YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN

          Text: John 3:1. There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

          ²The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

          ³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again; he cannot see the kingdom of God.

          ⁴Nicodemus saith unto him. How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

           ⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

          ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

           ⁷Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.

         

          John3:1. There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

          ²The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

          You must see the kingdom of God to do these miracles.

          ³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again; he cannot see the kingdom of God.

          ⁴Nicodemus saith unto him. How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

           ⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

          The birth of the water is your physical birth.

          ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

           ⁷Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.

How can I  be saved?

          Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

          ¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

          ¹¹For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

          ¹²For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

          ¹³For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

          ¹⁴How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

          ¹⁵And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

          Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

 ¹⁶He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

 ¹⁷And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

 ¹⁸They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

          You have the power over life and death.

          Matthew 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

          Eph 2:6 And hath raised us up together, (the us is the gentiles and the Jews) and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

          ⁷That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

          ⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

           ⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast.

          ¹⁰For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

          If we could be saved by works, it would be our workmanship and not his.

 Galatians 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that, which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

          ⁹As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

          Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

          ¹⁵And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!