Born Again – What is being Born Again?

(i) Born Again – “Water” and “Spirit”

 

“Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is BORN AGAIN he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3)

 

“Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is BORN of WATER and the SPIRIT he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)

 

Yes, believers ‘first’ (some believers are overly concerned about not being too special ‘first’):

 

“but whoever drinks of the WATER that I will give him shall NEVER THIRST; but the WATER that I will give him will BECOME IN him a Well of WATER Springing up to age-during life.” – Lord Jesus Christ (John 4:14)

 

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of LIVING WATER” – Lord Jesus Christ (John 7:38)

 

How does it apply beyond ‘believers only’?

Please consider:

 

 

 

(ii) Water

 

“And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I AM MAKING ALL things NEW .” And He said, “Write, for these words are FAITHFUL and TRUE.”

 

Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I WILL GIVE to the one who THIRSTS from the Spring of the WATER of Life without cost.” (Revelation 21:5 – 6)

 

“”Ho! EVERY ONE who THIRSTS, come to the WATERS; And you who have NO MONEY come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk WITHOUT MONEY and WITHOUT COST.” (Isaiah 55:1)

 

 

 

(ii) Spirit

 

“The SPIRIT and the BRIDE say, “COME.” And let the one who hears say, “COME.” And let the one who is THIRSTY COME; let the one who wishes take the WATER of Life WITHOUT COST.” (Revelation 22:17)

 

*The THIRSTY ones are “not” believers simply because the believers are “His Bride” (His Church out of the New Jerusalem from Heaven) mentioned in the verse above also —> speaking to ANYONE who is THIRSTY —> also since believers are “never THIRSTY” again as written in John 4:14 earlier too —> So, the THIRSTY ones are due to being in the “Lake of Fire” first since that causes THIRST right?

 

🙂

 

Being “Born Again” doesn’t just apply to men but “all creation” too as it is mentioned in Romans 8:22 (correlating with Matthew 24:8) —-> causing this same All Creation to be the Children of God too (as the context of consecutive verses prove in Romans 8:20 – 21) eventually in its own times (1 Timothy 2:6, Ephesians 1:10, Colossians 1:16 with Colossians 1:20, Acts 3:21) till God becomes All in all creation, 1 Corinthians 15:28 in the END.

 

 

 

Conclusion

 

Being “Born Again” may be understood as being Made New which is Promised to All (Revelation 21:5).

 

Peace to you

 

More Details?  Please consider

 

“Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5, NASB)

 

Verses:

 

(i) Born of ‘Water’ – the ‘Overflowing Scourge’

 

“And I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.

 

And disannulled hath been your covenant with death, And your provision with Sheol doth not stand, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Then ye have been to it for a treading-place.” (Isaiah 28:17 – 18, YLT)

 

“Overflowing Scourge” (Isaiah 28:18) = “waters overflow” (Isaiah 28:17) = ‘Born of Water’ in the afterlife by the Mercy of God in the afterlife = drink of the ‘water of life freely’ (Revelation 22:17):

 

“The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost.” (Revelation 22:17, NASB)

 

Please note that the ‘Bride’ (His Church, believers) are calling out to the “thirsty” ones (from the ‘lake of Fire’, post Judgment) to be ‘relieved of their thirst’. Believers can never thirst in the afterlife and thus cannot be the ones referred to in the verse above (Revelation 22:17):

 

“but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst — to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.’” – Lord Jesus Christ (John 4:14, YLT)

 

Please also note that the ones thrown into the Lake of Fire (Revelation 20:15) after the Great Judgment (Revelation 20:11 – 13) being bound with Hades (Sheol) and Death too (Revelation 20:14) —> will be SAVED and RANSOMED out by God Himself (1 Corinthians 15:57) before the FULL DESTRUCTION of HADES (SHEOL) and DEATH ONLY occurs in the Lake of Fire, Revelation 20:14 – 15 prior (as Hosea 13:14 mentions Majestically with 1 Corinthians 15:55) —-> agreeing to the phrases “DISANULLED hath been your covenant with Death” (YLT, Isaiah 28:18) and “our provision with Sheol doth NOT stand” (Isaiah 28:18, YLT) in light of the POST – afterlife JUDGMENT-SALVATION of those who were previously bound to DEATH and SHEOL (or HADES) in the LAKE of FIRE too. Are we able to REALLY understand such a Marvellous Mystery?

