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Goals
To identify why the new birth is required. Identify the advantages and results of the new birth.
Introductory Question
Do you think that you have experienced the new birth?
Introduction
When we are born again in the natural, God has already created within us our sex, the skin pigmentation, height and weight, temperament, even some habits and desires. But to be born again means to acquire a spiritual life and mind that will become the mind of Christ. For a long time people have been looking for solutions to humanity's problems simply in social reform, forgetting that the root of every problem is in the spiritual realm. Once the spiritual problem has been solved, that will reflect in every area of people's lives. The new birth is a creative act. God takes the believer's faith, and joins it to the power of the Holy Spirit. This produces the miracle of a new heart and spirit "that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." (John 3:6)
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The idea of man being able to reform himself is, therefore, completely without foundation. The new birth is not an intellectual event, but it is a spiritual miracle.
Moving from darkness into light. Sin takes us through dark paths. Conversion makes us turn our backs on darkness and directs our steps unto a new way, the path of light.
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Through faith in Jesus we receive pardon from sin. Faith believes that
our sins deserve punishment, but that Jesus carried them in His body.
We receive an inheritance with the saints. Paul said: "He who did not
spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us, how will he not also give everything to you." (Acts 9:1 - 9)
Conclusion
No matter what his current moral state, every person needs a new birth. We cannot change ourselves; the new birth is produced through the Word and the Holy Spirit. Only through the new birth can a person receive his spiritual sight, moving from darkness into light and from sin to holiness. The new birth comes through faith. We should receive the revelation of the new man and of the death of the old man.
Application
Consider whether you have experienced the new birth. Considering the advantages of the new birth, evaluate whether you have received and experienced the benefits set apart for the new believer. Consider the importance of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross of Calvary. If God gave Jesus just to redeem us from our sins, how much more will He give to us? "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?" Romans 8:31-32
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Verse to memorize
"But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." (Matthew 7:26-27)
Goals
For the new believer to experience the power of the Word of God To keep the Word in their heart and be able to put it into practice
Introductory Question
What steps should be considered to enable you hear the voice of God? "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God." (Deuteronomy 28:1-2)
Introduction
We should love the Word and follow its instructions as the captain of a ship adheres to his compass. The Bible is a great treasure as it contains the answer to all our needs.
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"Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God." (II Corinthians 5:20)
Its content, in 66 books, summarizes the work of about 40 writers from different periods.
Jesus said: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away." (Matthew 24:35) Isaiah prophesied: "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands for ever." (Isaiah 40:8)
The Bible is the revelation of God to mankind. 2 Peter 2:19-20 says: "While they
promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."
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"You search Scriptures, for in them you in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39)
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Final Question
What are the benefits for the person who draws near the word?
Application
Determine to maintain a real relationship with God through regular daily Bible study. Determine to read a set number of chapters everyday and memorize the texts God uses to speak to you directly. Start with the Gospel of John.