John 3:7 - You Must Be Born Again!
John 3:7 (NKJV) Do not marvel that I said to
you, 'You must be born again.'
COMMENTARY PEARL
The Bible teaches that unless we have
experienced the new birth, we cannot get into the
kingdom of Heaven. Jesus made it even stronger by
saying we must be born again. There is nothing
indefinite, nothing optional about that. He who would
enter the kingdom of God must be born again.
Salvation is not just repairing the
original self. It is a new self created of God in
righteousness and true holiness. Regeneration is not even
a change of nature or a change of heart. Being
born again is not a change - it is a
regeneration, a new generation. It is a second birth.
The life that comes from the new birth
cannot be obtained by natural development or
self-effort. Man does not by nature have this holiness
that God requires for Heaven. "That which is born
of the flesh is flesh" (John 3:6). In the new
birth alone is the beginning of such a life to be
found. To live the life of God we must have the
nature of God.
What does it mean to have the nature of
God? [Peace for Each Day by Billy Graham]
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY
John 3:3 - You Must Be Born Again To Enter
The Kingdom Of God.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2020/20200518-0946.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2018/20180715-1129.html
LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT
https://abible.com/links/