 

For a more detailed explanation in regards to Salvation post afterlife Judgment, please consider the posts below:

 

1. a) Lake of Fire – Mercy – ALL to REPENTANCE eventually

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/lake-of-fire-mercy-all-to-repentance-eventually/

 

1. b) Resurrection of the Dead – Meaning of Perish?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/resurrection-of-the-dead-meaning-of-perish/

 

1. c) Our Righteousness vs God’s Righteousness

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/our-righteousness-vs-gods-righteousness/

 

1. d) For more details regarding this particular aspect, please consider the write-up below for edification:

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/will-god-defeat-death-hell/

 

(ii) Born of Spirit – the Beautiful Confession

 

The Beautiful Confession that ‘Jesus is Lord’ will be done by His Spirit, and not by might and nor by Power fulfilling the shouts of ‘Grace, Grace to it!’ by the ‘top stones’ when these prophetic verses are ‘seen together’:

 

“So the angel who was speaking with me answered and said to me, “Do you not know what these are?” And I said, “No, my lord.”

 

Then he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.

 

‘What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’” (Zechariah 4:5 – 7, NASB)

 

Yes, everyone who Confesses ‘Jesus is Lord’ in ‘truth’ will be ‘born of the spirit’ as the ‘Holy Spirit’ is sealed on such without Whom such a Confession is impossible (and God never receives ‘fake’ confessions):

 

“Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 12:3, NASB)

 

A Beautiful ending where ‘all’ who confess must ‘be saved’:

 

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;

For I am God, and there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:22, NASB)

 

Scripture promises that this Beautiful Confession unto Salvation will be done by “all” eventually (with “no” forcing) & most must be in the afterlife as it is written, bringing ‘Glory to God the Father’ as the ‘oath’ (or ‘swearing of Allegiance’ is done by each to God, repentance):

 

“For it has been written: “I live, says the Lord, that every knee will bow to Me, and every tongue will confess to God.” (Romans 14:11, BSB)

 

“I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.” – God (Isaiah 45:23, NASB)

 

“wherefore, also, God did highly exalt Him, and gave to Him a Name that [is] above every name,

 

that in the Name of Jesus every knee may bow — of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth —

 

and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9 – 11, YLT)

 

The only Begotten Son of God (Lord Jesus Christ) imputed His Righteousness to “all” and “those believing” Saving them after they do it:

 

““They will say of Me, ‘Only in the LORD are Righteousness and strength.’…” (Isaiah 45:24, NASB)

 

“But now the Righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

 

Even the Righteousness of God which is by Faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:” (Romans 3:21 – 22, KJV)

 

Conclusion

 

Being “Born again” (of the ‘water & spirit’) is ‘how He saves us’ which believers receive it ‘through faith’ in the ‘present time’ (a spiritual regeneration or renewal begins in us) on earth itself though our ‘earthly outward man is perishing daily’:

 

“Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

 

Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?”

 

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

 

“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

 

“Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’” (John 3:3 – 7, NASB)

 

“Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day.” (2 Corinthians 4:16, NASB)

 

 

 

P/S: It will all come to pass ‘as it is written’:

 

“Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

 

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.

 

“For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel—these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth.”” (Zechariah 4:8 – 10, NASB)

 

Indeed,

 

“For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the Faith of God without effect?

 

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That Thou mightest be justified in Thy sayings, and mightest overcome when Thou art judged.” (Romans 3:3 – 4, KJV)

 

[the image may be a nice description of the Water of Life]

 

 

 

 

P/S: Please consider the write-ups below for further edification

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. a) FAQ – Common Man-Made Objections against Christ Saving All eventually

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/faq-common-man-made-objections-against-christ-saving-all-eventually/

 

1. b) How about Judas?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/how-about-judas/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/judas-satan-friend/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/can-gods-love-end-judas/

 

1. c) All Created things – Never Cast out upon Return

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/all-created-things-never-cast-out-upon-return/

 

1. d) All will Believe eventually – No Favoritism in the Election of Grace

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/all-will-believe-eventually-no-favoritism-in-the-election-of-grace/

 

1. e) The Forgotten Champion – KING Jesus Christ [with links to many posts explaining further details]

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/forgotten-champion-king-jesus-christ/

 

1. f) Free Downloadable e-book [for basics which are NOT covered in recent posts here nor in the BLOG]

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/christian-ebook/

 

1. g) FAQ – Is it really All?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/faq-is-it-really-all/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/all-about-understanding-understanding-all-who-or-what-is-the-all-in-holy-scripture/

 

