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The single most important event in a person's life is the new birth. Yet, this is also one of the most neglected doctrines in the church. Many Christians would be hard-pressed to describe exactly what the new birth is, let alone what it means to the rest of their walk with God. What happens when we are born again? Does everything in our lives change immediately? Is it just a kind of spiritual...

considered the human responsibility to receive Jesus, the apostle John next describes the divine work in the new birth. God must cause a person to be born again, which, in turn, produces saving faith. It is the new birth that enables us to receive Jesus Christ into our life. The decisive factor in anyone coming to faith in Christ, John explains, is that they are “born . . . of God” (v. 13). This refers not to our physical birth but to our spiritual birth. This new birth is like the creation of the
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