BORN AGAIN - Kenute P. Curry

BORN AGAIN

Kenute P. Curry

What does it mean to be born again? One can only be born again or regenerated through faith in Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hang on! Here we go!

John 3:2-3

1. IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE PHARISEES TO BE OBSERVED BY OTHERS; TO HAVE THE PLACE OF HONOR, AND TO BE CALLED “RABBI” BY PEOPLE (Matthew 23:1-7).

2. ON THE OUTSIDE, THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES APPEARED TO BE SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS; BUT INSIDE THEY WERE FULL OF GREED, SELF-INDULGENCE, AND EVERY IMPURITY (Matthew 23:25, 27).

3. GOD DOES NOT LOOK AT ONE’S OUTSIDE APPEARANCE OF PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES. HE SEES THE HEART – EMOTIONS, WILL, INTELLECT, AND DESIRES OF ONE’S LIFE (1 Samuel 16:7).

4. TO BE PART OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, IT IS REQUIRED THAT ONE BE BORN AGAIN (Born from Above) (John 3:3). ONE HAS TO BE BORN AGAIN OF WATER (Spiritual Washing/Purification of the Soul) AND THE HOLY SPIRIT (Through the Word of God) (John 3:5-6).

5. BELIEVERS ARE PRIVILEGED TO BE CALLED “CHILDREN OF GOD,” WHO COME INTO BEING THROUGH FAITH IN THE MESSIAH (JOHN 1:12-13).

6. WE ARE BORN AGAIN TO A LIVING HOPE, THROUGH THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD (1 Peter 1:3). WE HAVE BEEN BORN THROUGH THE LIVING AND ENDURING WORD OF GOD (Gospel of Christ) (1 Peter 1:23). EVERYONE WHO PRACTICES RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BORN OF GOD (1 John 2:29).

John 5:1

7. AFTER A PERSON IS BORN AGAIN, THE OLD VALUE SYSTEMS, PRIORITIES, BELIEFS, LOVES, AND PLANS ARE GONE. THE BELIEVER SEES EVIL AND SIN IN A NEW PERSPECTIVE (2 Corinthians 5:17).

8. BELIEVERS ARE SYMBOLICALLY BURIED WITH CHRIST IN BAPTISM, BY HIS DEATH; AND RAISED FROM THE DEAD, UNITED IN HIS RESURRECTION (Romans 6:4).

9. THE INWARD MAN IS BEING RENEWED DAY BY DAY. THE GROWTH AND MATURING PROCESS OF THE BELIEVER IS CONSTANTLY OCCURRING (2 Corinthians 4:16)

Beloved, Christ is ever about bringing lost souls into the Kingdom of God!

February 12^th 2014

©2014 Kenute P. Curry. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Bible, © 1979, 1980, 1982, 1990, by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

JOHN MacARTHUR – The MacArthur Study Bible, New King James Version (Nashville, Tennessee:  Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson Inc. 1997)

HCSB STUDY BIBLE – Holman Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, Tennessee: Holman Bible Publishers 2010)