1. h) Satan and Fallen Angels – Hope for them or Heresy? (with further links regarding this within)

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/satan-and-fallen-angels-hope-for-them-or-heresy/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/the-end-of-satan/

 

1. I) How about God’s Hate?

 

Hate – God Saves All Men eventually

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/hate-god-saves-all-men-eventually/

 

1. J) How about Hell in regards to God’s Hate?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/hell-hate-and-love/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/will-god-defeat-death-hell/

 

1. K) How about credible Visions of Hell?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/secrets-beyond-hell-sadhu-sundar-singh/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/deep-secrets-visions-of-hell-being-not-eternal/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/sadhu-sundar-singh-on-hell/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/the-truth-on-hell-by-the-vision-of-sadhu-sundar-singh/

 

1. L) Will God Really Save All men?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/all-saviour-of-all-men-knowing-him/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/time-judgment/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/aionion-kolasin/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/josephus-a-near-jewish-contemporary-with-christ/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/matthew-2546-punishment-of-men-aionion-kolasin/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/deeper-purpose-punishment/

 

1. M) How about Hell in Church History?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/hell-in-church-history/

 

1. N) How about the Lake of Fire? Can God Save from the Lake of Fire?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/lake-of-fire-mercy-all-to-repentance-eventually/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/the-last-secret-of-fire/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/unquenchable-fire/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/worm-does-not-die-and-the-fire-is-not-quenched/

 

1. O) Is the Biblical Hope beyond Hell?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/hell-is-body-soul-and-spirit-destroyed-there/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/mystery-judgment-hell-fire-biblical-hope-beyond-hell/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/knowing-god-hell-heavens/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/none-can-pay-hell-eternal/

 

1. P) How are we Saved? What about our Righteousness?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/our-righteousness-vs-gods-righteousness/

 

1. Q) What is the Faith of Jesus Christ?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/faith-jesus-christ-2/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/mystery-faith-jesus-christ-salvation/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/translations-faith-christ/

 

1. R) What is our faith in the Faith of Jesus Christ? Is there a difference between the Faith of Jesus Christ vs our faith in Christ?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/faith-jesus-christ/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/distinction-faith-vs-jesus-faith/

 

1. S) How about Israel? Will All Israel be Saved?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/all-israel/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/the-hardening-of-israel/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/god-never-changed-mystery-regarding-context-holy-scripture-regarding-israel/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/israel-proof-biblical-context/

 

1. T) Can Christ Really Save from Hell? What does it mean that He Descended as it is mentioned in the Apostles’ Creed?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/simple-faith-or-doubts/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/hope-for-the-dead-even-beyond-hell/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/gospel-mystery-can-christ-save-hell/

 

1. U) How about being Born Again? Being Born of the Water and Spirit?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/entering-heaven-born-water-spirit/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/what-is-the-meaning-of-being-born-again/

 

1. V) What is Olam or Aion or Age?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/all-accuracy-emphasis-all-again/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/age-during-law-purpose/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/davidic-covenant-forever-or-to-the-age/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/age-eternal-places/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/age-of-the-ages-a-mystery-of-highlighted-time-periods-in-scripture-for-his-divine-purposes/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/ages-past-present-and-future/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/ages-beginning-and-end/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/aion-aionion-the-idiom-excuse/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/aion-aionion-olam-does-not-mean-eternal/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/aion-aionion-literal-one-translation/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/olam-relate-age-ages-respectively-forever/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/a-non-scriptural-logic-forever-olam/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/god-of-this-age/

 

1. W) Commandments – Are these Important? Which Commands affect us under this New Testament Age?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/commands-unimportant-antichrist/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/commands-of-the-lord-and-human-hearts-revealed-judgment-by-fire-and-sword/

 

1. X) We are not all God’s Children right? All are God’s Creation but only the elect are His Children right? How about the Book of Romans?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/after-afterlife-judgment-children-of-god-are-we-all-gods-children-eventually/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/sons-of-the-devil/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/romans-road-salvation/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/unseen-is-it-eternal/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/all-in-all-mystery/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/meaning-book-romans/

 

1. Y) How about His Mercy?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/mysteries-of-his-mercy/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/mercy-his-gift-of-salvation/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/love-judgment-and-mercy/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/father-of-lights-an-undying-truth/

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/greatest-secret-gods-beautiful-heart/

 

1. Z) How about Forever?

 

https://www.anonymouschristian.org/blog/checkmate-forever-explained-irrefutably/