The new birth gives the life of God—divine life, eternal life, supernatural life—to a previously empty, lifeless soul. Where once there was only a hollow existence, divine life was created in the soul—real life, new life, abundant life. For the first time, a person begins to live as God intended him or her to live. Jesus said, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (John 10:10). This new birth gives personal knowledge of God by creating spiritual life within the heart. The accompanying
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