Just happened to me.... You must come to believe that YOU are detrimental to yourself, and everyone around you... Once you realize and admit this, without making excuses, your old person dies, it loses control over you.... You realize it wasn't even you, it was the snake all along..... Once the snake is out, YOU are in the drivers seat for the first time. You are BORN at 40.... Born again you might say.
I pray God to show you his way , I pray for you to know the truth cause through knowing the truth you be free . God is the way and the truth , seek Him and ask Him to help you .
Tim is Warrior Poet of the Gospel! I've been pastoring for years, in church my entire life and I always receive a new understanding when I listen to him. Blessings
ron hanish brother I’m baptized in Jesus Name and am Ordained. I’ve listened to many, many, many hours of Tim Keller and his thoughtful approach to the scriptures has greatly enriched my life.
Hi Pastor... Praise the Lord. How is your ministry now, especially during this pandemic? I would like to keep you and your ministry in our prayers... Please pray for our pastoral ministry as well...
Wow!! thank you pastor, I love listening to you. What a wonderful message of what it truly means to be born again. I also grew up in church, and I heard the gospel message so many times. But it didn't become real to me for many years, and my mind, my heart, my spirit, my life has truly been transformed, just as you said. I am so grateful for God's Grace. God bless you.
I've been seeking the Lord for my Salvation for about 7 months. PLEASE pray to Lord Jesus for my Salvation! To save my SOUL. Please ask HIM to remove everything hindering my Salvation and that I may be truly born again by His Grace. That He may make me Truly Born Again of His Holy Spirit, by His Holy Spirit. To strip off all my pride and self righteousness and idols and all my sins and hidden Sins and To take away my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh ( Ezekiel 11:19 , 36:26 ; Hebrews 8:10 ) To remove all my unbelief and give me true saving faith on Christ alone (Hebrews 12:2) and genuine repentance. I may seek HIM with All my heart and find Him. Jeremiah 29:13 "You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart" Please pray to HIM that I may truly submit and surrender All of myself to HIM completely and forever and To let me trust in HIM alone To Save me and wholly cast myself upon HIM and be truly born again.
@@Apol-los My heart feels hardened and Rebellious against God. It feels impossible to humble myself and submit to God and just Trust and Rest in Christ. I feel overcome by unbelief and not able to just cast myself wholly upon HIM
@@Apol-los Austin James It's just the unregenerate heart. You know, it's the Holy Spirit who works in us to see the Truth and Everything. If you've heard this video of Tim Keller's where also he says that it's the work of the Spirit, in this video he tells what new birth is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8DscaLMLdIw.html It's just my unbelief which I'm not able to overcome. I think that if it's the Spirits work then how can I do it? And then I feel it's because God doesn't want to save me and then i feel angry towards GOD.
Humble yourself and he will come to you, you don t have to be angry against God because salvation is a gift, we don't deserve it. Cry to him will all your heart and he won't cloose his ear, if you are sincere and really want to change your way of living
42:05 We must repent of trying to save ourselves. 43:00 Starts describing about faith, faith in the Son of God suffering and dying for us to birth us into the kingdom. 46:30 Summarizes the repentance and faith needed. 50:21 if you're a sinner saved by grace, the gospel takes you into the dust and then lifts you into the sky, so you become bold but without selfish pride.
Conviction, then, is no part of a sinner’s salvation-but the clear practical knowledge of the fact that he cannot save himself, and is entirely dependent on the saving grace of God.
@35:28- " how can I be born again?" i. e. what can I do? 90%+ will miss that part; I was a believer 8 years before I understood and what changed my perspective was me preaching on Romans 3 and by the grace of God I preached on a Sunday morning much better than my understanding and that night I had an a-ha! moment understanding that apart from electing grace no one would ever come to faith but only and always just run away.
the dislikes are from people who do not know Jesus and certainly are not born again.................they have eyes but do not see, ears but do not hear
Don't think a " changed life" is always the way we can tell if we or somone else is born again. I think " born again" is speaking of the spiritual birth. I think the reference to going back into the mother's womb is there to show that we be the only way we could change our flesh, showing the impossibility of it. When the bible talks of born again it uses language like " all things have changed", not you will begin to see changes in your life, as many teach. It says anyone born of God " cannot sin", not you will sin less and less, as many teach. This why I think it a spiritual rebirth by grace through faith that happens when one puts there trust in christ. It is now how God views us as rightious only because we are now " in christ" because his seed remains in us. Certainly the thief on the cross was " born again", but had not time to have a changed life. Also we see the pharisee in luke looking at his " good life" as evedence of born again, or salvation,while we see the tax collector simply asking for mercy as a sinner, and he the one justified. And also anyone, even an atheist or somone in a false religion can have a changed life.
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Born again.. gennaō = to become the father of; to bear, give birth to; (pass.) to be conceived, born. anōthen.. from above; from the beginning; again, anew. You must be born from above. We are not born from above yet, at the second coming. 1Co 15:50-53
@@rustyrussell3211 where does my , believing, come from ? How do I go from sinner to believer ? I know I am a sinner , how do I , “flip the switch “ as it were ?
@@ernestroger3326, I can remember a day when I asked that question. Well, believing is a choice, something you decide. It is not a feeling., not an emotion. It is a decision.
