But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn (born again)—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. —John 1:12-13

Q: What does it mean to be born again or saved? What part of us is this referring to?
A: We are made of 3 parts: body, soul and spirit. Jesus is referring to our spirit.

Q: Why does our spirit need this?
A: Because we are born in sin with an unresponsive, dead spirit towards God.

Once you were dead (spiritually) because of your disobedience and your many sins. —Ephesians 2:1
…were by nature children of wrath (born with a sin nature), like the rest of mankind. —Ephesians 2:3

When someone is born again they receive new spiritual life.

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sin, made us alive (spiritually, born again). —Ephesians 2:4-5
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person (spiritually). The old life (spiritually) is gone; a new life (spiritually) has begun! —2 Corinthians 5:17

To Be Born Again, We Have To

1. Acknowledge we’re sinners in need of saving.

2. Trust Jesus to forgive us and deliver us from the power of

JESUS TAKES AWAY OUR SIN

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” —John 1:29
For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. —John 3:16
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. —2 Corinthians 5:21

OLD LIFE

Spiritually unresponsive & resistant to God, a life of sin with no guilt or shame and powerless to stop sinning

NEW LIFE

Spiritually responsive and desiring God’s love, a desire to renounce sin and leave behind old, sinful behaviors

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