The new birth

Memory Verse: ‘Jesus answered and said… Verily, verily, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God’, John 3:3
Bible Passage: John 3:1-13
 
Introduction: 
Man is a spirit. Therefore the most important thing about man is his spiritual state. Man is either dead in sin or alive in Christ. Adam and Eve, the first couple sinned and died spiritually by separation from God. Thereafter every member of the human race was conceived and born dead spiritually, Ps. 51:5. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23.  We all arrived spiritually dead. We need another birth to become spiritually alive again.  And it is not a biological re-birth. It is not getting back into our mothers’ womb. What is flesh is flesh and what is spirit is spirit!

The New Birth
The heart of man outside Christ is deceitful and desperately wicked, Jer.17:9. It cannot be reformed, renewed, restored by any one, Jer.13:23. We need enablement and empowerment to live righteously in Christ Jesus, Ps. 4:3, Gal.2:20, Jn.3:3-5, Heb.12:14, 1Pet.1:15-16. The new birth is indispensable to become alive spiritually.
 
The Process
It all starts with deep conviction of our sorry state of hopelessness and helplessness in sin and the abiding need for God’s mercy, Rom.6:23, 1Thess. 5:9. Believe the word of God, 1Pet.1:25. God came in the flesh in the person of Jesus Christ to save mankind from sin, Tit. 2:11, Jn.1:14, Acts 4:12, Jn.3:16-18. Confess your sins, Rom.10:10, 1Jn.1:9 and repent. Accept Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. Invite Him into your heart, Jn.1:12. You will surely become a new creature, alive in the spirit. You will turn a new corner and a new page, 2Cor.5:17.