Do you ever study scripture or just sermons telling you that you need to be saved? There are 3 Bible scholars that have helped me understand the Bible much better. They are Andrew Farley, Michael Heiser and Tim Mackie. I particularly like learning from them because they all have studied and are fluent in the ancient Hebrew, Greek and others. Sometimes things are confusing when translated into English unfortunately. Hope this helps. Feel free to ask any other questions.
Born again , the greek scriptures describe it as a new birth to become a new creation. As i read Greek, and called to prophesy you must have gifts of the spirit, these identify you as one of the chosen priesthood. 1 Peter 2:9 these have the office of king or priest to rule alongside Christ. These are changed and are the ones who have mansions being prepared in heaven. The 12 foundation stones were the disciples , luke 22:15 these number 144,000 who will be changed to spiritual bodies. If you have no gifts or fruits of the holy-spirit, you are not begitten or chosen. You are a teacher, noone can teach you as holy-spirit leads you to all truth. Rev 18:4 Get out of church, they will be exposed and its power taken away. Joel 2,28,29 rev 12:9. You do not achieve this its not conditional, this refers to the great multitude rev 7;9 this number fluctuates, those adopted by holy-spirit are sealed rev 14:1 the gifts of holy spirit and fruits galatians 5:22,23 are 2nd nature which proves our anointing and adoption is predestined. Our Lord is not partial he sees the heart.
U are reborn in baptisem col 2 v 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11 In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross
Lol 😅 the new birth is from the future? Water is metaphor for the word of God. Archibald Alexander didn't believe it's both heart and mind. Lol this dichotomy is demonic.
Don’t be fooled! Don’t be one of those who will be turned away on that day when men stand before the Lord. The way is narrow and the road is straight few be that find it. Matt 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Verse 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? Verse 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. We do not get saved (go to heaven), get right with God, by being good, by being religious, by praying a prayer, being baptized, asking Jesus into our hearts, accepting Jesus as our personal Saviour, confessing our sins, joining a church, cleaning up our lives, doing penance, taking the bread and the wine, or doing all these thing accumulative. Salvation takes repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Acts 20:21. Make no mistake. We cannot be a friend of Christ and remain a rebel against God. The word repent, from the Greek word “metanoia”, means a change of mind or direction. That change is not 50%, 75%, or 99%. It is 100% or we are not repenting. God is not receiving those who almost or kind of repent. It is like the word about face which is a 180 degree turn. We turn from not wanting God fully in our lives to accepting Him fully in our lives. When any person comes to the place where they are broken over their sin to the point they want to get right with God no matter what it will cost them they are in a state/spirit of repentance toward God. We then take that heart we have towards God and place it on the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Master and that becomes faith. At that moment God’s grace through Christ is applied to us and we are born again, saved from eternal hell and sealed by the Spirit so that we will never again return to the practice of sinning. 1John 3:9,10. Repentance of sin is the result of the new birth/salvation and will be part of the sanctification process and our new life with the Lord Jesus Christ, Eph 2:10. While we may sin from time to time after salvation it will not be our practice 1John 3:9,10. John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. REV. 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5JQOBMi4QS8.html
Jamie Marshell, No it is about faith. The fact that you do not like what is written and what the bible says shows you lack faith. Please reconsider your position and rebellion as eternity is a very long time to suffer.
Jamie Marshall yes. Or it could be no. It’s one of those issues that to me is ambiguous and has many logical and scripture oriented views. Can’t be sure
If it were biblical he wouldn't say "I believe" at time 16:34 he would provide biblical evidence. He's teaching his opinions. That's not a Bible Study!!!
Love this! I know that the moment I was born again wasn't the moment I started believing God existed (that was well before). It also wasn't the moment I fully understood the Gospel of salvation by grace alone (that was well after). It was when I suddenly saw my life and the world completely differently through the lens of Christ, and I made Christ my identity. That was it.
Biblical, therefore God's design, is that you would be born out of water and Spirit by water baptism. Fore one is BAPTIZED into Christ. Everything other than that is teaching from man and therefore a lie!
Amazing Sermon! I took out few things: 1) The common thing is to get baptized and the Holy Spirit. But rarely heard about being Born Again. “Being Born again you get to SEE the kingdom of God” now, how would you know you are Born Again human? (Born Again brings from heaven to earth like living if that make sense) While you read the gospel, you will rarely get it or believe that’s the gospel. Get bored quickly (As it happened in my past) Now that you’re Born Again, your heart posture turns, like now God’s word make completely sense. You “feel” something as you read. That is God’s love to you! Without this, you will seek all the attention from people, money, volunteering, self righteous for being the best or the most moral, or even family. You will seek to reach this or other people’s expectations of you. (That’s a pressure of itself) but your identity is received, not achieved. God is your Lord and your Father ♥️
Being born again is an unforgettable experience you'll know when it happens if it happens to you. Cry out to God to come into your heart and reign over ur life.
if you're married you likely remember when you met your wife; likewise if you're born-again of the Spirit you likely remember when you actually and truly met God personally.
This is one of the best descriptions on being born again that I have heard in a long time!! Thank you--many pastors give various sermons on this subject and to me miss the mark. I say being born again is: having an "experience" from the Holy Spirit in your life and afterwards you are never quite the same.....................all Glory goes to God
What is a Born Again Christian? When Jesus told Nicodemus who was a Jew they had to be born again of the Spirit. Were you a Jew first? Serious Question.
