How Can I Be Born Again?

Are you sure that when you die, you will go to heaven? Jesus said: “You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again’” (John 3:7). Maybe you have a void within you that you can’t fill. You have tried many things: sports, adventure, success, good works, money, religion, or shopping, but nothing brings fulfillment. You still lack something. Maybe you grew up in Christian surroundings and consider yourself a Christian because of birth and background, but you still have that void. The question is, what is that void?

Only one person can fill it, and He is Jesus. You need to be born again. “In reply Jesus declared, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again,’” (John 3:3). “Jesus answered, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit,’” (John 3:5).

When you are born again, Jesus lives in you through the Holy Spirit. “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,’” (Acts 2:38).

With Him come peace, strength, and power. In the past, you had anxiety with no hope, a life without purpose. If you have accepted Jesus as your Savior and are filled with the Holy Spirit, you suddenly know where you are going. Nothing in life is in vain anymore, because your desires were brought in line with God’s desires. You suddenly are fulfilled and have zeal for God. You understand the Word of the Lord much better. It is as if a whole new life has opened for you. All these are because, at the moment of rebirth, the Lord has done a miracle in you. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

“‘Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me,’” (Revelation 3:20).

Do you want it? Simply pray, “Lord Jesus, I am a sinner. I have sinned by following my own desires. I am sorry. I invite you to come in and live with me. Give me rebirth and make me a new creation. Please fill me with the Holy Spirit so that I can have the power and love to be your witness.”

If you have prayed this, you are born again.  “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).

All you need to do now is to exercise your faith. If you want to keep fit as an athlete, you need to exercise. Exercising your faith means that you need to fill yourself with knowledge from the Word, read the Bible daily, pray constantly, and serve within a Bible-preaching church. Telling your family and friends about what happened to you will help your faith grow.                              

If you have anything to discuss concerning the decision you just made, please feel free to e-mail us at discipleliving@gmail.com.

More passages to help you understand the need to be born again.

    1 Timothy 2:4-6: [God] Who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 Who gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in  its proper time.

    Isaiah 59:1, 2: Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

    Romans 3:21-24: But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 And are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

    Hebrews 9:27: ...man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment...

    2 Corinthians 5:15: And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

    1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

    John 5:24: I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

    John 1:12, 13:  Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God – 13 Children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

    1 Peter 1:23: For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

    1 John 4:7: Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

    1 John 5:4: For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

    1 John 5:11-12: And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

    2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!