When Jesus talked with Nicodemus about the new birth. Jesus gave the reason why a person must be born again and how to be born again. Although Nicodemus was a Pharisee, a scholar and teacher in the scriptures and a ruler, a master of Israel, Nicodemus was still the old man, which means Nicodemus was carnal. He had a deep understanding of the scriptures, but Nicodemus didn’t understand what Jesus meant by becoming born again and how a person be born again?
Odpowiedział Jezus i rzekł do niego, Zaiste, zaiste, powiadam ci, Chyba, że człowiek narodzi się na nowo, nie może ujrzeć królestwa Bożego. Nicodemus saith unto him, Jak człowiek może się urodzić, gdy jest stary? Czy może wejść po raz drugi do łona swojej matki?, i urodzić się? Jezus odpowiedział, Zaiste, zaiste, powiadam ci, Chyba że człowiek narodzi się z wody i z Ducha, nie może wejść do królestwa Bożego. To, co narodziło się z ciała, jest ciałem; a to, co się narodziło z Ducha, jest duchem (Jan 3:3-6)
What does regeneration mean?
Regeneration means: (duchowy) odrodzenie (państwo lub akt), to jest, (w przenośni) odnowę duchową; konkretnie odnowa mesjańska: – regeneracja (G 3824 paliggeneza)
You will not wejść do Królestwa Bożego by your own works, but you can only enter by the work of Jesus Christ and through the process of regeneration.
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour (Tytus 3:5-6)
Regeneration or being born again does not mean a reformation of lifestyle, nor does it stop with sorrow for sin, nor by becoming religious or by attending church, church membership, humanitarian works etc.
Someone can be a good person according to the world; a humanist and a faithful member of the church, doing good (charity) Pracuje, knowing all the scriptures in the Bible and still be unregenerate.
Nicodemus is the perfect example of this.
Nicodemus was a religious man. He was serious about the things of God, lecz Nikodem nie narodził się na nowo. Nikt nie może wejść do Królestwa Bożego przez dobre uczynki, Umiejętności osobiste, effort or goodness.
How can a person be born again and enter the Kingdom of God?
Jest tylko jednokierunkowa to enter the Kingdom of God and that is through the process of regeneration or in others words: by becoming born again. This process is the spiritual counterpart of the natural birth. Nie ma na to innego sposobu grzesznicy to enter the Kingdom of God and be reconciled with God, then through regeneration.
When Nicodemus asked Jesus how a person can be born again, Jesus gave an illustration of the wind.
No man can really understand where the winds come from and the ways of the wind. But while we may not understand the wind, we feel the force of the wind.
To jest the same with the new birth. No one is able to understand with the carnal mind how a person be born again, but we all experience the power of regeneration, when you become born again.
When Jesus spoke about the new birth and gave the illustration of the wind, Jesus expected Nicodemus to connect His words with the words of the prophet Ezekiel:
Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, syn mężczyzny, and say to the wind, Tak mówi Pan Bóg; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army (Ezechiel 37:9,10)
The five components for the new birth?
- Wiara
- Cleansing
- Resurrection
- Nowa kreacja
- Quickening