@@Goldni8372 that is true. But Nicodemus was under the law of righteousness at the time, and he still had to attain to the law of righteousness by faith, now faith in Christ. He already had an upbringing as a Jew, and already was aware of the Torah and only needed to believe in Jesus as the Son of God. Just a small change from a ceremonial and civil works based religion of circumcision, where there was teaching and obedience, to the same but spiritual obedience of the righteousness of the old law. That is why St Paul taught so much old testament to the Gentiles, and a lookalike religion of Judaism of many commandments. Such as Romans 13:8. Being born again when you are a Jew is to have already been born a Jew, so a Gentile needs to be a Spiritual Jew, grafted into the Jews religion. You cannot be a born again Christian without circumcision of the heart, and that comes from scripture, that is the old testament making a Gentile into a Judaeo Christian.
@@simonskinner1450 you are falling for the the ole TJ Mortonson meme. It's the same thing Augustine toiled with. There's only one choice for the old man to make to become a new man. Jesus didn't want ppl to stumble over this for that very reason. Wherefore if ANY MAN is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new. God bless!
@@Goldni8372 Amen to becoming a new creature. But Jesus was a born again Jew, not a born again Christian. I am a Judaeo Christian taught in the old testament baptised into the new testament. Jesus as a Jew brought the Logos of God the Father, to mentor Jews and Gentiles how to be righteous, as the Jews failed by faith. So the gospel message relied on old testament teaching, and from heartfelt faith receiving the Holy Spirit. We are to be Jews inwardly by faith, and observe the law of righteousness, and sanctify ourselves as Jesus did. I have not read either of the writers you mention but I study the KJV. So from one new man to another. Have a good day.
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple” ( Psalms 27:4).
I recently came to experience the person of GRACE after years of relying on self effort being a believer all my life and listening to this has confirmed I’m truly reinstated as a son more than ever before
it's not....and if/when you learn to righty divide.....2 Tim 2:15 kjv....you'll understand much better. Sure, you're SAVED in Jesus.....but why remain drinking milk when you could grow to spiritual maturity..... sadly much of the BOC remains ingnorant.....and even attack those who DO RIGHTLY DIVIDE....... SMH
Sorry, I call it false teaching, when mr Keller says only repent and believe. Beware of this: you can know the truth about the rebirth easily. If you don't want to, God will just leave you in the dark, just as He did with the Farisees. And rightly so.
irene stoffer Why Most Are Not Born Again or Filled With The Holy Spirit Do you really know what Jesus meant by being born again or born of the Spirit. Do you understand what it means to be born of God. The majority of believers have sought their wisdom of God and scripture from some preacher at a local church. Why this is wrong is because Jesus is alive, He has risen and He commanded you to follow Him. Jesus is our one and only teacher but yet most believers do not know how to communicate with Jesus since they never learned how to test the Spirits as instructed in 1 John 4. “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.” John 6:45 NKJV “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” I John 4:1-6 NKJV Many believers have been taught that they are born again once they accept Jesus and they receive the Holy Spirit and this is completely false. Scripture does not actually state that! You did not instantly become more knowledgeable about God’s truth once you received His Spirit. You may have repented of your sins and Jesus forgave you but you are still an unclean believer because you can still sin. This is why you need to be sanctified in truth so that you can learn how to overcome sin and start living a Holy life. It is the job of the Holy Spirit to make you Holy just as Jesus was Holy but you need to do your part by surrendering your will to the Spirit. You can only follow the will of God for your life by understanding how to test the Spirits. Sadly this is where the majority of believers go astray and they become stagnant since most have never even heard about testing the Spirits. If you do possess the wisdom behind testing the Spirits then you must submit to the purification and sanctification process that God requires from all His disciples. It is a hard time consuming and even painful process because God has you take the devil head on. God does this so that you will learn how to overcome all of your fears by standing against the lies and the deceptions of the devil. This process is kind of like what Jesus had to endure when He fasted in the wilderness for 40 days and this is what Paul was referring to when me was talking about his thorn in the flesh. After you completed this process you are now Sanctified in God’s truth, you heart is now pure, and this is when you are now born again and full of the Holy Spirit. Why? Because now that your heart is pure you can never sin again since you are now an overcomer who is born of God and so you will now be allowed to SEE and ENTER the kingdom of God. Hence, “Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 NKJV. This is how you go about experiencing heaven while living here on earth. Now some people have asked well what if someone dies and they were never sanctified or born again. Does this mean that they cannot get into heaven? Let me explain God’s process the best that I can. Once you accept Jesus into your life you now possess the Holy Spirit and you are then saved. Now only a very few will ever mature in the Spirit and experience the sanctified life that God desires for everyone and they will then receive rewards in heaven for their faith. The majority of believers will never grow in the Spirit since they will fall for one of Satan’s many deceptions and they will eventually fall away from truth and perish. Now there will be some believers who will continue in sin out of ignorance of truth but they will still end up in heaven without being born again in this here life. You see once they die to this earthly life their sinful flesh is now gone but their born of God Spirit remains and so then can now enter into heaven in their pure Spirit. They of course will never experience God’s heavenly blessing here on earth nor will they be receiving any rewards in heaven either. Now read these following scriptures and see how they all tie in with what I have just related. “Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,” I Peter 1:22-23 NKJV “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot SEE the kingdom of God.” 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?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot ENTER the kingdom of God.” John 3:3-5 NKJV “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” I John 3:4-9 NKJV “We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” I John 5:18-19 NKJV “According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.” I Corinthians 3:10-15 NKJV So allow me now to explain to you what most do not understand. Once you accept Jesus into your life you are then anointed in the Holy Spirit, you are not born again and you are not Baptized in the Spirit or filled with the Holy Spirit. Upon accepting Jesus into your life you must now learn to communicate with Jesus and allow Him to purify and sanctify your heart in God’s truth. You do this through testing the Spirits. If you see God’s sanctification process all the way through then this is when you are born again here on earth. If you are born or God then you can no longer sin nor will you ever get sick since you are now filled with His Holy Spirit. “So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.” Exodus 23:25 NKJV
@@jjjj-ss8dq wow, you are completely ignorant and deceived to believe that we have to die from sickness. Maybe read how Moses and Aaron died child of Satan.
