“Churchgoers all across the nation say the Holy Spirit has entered them. They claim that God has given them a supernatural ability to follow Christ, put their sin to death, and serve the church. Christians talk about being born again say that they they were dead but now have come to life. We have become hardened to those words, but they are powerful words that have significant meaning. Yet when those outside the church see no difference in our lives, they begin to question our integrity, out sanity, or even worse, our God. And can you blame them?” ChristianSpiritGivenNationsChristBornDifferencesChurchSinAbilityPowerfulOur LivesIntegrityHolyClaimsBlameSignificantHoly SpiritSanityBorn AgainHardenedPowerful Words Author:Francis Chan
“If Jesus is a teacher only, then all He can do is to tantalize us by erecting a standard we cannot come anywhere near. But if by being born again from above we know Him first as Savior, we know that He did not come to teach us only. He came to make us what He teaches we should be. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His way with us.” IfsKnowsWayShouldFirstsSpiritJesusCan DoBornTeachTeacherHolyStandardsStatementsHoly SpiritSaviorSermonsBorn AgainSermon On The Mount Book:Studies in the Sermon on the Mount Source: Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
“Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn 3:5)” MenSpiritualSpiritWaterBornGraceHolySaintFleshKingdomsHoly SpiritSpiritual LifeKingdom Of GodBaptismBorn AgainRegeneration Author:Thomas Aquinas
“How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.” This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit.” PeopleMenNeedsDoeHas BeensSpiritHateCoursesEvilChristBornSinAnswersPleasureHolyAnd LoveSalvationPerceiveFallenHoly SpiritDesperateHolinessBorn AgainRegeneration Author:Arthur W. Pink
“When a man or woman is born again by the Spirit of God they will give evidence of it in part by striving to live a holy life.” MenGivingSpiritBornHolyEvidenceStriveBorn AgainSpirit Of GodHoly Life Author:Alistair Begg
“Beware, I pray thee, of presuming that thou art saved. If thy heart be renewed, if thou shalt hate the things that thou didst once love, and love the things that thou didst once hate; if thou hast really repented; if there be a thorough change of mind in thee; if thou be born again, then hast thou reason to rejoice: but if there be no vital change, no inward godliness; if there be no love to God, no prayer, no work of the Holy Spirit, then thy saying "I am saved" is but thine own assertion, and it may delude, but it will not deliver thee.” IfsMindHeartMayArtReasonSpiritHateBornReligiousPrayerPrayingHolyArt IsAnd LoveSavedTheeHoly SpiritRejoiceInwardAssuranceI PrayAssertionThoroughGodlinessBorn AgainNo LoveMind ChangingPresuming Author:Charles Spurgeon