The Beauty of New Birth 

By:  Jo Smith…… April 13, 2016 

John 3King James Version (KJV)

3 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2 The 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.

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

4 Nicodemus 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?

5 Jesus 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.

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

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

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Are you a pastor of a church and know not these things?  Are you a member of some church and know not these things?  Sure, you ‘think’ you do.  Well, let’s examine the Scripture and see.  Jesus very clearly said here that the new birth is the Spirit being born.  Your first birth was the flesh being born.  If you are still in the flesh, you are not born again.  Romans 8.

You ALL say that Jesus is or was the Word of God.  So let’s just start here….do you not know the true foundation upon which Jesus is building his Church?

John’s words:  34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

Now why do you proceed to call John the Baptist a lie?  He said, the one that God sent,  (speaking of Jesus)…. SPEAKETH the word of God.  That is not what this seventh church teaches, is it?  Not at all.  So why is the last church naked?  blind? lukewarm? miserable? poor?  and don’t know it?

They say, Jesus is or was THE WORD OF GOD.  But John said, He speaks               [SPEAKS] the word of God.

Now if they have something this clear and simple so mixed up and wrong, why would you trust them to tell you how to be BORN AGAIN?

This blind church has reduced the glory of BEING BORN AGAIN, down to just saying I believe the son of  God.  I join a church.  I am still a sinner, but I have been born again.  wow!  No wonder God said I will spew this bunch out of my mouth.  Their mouth speaks nothing but lies.

Over and over, Jesus told people, go and SIN NO MORE.  Sin no more lest a worse thing come upon you.  Yet this ‘born again’ bunch, is still in sin.  Not much of a new birth, is it?

Romans 6:  4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.

7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.

8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

IF we have been planted in the likeness of his death, we shall be in the likeness of his resurrection.

Look at verse 6… our old man is crucified with him. that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth  (from now on) we should not serve sin.  If you be dead with him, you are FREED FROM SIN.

In His resurrection, was he a sinner?  Then why are those who are raised, (from this baptism death)… in the LIKENESS of his resurrection,  STILL SAID TO BE A SINNER;  CAN’T STOP SINNING;  Can’t be free from sin?

Is that the likeness of Jesus in his resurrection?  No way.

That mouth needs to be stopped.  So Let’s just see what is the glorious New Birth.

Romans 1King James Version (KJV)

1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)

3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:

The first birth made Jesus a MAN, made in the flesh, of the seed of David.

When was he declared to be the Son of God?  At his RESURRECTION from the dead.  NEW BIRTH…from a man to being a SON OF GOD.

No more mortal body.  No more human weakness.  No more of the dust of the ground.  New birth  =  a new creation.  Jesus was the beginning of this CREATION OF GOD   =  a man, from the dust of the ground, made into a Son of God, with power;  death has no more dominion over this Born Again Son of God.

He is the pattern that we must all go by.  He died to bring forth many more  sons of God to this same glory.  GLORY!

Is there OT prophesy bearing out that this new birth occurs at the RESURRECTION from this mortal man to a glorified person?  Sure.

Hosea 13: 13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Years ago as I was reading this book of Hosea, I came upon this…..  ‘he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children’.  … a travailing woman….giving birth.

Without looking at the next verse, as I am accustomed to do, I stopped right there and asked God,  ‘What is the place of the breaking forth of children?

  God answered me back immediately and said, THE GRAVE.

I then read the next verse and shouted for Joy.  That is just what it said….  I will ransom them from the power of the GRAVE.  I will redeem them from death.

That was a long time ago, but since that time I have known and said that we are not born again until we come out of that grave in a glorified body.

EVERY SCRIPTURE PROVES THIS TRUTH.

So see, the carnal minded church/preachers, have taken this glorious New Birth, into being a Son of God, = like God, glorified… and changed it into nothing more than just saying I believe….yet,  I am still a sinner……….THAT IS NOT NEW BIRTH.  That is your first or human birth.

There is much more that could be placed into this message, such as 1 Cor 15 and much else, but this is enough for anyone who can be honest with God and wants TRUTH.  Know that without a LOVE FOR THE TRUTH, you will be damned.

AMEN.