What Does “Are You Born Again?” Mean? Lets take a quick look at the Bible and the Early Church Fathers. The Bible (Scripture) and Early Church Fathers (Tradition) will both give us the answer on what “being born again” means! John 3:3,5 “Unless you are born again you cannot see the kingdom of God”. “Truly, truly I say, unless you were born of the Water and of the Spirit you cannot enter the kingdom of God”. 2. 1Peter 3:18-21 “Which had been some time incredulous, when they waited for the patience of God in the days of Noah, when the ark was a building: wherein a few, that is, eight souls, were saved by Water ( don’t forget about the Dove in Genesis 8:8-11 with the olive branch, in Matthew 3:16 and Luke 3:22 the Dove is the Spirit ). This prefigured baptism, which baptism now saves you!! It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ”. What prefigured baptism, which baptism now saves you? Great Question! Being saved by the Water and the Spirit (dove) saved the 8 souls on the Ark!!! (Water and Spirit) This prefigured baptism, which baptism now saves you !!! 3. Exodus 14:19-31. (abbreviated ) The new children of Israel (Israelites) were saved through the Water (Red Sea) And overhead was a pillar of Fire by night (Acts 2:3 - Fire is the Spirit) and a pillar of Cloud by day. (Luke 9:34 - Cloud is the Spirit). The new children of Israel (Israelites) were saved by the Water and Spirit !!! 4. Ezekiel 36:25-27 “And I will pour upon you clean Water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness, and I will cleanse you from all your idols. And I will give you a new heart, and put a new Spirit within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in the midst of you: and I will cause you to walk in my commandments, and to keep my judgments, and do them.” 5. Mathew 3:16 - “John the Baptist was in the wilderness preaching and Jesus told John to baptize him and they went down into the Water and the Spirit came down upon them.” 6. John 1:31-33 - “I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with Water, that he might be revealed to Israel. And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a Dove from heaven, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with Water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.” Born Again ( Water and Spirit ) is ..... Water Baptism! Christian’s are “Born Again” through Water Baptism!
Early Church Fathers on being “Born Again” Clement Recognitions (Book VI) ch 9 Same Clement who helped the Apostle Paul “Labor” in his Gospel in Philippians 4:3. 👇😳 "But you will perhaps say, 'What does the baptism of water contribute toward the worship of God?' In the first place, because that which has pleased God is fulfilled. In the second place, because when you are regenerated and born again of water and of Spirit, the frailty of your former birth, which you have through men, is cut off, and so . . . you shall be able to attain salvation; but otherwise it is impossible. For thus has the true prophet Jesus testified to us with an oath: 'Verily, I say to you, that unless a man is born again of water . . . he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven'" Justin Martyr First Apology ch 61 [100-165 AD] Taught by Polycarp who was taught by the Apostle John "As many as are persuaded and believe that what we Christians say is true, and undertake to be able to live accordingly . . . are brought by us where there is water, and are regenerated in the same manner in which we were ourselves regenerated. For, in the name of God, the Father and Lord of the universe, and of our Savior Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, John 3:3 “Except you be born again, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Irenaeus of Lyons Fragments from The Writings of Irenaeus 34 [120-180 AD] Taught by Polycarp who was taught by the Apostle John 2 Kgs. 5:14 “So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.” It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon him being baptized, but [this served] as an indication to us. For as we are lepers in sin, we are made clean, by means of the sacred water and the invocation of the Lord, from our old transgressions, being spiritually regenerated as newborn babes, even as the Lord has declared: John 3:5 “Except a man be born again through water and the Spirit, he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven” Cyprian of Carthage Epistle 71 par 1 [200-270 AD] "[When] they receive also the baptism of the Church . . . then finally can they be fully sanctified and be the sons of God . . . since it is written, 'Except a man be born again of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God'" Cyprian of Carthage Treatise 12 par 25 (200-270 ad) That unless a man has been baptized he cannot attain to the kingdom of God. Cyprian of Carthage The Seventh Council of Carthage [200-270 AD] Certain people therefore interpret for themselves ill, when they say that by imposition of the hand they receive the Holy Ghost, and are thus received, when it is manifest that they ought to be born again in the Catholic Church by the sacrament. Then indeed they will be able to be sons of God, as says the apostle: "Taking care to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." There is one body, and one Spirit, as ye have been called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God." All these things speaks to the Catholic Church. ...I judge that all heretics and schismatics who wish to come to the Catholic Church, shall not be allowed to enter without first been baptized. Hilary of Poitiers On the Trinity book 8 par 9 (300-367 ad) Or, again, since he who plants and he who waters are one, are they not one because, being themselves born again in one baptism they form a ministry of one regenerating baptism? Cyril of Jerusalem Catechetical Lecture 3 par 4 [315-386 AD] "Since man is of a twofold nature, composed of body and soul, the purification also is twofold: the corporeal for the corporeal and the incorporeal for the incorporeal. The water cleanses the body, and the Spirit seals the soul. . . . When you go down into the water, then, regard not simply the water, but look for salvation through the power of the Spirit. For