before we can hear the good place? Well, firstly, a born-again Christian
ourselves, absolutely nothing. Our good works, will develop a personal relationship with God,
news, we must first accept the bad news? our kind deeds, our unselfish service to those in
And the bad news is that, in God’s eyes, we living daily in the assurance that He hears our
need – all have no bearing whatever on our prayers and is mindful of our needs. This
are completely without a redeeming quality salvation. The only way we can enter heaven is
of any kind. This is true even of the most connection, which never shuts down, is
by acquiring, through adoption, the same precisely what God has always wanted with
compassionate, most humble and most righteousness as Jesus.
unselfish person we have ever met. The each of His children – “Am I a God at hand,
said the Lord, and not a God afar off?”
minimum spiritual standard for entry into Becoming a child of God (Jeremiah 23:23).
heaven is total perfection, something which Through his sacrifice on the cross, Jesus paid the
even the best of us can never possibly penalty for our fallen state and earned the right From this relationship will grow a deep
achieve by our own efforts. to make each of us a son and heir of God. To understanding of God’s grace and a great
This may seem surprising to us in our human accept this gift we must set aside our pride and desire to know Him better by reading and
state, but ask yourself: Would you allow into acknowledge our true spiritual condition; we hearing his Holy Word. Through the power of
your home a person who carried a fatal must repent of our old, sin-filled nature and ask the Holy Spirit now living within us, we are
infectious disease? The person may be the the Lord our God, in Jesus’ name, to create a able to discern and appreciate the life-
most selfless and loving you have ever completely new one within us. changing truths that God has placed in the
known, but you would never risk the welfare Bible for our benefit. As the Apostle Paul said,
This is more than just a change of heart. This is “But the natural man receives not the things of
of your family in this way. As children of more than just a solemn resolution to become a
Adam we carry a similar spiritual disease – the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto
better person or a more religious individual. It is him: neither can he know them, because they
call it sin if you like – and unless we are far more than this – a painful realisation of our
cleansed of this devastating disease, there is are spiritually discerned.” (1 Corinthians 2:14)
complete alienation from God and of our need to
absolutely no way we can enter the heavenly become reconciled to Him by the only means
domain of our Lord God. possible, through the righteousness and shed
blood of His son.
Through his personal relationship with the ___________________________
living God, the born-again Christian will What did Jesus mean
acquire new spiritual qualities such as Further Essential Reading: when he said,
kindness, patience and love for his fellow man.
Where once he may have acted out of duty or King James Bible (also known as the “You must be born again”?
in conformity to a moral standard, he now Authorised Version) of 1611 [This should not be
wants to please the Lord and serve Him with confused with the New King James version. The This is probably the most important question
joy during the years that remain to him here on most common edition of the original King James you could ask about the Gospel. If you have
earth. Bible is that of 1873, edited by FHA Scrivener.] missed what Jesus is saying here, then you have
missed the wonderful gift of salvation that he is
These are just some of the signs. The crucial Halley’s Bible Handbook (in the King James offering to every person on earth today.
difference is that the individual, even someone Version) by Henry H Halley.
who had ‘always’ been a Christian, has now Remember the context. Nicodemus, one of the
undergone a fundamental change. He or she is most senior Jewish dignitaries of his day, came
___________________________ to Jesus by night and asked what he must do to
no longer a child of Adam but a child of God.
be saved. Jesus explained that he must be born
Next Steps again. Nicodemus – like most people today –
had great difficulty understanding what he
A great deal more could be said about being
meant by this. How was it possible to be born
born again. A brochure like this can only give “But let him who glories glory in again?
a general sense of what it means. this, that he understand and
know me, that I am the Lord
If you want to learn more, why not visit a true who exercise lovingkindness, Marvel not that I said unto you
Christian church and ask the pastor and church judgment, and righteousness in 'You must be born again.'
members the hardest questions you possibly the earth: for in these things I - Jesus (John 3:7)
can? Don’t be afraid to reveal your doubts, delight, said the Lord.”
your scepticism and – if it is the case – your
disappointment with religion. You may be - Jeremiah 9:24
Consider birth for a moment. Why did the Lord
surprised to find that most born-again
use this particular expression? Well, to start
Christians have no time for religion (Many
with, birth takes place at a given point in time. It
were Christians only in name but had never
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does not extend over a long period. One day you
been born again). What they had always
and distributed in any format or media. are in a given state, and the next day you are in
wanted and now have is a genuine personal
a completely different state. What is more, it
relationship with the living God. If this is what
affects your whole being. There is no part of
you want, then why not take the next step?
you that is untouched by a new birth. And the
event itself is evident to all who know you, just
like a natural birth.

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