John 03:01-07 – You Must be Born Again – audio

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Text: John 3:1-7 (reading by Don Treadway)

Introduction

A. Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night, and confesses that He is a teacher come from God.

B. Jesus used this opportunity to teach him a lesson:

1) One must be born again to see the kingdom of God.

2) Nicodemus does not understand;

a) he thinks physically

b) Jesus is teaching spiritually.

Body

I. One must be born of water and the Spirit.

A. Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch in water (Acts 8:36-39).

B. Peter commanded those on Pentecost to be baptized for remission of sins, and they would receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38).

C. Ananias told Saul of Tarsus to “arise and be baptized, washing away his sins (Acts 22:16).”

D. God saves us through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5).

II. One must be born of incorruptible seed.

A. We purify our souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit (1 Peter 1:22).

B. We are not born again of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever (1 Peter 1:23).

1) We were born of corruptible seed (Ecclesiastes 3:2; Job 14:5; Hebrews 9:27).

2) We can be born of incorruptible seed (John 3:15-18; 5:39; 10:28; 11:25-26; 1 John 5:11-13; Galatians 3:26-27).

III. Those born again must possess certain characteristics:

A. They have the right to become children of God (John 1:12-13); what a blessing (1 John 3:1-3)!

B. They love God and others; they know God (1 John 4:7).

C. They believe Jesus is the Christ (1 John 5:1).

D. They overcome the world through faith (1 John 5:4).

E. They do not continue to live in sin (1 John 5:18). Instead, they keep themselves pure, unspotted from the world (James 1:27).

F. They are new creatures (2 Corinthians 5:17), walking in newness of life (Romans 6:3-6).

G. The Spirit of God dwells in them, and they in the Spirit (Romans 8:9).

Conclusion

A. One must be born again in order to enter the kingdom of God!

B. Are you truly born again?

C. Are you living the new life in Christ?