without both you cannot attain to perfection. It is not who says this, but the Lord Jesus Christ, who has the power in this matter. And he says, 'Unless a man be born again,' and he adds the words 'of water and of the Spirit,' 'he cannot enter the kingdom of God.' He that is baptized with water, but is not found worthy of the Spirit, does not receive the grace in perfection. Nor, if a man be virtuous in his deeds, but does not receive the seal by means of the water, shall he enter the kingdom of heaven. A bold saying, but not mine; for it is Jesus who has declared it" Augustine On Baptism Against the Donatists book 1 ch 10 par 13 (354-430 ad) But if we say that it does not make them sons, "Why then," say they, "do you not cause those who pass from us to you to be born again in baptism, after they have been baptized with us, if they are not thereby born as yet?" Augustine On Merits and Remission of Sin and Infant Baptism book 1 ch 21 (354-430 ad) Hence men are on the one hand born in the flesh liable to sin and death from the first Adam, and on the other hand are born again in baptism associated with the righteousness and eternal life of the second Adam Augustine Against Petilian the Donatist book 1 ch 16 (354-430 ad) That man is dead who has not been worthy to be born again in true baptism Being “Born Again” is NOT “having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ” or “bringing Jesus into your heart” like some “Bible Alone” Protestants will tell you it means! That is what you call Protestant tradition because those phrases are NOWHERE written in the Bible!
Thank You Jesus for shepherds under Your mighty hand that speak sermons like this one. Be born again only by the will of God & not our will. All glory to God alone.
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Two kinds of birth. The first one is born of flesh or, born of water. The water breaks, the child is born. At the time of Jesus, everybody was born of water. This the way we enter the world. The other kind of birth is by the Spirit of God through faith in Christ.
JESUS said, 'You must be born again' (John 3:7). JESUS is the JUDGE of the whole world (John 5:22, John 5:27). If you are not born again, you miss heaven (John 3:5). Thanks.
"The new birth is from the future." Good teaching. "But never underestimate the power of the new birth." Meh. Most overestimate its power. The new birth makes babies in Christ. Babies are cute. Babies can't sin. But babies shit themselves constantly. "New sensibility and new identity." Very good teaching. No teaching on "born again" should ignore the fact that those words so translated mean "born from above" in the Greek. If anyone knows differently please set me straight.
I was born again when I read that God accepted Abel's sacrifice but rejected Cains offering of grain because Abel somehow knew that he was unworthy to approach God and deserved to die and therefore offered a substitute sacrifice in his place. I read and left it at that. The next day early morning, I was supernaturally heard in my heart, "Dont you approach Me in the same way at communion " Thats when I realized what I had done to Jesus and I sobbed convulsively Lord what have I done to You. There was an immediate transformation in serving pleasures, ambition, comfort etc and a sense of resting. I could relate to everybit of the sermon. Thanks for the clarity on newlife and new birth. God bless 🙏
Being born again is repenting, water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ and recieving the Holy Spirit with the first evidence of that having occured is speaking in tongues. All of the apostles taught this including Paul.
@@robertnieten7259 - ARE YOU SAVED??? Please examine yourself if you are saved or not! You are obedient to Acts 2:38 but not to Acts 2:44-45, why not??? Don't become a cherry-picker like many people. Read also Acts 5:1-11. Our salvation is not described as being born again into a second covenant, but being made alive into a new creature (Eph 2:15). This new creature, called the Body of Christ, is neither Jewish nor Gentile, and operates not under the law (Rom 6:14; Gal 3:28). The new creature is the subject of the mystery of Christ and could not have been known by Nicodemus, the prophets, nor any of the apostles in John 3. Born again language is a denial of the mystery of Christ revealed to the apostle Paul. People who think they are born again must also think they are in some way Israel. Being born again is something for Israel to partake. Since Israel is fallen, you couldn’t be born again if you wanted to. What you can be is saved by God’s grace through faith in his finished work on the cross. At the moment you believe, the Holy Spirit seals you in Christ making you part of a new creature. Trusting the cross of Christ is what will save you today. Trusting your experience, devotion, or changed life will not. Being saved is far better than being born again. For solid Bible study, please visit ''Truth Time Radio'' - also on youtube - learn the truth and unlearn the many lies!!!
@@thegospelmessenger1corinth634 Thanks for the reply. Paul said that the mystery of Christ is " Christ in you the hope of glory" ( Col.1:27) This is to have the Spirit of Christ, which is the Holy Spirit, dwelling in the believer. In the old testament the prophets had the Spirit of God come upon them, fill them, and then depart for a time. God had not allowed man yet to recieve the Holy Spirit as a permanently residing presence in them. That all changed in Acts ch.2. I am afraid that you have decieved my friend. All of Paul's letters to the churches begin with the words, "..to the saints of. " None of these letters were to tell already born again saints a different plan of salvation than what Peter( Acts 2:38) and Paul ( Acts ch.19) had already led them to salvation by.
since you hear so clearly and certainly => and supernaturally in your heart => i can see how easily you are led astray......so amazing/baffling how the majority of Xians never learn to Rightly Divide (2Tim 2:15 kjv) and think THE WHOLE BIBLE is TO THEM and ABOUT THEM....SMH. All scripture is FOR US => but it's NOT ALL TO US => in fact THE MAJORITY IS "NOT TO US......NOR ABOUT US" !!!
