Born Again? What does it mean?

 “What does it mean?

So there is a growing number of people who do not understand what it means to be born again. Some assume it is a bad thing and always despise people who claim to be. Another group even say they are and cannot even explain clearly what it means to be one. The question then will be, can you be what or who you do not know how to describe?

If you say you are something, it doesn’t make you the thing. If you act like you are something, it still does not make you that thing. If I were to say I am a medical doctor and even go ahead to dress like one, it does not qualify me to become a medical doctor. If I were to do some medical diagnosis and treatment based on my experience with being around a doctor and caring for the sick around me, it does not qualify me to be a doctor. A medical doctor is someone trained and licensed to diagnose and prescribe medications for the sick.

To be born again means that one is born of the Spirit. In John 3 verses 5-6,

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.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Jesus clearly presents a distinction between spiritual and physical (fleshly) birth to make it clear that being born again is a spiritual birth. To be born again is to be born spiritually and this is absolutely different and has nothing to do with your physical birth. It is a birth and it must be seen and acknowledged as that.”

Excerpts from the book “Born Again?”

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Born Again?: A simple guide on the new birth Jesus Christ talked about: Making plain the realities of what being born again is all about. See it as it is and be sure of what you believe .