Jesus Tells Nicodemus To Be Born Again

Jesus Tells Nicodemus To Be Born Again - introduction

Jesus Tells Nicodemus To Be Born Again is a simple explanation of how to enter into eternal life. The story centers around a man who asked Jesus if he needed to return to his mother's womb in order to be born again.

Nicodemus was an important religious leader who sneaked in to see Jesus in the night. He did not want anyone to see him. 

Nicodemus began his enquiry with a compliment

‘I believe you come from God. No one could do the miracles I have seen you do, unless God was with him,’ said Nicodemus

Jesus did not comment. Instead, He told Nicodemus that he must be born again in order to see the Kingdom of God.

Nicodemus was shocked. He was an old man! 

He asked Jesus how he could become a baby again. Did he need to return to his moms womb in order to be born again.

Jesus must have chuckled. He patiently replied:

‘You must have God’s Spirit in you."

This means that God's Spirit will give you a new spirit. Therefore, people who are born again become like born babies who are new and innocent of sin.

Jesus used the wind as an example to help Nicodemus. The wind is invisible, and you cannot see it. However, you can see the effects of the wind like the trees moving their branches. 

The Lord explained to Nicodemus that those who are born again cannot see the Spirit of God. However, they and others will see the results and change that comes about in their lives.

Nicodemus still  could not understand. Jesus reproved him because as a Teacher of the Law, Nicodemus should have known these things.  The prophets had spoken of being born again:

Ezekiel 11:19

And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Ezekiel 36:26

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.

Jesus explained that God loved everyone so much that He sent His only Son from Heaven into the world. Every one who believes in Him will not go to hell, but will receive everlasting life.

Only people with born again spirits can receive eternal life. Eternal life means that those who believe in Jesus will not go to hell, but will live with God forever.

Furthermore, Jesus explained, those persons who are born again will practice truth, and will obey the Word of God:

``But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God" (John 3: 21).

How can I be born again

Jesus said that anyone who is born again must believe that He is the Son of God and the only one to save them from their sins:

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They must believe that He died to save them through His blood:

14	``As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15	so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.
16	``For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
17	``For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him."

Everyone who wants to be born again must confess their sins to  God. This means to admit to being a sinner and to tell God their sins. To confess sins mean to ask God to forgive sins:

Romans 10:9

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10:10

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Persons who want to become new spirits in Christ must repent of their sins

The bible teaches that people must repent of their sins. Jesus also preached about repentance. To repent means to turn away from sins and to stop practicing them.

Matthew 4:17

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

People who have repented practice the Word of God and do not do things like lying, cheating, stealing and other sins. 

This is why Jesus explained to Nicodemus that there is a difference between people who love God and those who love evil or Satan:

19 ``This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

20 ``For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21 ``But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."

Prayer asking God to forgive sins and to make you a new spirit in Christ

Lord Jesus, I confess that I am a sinner. I ask You to forgive my sins and save me from eternal separation from God. 

By faith, I accept Your work and death on the cross as the only payment for my sins. 

I promise that you will be my only God and that I will obey your Word.

Thank You for providing the way for me to know You and to have a relationship with my heavenly Father. Through faith in You, I have eternal life. 

Thank You also for hearing my prayers and loving me unconditionally. Please give me the strength, wisdom, and determination to walk in the center of Your will, In Jesus’ name, amen.

Nicodemus Bible Verses JOHN 3

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;

2 this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, ``Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."

3 Jesus answered and said to him, ``Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."

4 Nicodemus said to Him, ``How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he?"

5 Jesus answered, ``Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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

7 ``Do not be amazed that I said to you, `You must be born again.'

8 ``The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

9 Nicodemus said to Him, ``How can these things be?"

10 Jesus answered and said to him, ``Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?

11 ``Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony.

12 ``If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

13 ``No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

14 ``As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.

16 ``For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

17 ``For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

18 ``He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 ``This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

20 ``For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21 ``But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.

23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized--

24 for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

25 Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification.

26 And they came to John and said to him, ``Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him."

27 John answered and said, ``A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

28 ``You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, `I am not the Christ,' but, `I have been sent ahead of Him.'

29 ``He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.

30 ``He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 ``He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

32 ``What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

33 ``He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

34 ``For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

35 ``The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.

36 ``He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

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