@@robertnieten7259 While MOST of what you said "WAS TRUE" => it's NOT our gospel NOW. That was John the Baptist and Jesus ministry => TO THE JEWS. You need to BELIEVE what Jesus said both THEN and LATER to Paul => YOU ARE LIKE APOLLOS => in need of someone to bring you up to speed with HOW future revelation FROM JESUS TO PAUL changed all of that for ALL OF US in THIS AGE, THIS DISPENSATION. 1. John the Baptist wasn't talking TO the BODY of CHRIST about how to be saved => he was talking to JEWS to fulfill prophecy 2 Jesus didn't come to the Body of Christ (BOC) => HE came only TO THE JEWS (read Matt 15:24) 3. That KINGDOM PROGRAM was being offered TO THE JEWS because their KING was here. They rejected it. 4. Jesus wasn't offering THE KINGDOM to the BOC. The BOC was a MYSTERY hid in God. Gentiles (as a group) weren't part of that program, read Eph 2:11-12......then read Eph chapter 3 (many times) and pay particular attention to vs 1-5 & vs 9) 5. The JEWS had a work-based FAITH => the BOC DOES NOT ! Read Eph 2:8-9 In this age....this dispensation => it's about JESUS. HIS BLOOD. HIS SACRIFICE. HIM ATONING. HIM RECONCILING US. WE => don't repent, or confess or be water baptized or speak in tongues or go to church TO BE SAVED. WE simply BELIEVE in the faith of JESUS......HIS WORK AT THE CROSS......HIS D, B & R !!! Read Romans 11: 11-13 as that program DIMINISHED & Paul became our apostle with a different gospel/different dispensation.
I was baptised hours after my birth just like my mother her mother and her mother. Babies died more often then survived centuries ago and before during and after wars like the 1914 and 1939 wars so to make sure your baby saw Jesus Christ was to be baptised extremely as early as they could be. Then last week Wednesday my Pastor came to tell me how I could become a Member of the church ( totally different to my childhood and parenthood too) as 7 years ago it was incorporated so I needed to go through some paperwork. Now I had discussed what becoming a member entailed from other life long attending men and women and they didn’t understand where I was coming from? It was all about the incorporation date, after that occurred people needed to ‘join’. But then eventually he came to the fact that I had been baptised within 24 hours of my birth but that that was my parents choice for me not my own. I said I choice to be Confirmed some children in my class didn’t. So I wondered isn’t that when I accepted the Holy Spirit? I wish my Pastor had listened to your sermon Tim it would have made more sense to me. He kept tiptoeing about the membership he kept forgetting his word to contact me over and over. So last Sunday I asked him to come and meet me at my ‘90’ yo friend (I did discuss if that suited her- we live in the same 25 home village here in Eltham Victoria Australia 🇦🇺 and I had watched her husband’s funeral on line 2 years ago and I had a strong feeling I should invite her to come with me when I would attend her church- I believed if this couple chose this church then it was the church for me. they had in fact looked for another church after what had made them want to leave their church). I have been going to Our church for two years now and every Saturday evening I write a text with ‘Am I driving Miss Daisy tomorrow?’ Today with 39C pending after a 38C day and hot night she replied that she would attend via RU-vid “WHAT “ wasn’t ready for that answer and I was listening to you and I have absolutely no hesitation about being baptised again. As the Irish would say ‘to be sure to be sure’. I am sure. It isn’t the Pastor it is the the time Colleen and I spent each week together for our Bible Study 📖. Colleen gave me Arthur’s Bible 😮what an incredible gift to give me. Her husband’s daily Bible. I receive Our Daily Bread as well. And signed up to Abide which along with Calm help me get a good nights rest. Being baptised and having all my children and their children there will I pray 🙏 lead them to Jesus Christ our Saviour. I thought that I could only be effectual at my own funeral with Gospel readings and songs. I love my children and theirs so much I can’t imagine I won’t have them near me when I pass into God’s hands 🙌. One daughter is so amazing raising 2 young men on the spectrum and her husband is also on the spectrum and she is the breadwinner and she is appreciated loved and respected by her fellow colleagues and so many other people she is connected too. I keep believing that her life is spot on to what Jesus asks of us but now I know that that isn’t enough to see God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Who ever reads this I pray that you pray 🙏 and think about my Baptism and that I will see and know even more after that moment so I can be the person to lead my loved ones to God and Eternal Life. God bless you all and have a safe and blessed day
The reality of what Christ meant by "born again" and how it's being preached out of context. John 3:2-10 > The same [Nicodemus] came to Jesus by night, and said unto Him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God...Jesus answered, 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... Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Jesus chided Nicodemus because as a teacher to the Jews he ought to have known about Exekiel 36 & 37 which talks about "water" and "spirit." Born of water & spirit - refers to Ezekiel 36:24-26 > For I will take you [Jews] from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land [Israel]. Then will I sprinkle clean "water" upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.A new heart also will I give you, and a "new spirit" will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 37:11-12 > Then he [Spirit of the Lord] said unto me [Ezekiel] , Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 1 John 3:9 > Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. It refers to Old Testament time Jews being brought back to life in their Land from all the nations where they were scattered by the Gentiles. Read what Apostle Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles, has to say. He never spoke about being born again. It's about renewing your minds. Romans 12:1-3 > I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. At Christ's 2nd coming , only the dry bones of Israel that is the subject of Ezekiel 36 and 37 will be born again in the land of Israel (specifically read Ezekiel 36:24-26) . They will reign with Christ for a thousand years. At Christ's 3rd coming at the end of millennium will the Believers both alive and dead including the believing Jews of Old Testament times who were brought back to life (dry bones that He sprinkled with water and gave a new spirit) will be raptured and gathered unto Him according to the Father's will and then a New Earth and New Jerusalem will come down from Heaven and God will dwell thereon with Believers for eternity.
