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The Amish Voice

MAP

P.O. Box 128

575 U.S. Highway 250

Savannah, OH 44874

(419) 962-1515

May 2015

Born of the Spirit

The Word of God is clear and leaves no

room for doubt; if one desires to see or

enter the kingdom of God he/she MUST

be born again.

John 3:3 and 3:5

Jesus answered and said unto him

[Nicodemus], Verily, verily, I say

unto thee, Except a man be born

again, he

cannot see

the kingdom of

God.

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.

These statements, made by the Lord

Himself, are black and white, sure, and

to the point; one must be born again or

he/she will

never

see nor enter God’s

kingdom.

With that in mind, let’s ask ourselves

some questions and then dig into God’s

Word for those answers.

1. Are all people born again in the

same way?

2. Do different groups become born

again in different ways depending

on the structure of their church

and family beliefs?

3. Does the second birth happen

gradually and over a lifetime, or

does it happen instantly?

4. Can a person be born again by

simply belonging to and following

a certain church or religion?

5. Can those who leave the church

ever be born again, or

must they return and

re-join before

the new

birth

takes

affect?

6. How is a

person

born

again?

S

everal years ago, while

having a conversation with

my friend, Albert, we discussed some of

these same questions at length. We went

into great detail on how Jesus, in John

chapter 3, told Nicodemus, “

You must be

born again if you want to see the

kingdom of God.

At one point, Albert looked at me and

said, “Joe, you may be surprised to know

that I have memorized every single verse

in John chapter 3.”

I responded by saying, “Albert, I cannot

recall ever hearing of anyone being able

to quote the entire chapter by heart. That

is just absolutely phenomenal!” But

then I asked him, “Albert, now that you

are able to quote the whole chapter by

heart, do you know how to be born

again?”

He gave me a puzzled look and

said,

“Well,

Joe, I’m not sure

that I know, but my

guess is that since I

got

baptized,

joined

the

church, and

am doing the

best I can in

following

the commandments of God and the

church, I will probably be considered

born again in God's eyes.”

“Oh my, Albert,” I said. “I have to ask

you a very important question. If Jesus

told us in John 3:7, “Ye must be born

—Joe Keim