I was born again after/while listening to a Tim Keller sermon on Gods will for our life. Then later my husband had a born again experience with the Holy Spirit while listening to Tim Keller’s sermon on Romans 8:28 called “A Christians Happiness”. God uses Tim in a supernatural way! Thank you God for your work in and through Tim Keller.
Jesus wasn’t talking to you nor anyone in the Body of Christ when discussing this with Nicodemus. We aren’t living in the same age or dispensation. This man, like so many in Christendom, fails to rightly divide God’s Word as we are instructed to do in 2 Tim 2:15 kjv
First time I've listened to him; he's often used in quotes from messages at my home church. I did enjoy the "full course meal" of TK, but have you listened to any Dr. C. Missler? I love listening to his series (through Books of the 66,) although my first ever was Learn the Bible in 24 Hours. If you haven't... you will enjoy if you like the full buffet style messages! Godspeed
Question for ALL MEMBERS of the Body of Christ (BOC) ==> WHY don't you RIGHTLY DIVIDE (2Tim2:15 kjv) => and UNDERSTAND this part of scripture is => NOT TO YOU ? Please consider => Progressive Revelation, Dispensations, CONTEXT, and the existing conditions of the TIME/AGE ! THIS IS NOT YOUR GOSPEL ! NOR ANYONE'S IN THE AGE OF GRACE (and GRACE ALONE). PLEASE ==> FOR THE LOVE OF GOD ==> WAKE UP !!!
In my own personal opinion, history clearly shows that in Roman Biblical Times, (Jesus) our Lord & Savior & the Son of God, (Preached) in the Hill's & Valley's, out upon 'God's great Skies. The term "Churches or Temples" were a (Creation) of Man & are Influenced by (Satan). "God" did (Not) create Structures for people to believe in the Lord, rather to collect your (Money) & worship other Statues within these so-called Structures........! Did (Not) God, say "The love of money, is the root of all evil".......! Yet, the Roman Catholic Churches conduct this Ritual of collecting "Money)....? Furthermore, Did not God say, (Not) to pray & worship, anyone or anything, but have Faith & Pray to the Lord "Jesus Christ".......! Being (Born-Again) is critical & very important to (See) & (Enter) the Kingdom of Heaven. One must (Know) the Earthly things & the Evil & Wickness of the World.........! Don't be tricked! or deceived by Lies..................Amen.......!
His explanation of born again wasn't esoteric, it was just totally unscriptural! He who believes and is BAPTISED will be saved! This guy is part of the concision! His theology won't get you saved! Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38 and so many more!
One of the biggest mistakes we make about scripture is that we assume being born again is about our souls. It’s not. Let me demonstrate to you. I want to show you that it’s about the whole creation. 1 John 2:17-18 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. You see that John spoke about a world which was at the last hour, then. You then see the refrain by Paul here. 1 Corinthians 7:31 and those who use this world as not misusing it. For the form of this world is passing away. The world was passing away then, at least in that form. Hebrews 9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Here again you note Jesus died at the end of that world. So. When Paul said this. Romans 8:19-21 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. Paul was not referring to the future. He was referring to AD70. The end of the world according to the Law. This is because the way the sons are revealed is through the release of humanity from the Law. Galatians 4:4-6 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” That world perished when the Law perished. Matthew 5:18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. One must understand Jesus said that when the Temple (heaven and earth) fell, then heaven and earth will pass away. You can see Jesus saying this here. Matthew 24:34-35 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Heaven and earth was the temple. See the preamble to this passage. Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Hebrews tell us that the new heaven will come after the Temple is destroyed. Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. So. The born again experience is not exclusive to Christians. Rather it’s an experience for everyone. Every one had been born again. 1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, It was through the resurrection of Christ. Some of you from the IO movement would argue it applies to Israel. Be that as it may, that’s not the point. The point is that God is more inclusive than Christianity has taught us. The Love of God is not limited to your choice of faith. It is his choice to include us into his Son. That’s how he loves us. By confirming our image to his Son’s.
Our salvation is not described as being born again into a second covenant, but being made alive into a new creature (Eph 2:15). This new creature, called the Body of Christ, is neither Jewish nor Gentile, and operates not under the law (Rom 6:14; Gal 3:28). The new creature is the subject of the mystery of Christ and could not have been known by Nicodemus, the prophets, nor any of the apostles in John 3. Born again language is a denial of the mystery of Christ revealed to the apostle Paul. People who think they are born again must also think they are in some way Israel. Being born again is something for Israel to partake. Since Israel is fallen, you couldn’t be born again if you wanted to. What you can be is saved by God’s grace through faith in his finished work on the cross. At the moment you believe, the Holy Spirit seals you in Christ making you part of a new creature. Trusting the cross of Christ is what will save you today. Trusting your experience, devotion, or changed life will not. Being saved is far better than being born again. For solid Bible study, please visit ''Truth Time Radio'' - also on youtube - learn the truth and unlearn the many lies!!!
Why does everyone must be born again and why does Jesus need to come to earth again. Hasn't He done enough already? Plus by Jesus dyng on the Cross for everyone's (everyone, not just some people) and the His Resurrection means everyone is already forgiven and has a place in Heaven. Long as they don't go and screw that up. The "Born Again" thing is just like "the Rapture". Not part of God's plans.
Use the KJV. (John 3:5 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of Spirit,). What does this mean? In order to be Born Again, you must be accomplish this verse. which only one person in Heaven, on earth, or under the earth can actually accomplish. This is not something that can be accomplished by the flesh. You need to understand the structure of Life. All Life in and of Creation starts with a Soul and all Souls for a Universe are made at the beginning of the Universe. Since none of these Souls have a Spirit, they must be kept in the Waters of Death, who is female and the Souls are like unfertilized eggs and the eggs (Souls) must be passed to the Land of Life to be fertilized with a newly conceived Spirit and than placed in Heaven. These new Spirits remain in Heaven until they are old enough to begin living in flesh. This is how Life began in Creation, under Heaven's control. As Satan and his angels grew in power and ability threw technology, they developed the ability to take Spirits out of the flesh and out of the Universe and fly them over to the Waters of Death and throw them in, so their Spirit is killed and they lose their Soul. Satan has been doing this for a very long time and no one has ever been able to get their Soul back with a new Spirit and be Born again of the Waters. However the Bible is all about the One who could and has accomplished this seemingly impossible feet.
Are the born again free to sin again by mistake? - "Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because his seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God". 1 John 3:9
Being Born Again means exactly what Jesus told His followers to do: Give up most of one's money and material possessions to the poor and needy. The only other option is to REPENT.....
Being born again began in Acts 2:38. Romans 10: 9 was never preached to unbelievers about how to be saved anywhere in the bible. Romans 10:9 was an epistle written to the Roman's who in Acts already repented, received the Holy Spirit and were baptized.
Please members I really need your prayers am in a place where Muslims are many I thank God may are giving there lives to Christ,it true need preach the gospel of salvation to all parts especially here some of our part Africa uganda
In Acts ch.2 when Peter told the gathered crowd to repent and be baptized. .. for the remission of sins he was saying that for the remission of sins that repentance and water baptism are needed. The word " remission In the original N.T. Greek means" to restore something to its original condition". In obedience, by doing both, during water baptism our sins are forgiven by the Spirit circumcising our conscience and removing the guilt of past sins and restoring our conscience to its original childlike sensitivity to sin. It is basically accessing the Foregiveness that the Lord has given us on a personal basis. This puts repentance and water baptism solidly as part of the new birth and what the Lord meant when he said that we must be " born of water".
This is how i describe this message: Mark 9:39 NIV [39] “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me,
You're absolutely wrong. You must encounter the miracle of being spirit born again. You must hear the Holy Spirit call you, feel the deep, soft and gentle conviction from sin to repentance and surrender to the spirit's conviction. You must wrestle with the Holy Spirit and surrender to him. You must experience joy and peace beyond any Huma description immediately after yielding to the Spirit's conviction. Without this process and experience you're not born again. You're simply a fake Christian.
According to the doctrine of predestination, only those called by God are able to be saved, since the attonement of Christ is limited. Therefore, why preach the Gospel urging people to be born again, when only God can call people into repentance? It makes no sense. Kick your feet up and let God do his work, because everything is predestined and there is nothing you can do to impact the future.
Are the born again free to sin by mistake? - "Everyone who has been born of God does not sin, because his seed remains in him; he is not able to sin, because he has been born of God". 1 John 3:9
Such a powerful and uplifting message! Thank you, Tim Keller, for reminding us of the transformative power of being born again. May everyone watching this find inspiration and strength in these words. Wishing all of you the very best in your journey of faith and life. Blessings to all! 🙏✨"
Our salvation is not described as being born again into a second covenant, but being made alive into a new creature (Eph 2:15). This new creature, called the Body of Christ, is neither Jewish nor Gentile, and operates not under the law (Rom 6:14; Gal 3:28). The new creature is the subject of the mystery of Christ and could not have been known by Nicodemus, the prophets, nor any of the apostles in John 3. Born again language is a denial of the mystery of Christ revealed to the apostle Paul. People who think they are born again must also think they are in some way Israel. Being born again is something for Israel to partake. Since Israel is fallen, you couldn’t be born again if you wanted to. What you can be is saved by God’s grace through faith in his finished work on the cross. At the moment you believe, the Holy Spirit seals you in Christ making you part of a new creature. Trusting the cross of Christ is what will save you today. Trusting your experience, devotion, or changed life will not. Being saved is far better than being born again. For solid Bible study, please visit ''Truth Time Radio'' - also on youtube - learn the truth and unlearn the many lies!!!
