Have you ever wondered, why you must be born again? Why couldn’t humanity stay the way they were, after the fall? Why isn’t a confession of your faith statement, a church visit, reading the Bible, a prayer, и т. д.. enough? Why is regeneration necessary? Why do we need to be born again?
That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit
Иисус ответил и сказал ему, Воистину, воистину, Я говорю тебе, Если человек не родится свыше, he cannot see the Kingdom of God (Джон 3:3)
Иисус ответил, Воистину, воистину, Я говорю тебе, Если кто не родится от воды и Духа, он не может войти в Царство Божие. Рожденное от плоти есть плоть; и рожденное от Духа есть дух. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit (Джон 3:5-8).
Слово говорит, that you must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God and to see the Kingdom of God. Только, if you are born of water and of the Spirit, you will enter and see the Kingdom of God. There is no other way to enter nor to see the Kingdom of God.
The reason why Jesus came to this earth
In order to understand the words of Jesus and the necessity of the new birth, you should know the reason why Jesus Christ, Сын Божий, came to this earth and what His mission was.
Jesus came to the earth to restore the state of fallen man and to reconcile man back to God.
Jesus needed to restore the state of fallen man and reconcile man back to God, because the union between God and man was broken. Who broke the relationship? Man did. (Читайте также: ‘Мир, который Иисус восстановил между падшим человеком и Богом‘ и ‘Иисус восстановил положение падшего человека').
Let’s go back to the moment in the Garden of Eden, in order to understand the necessity of the new birth and the reason why you must be born again.
Man chose the flesh over the Spirit
Throughout the ages, we see that man rather chose the way of the flesh, instead of the way of the Spirit. This already began in the Garden of Eden, where Adam and Eve chose the carnal tree of knowledge of good and evil, rather than the sacred tree of life.
God had commanded man, to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God had warned man what would happen if they would eat from that tree. If they would eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they would die.
But despite the warning and заповедь Божья, Adam and Eve chose to eat from the fruit of the forbidden tree.
They were led by curiosity and began to doubt the words of God. They obeyed the devil and became disobedient to God. Because of their disobedience to God death entered.
The sentence of death came upon them and upon everyone, who would be born of the seed of Adam. Therefore the sentence of death came upon the whole human race.
Adam was a living soul, рожденный от Духа. He was one with God (dead for sin). But when he became непослушный Богу and sinned, the death sentence came upon him. The spirit in man died, and man came under the authority of death. As he was created out of the dust, he would return to dust.
Before Adam sinned, his predominant characteristic was spirit. But after Adam sinned his spirit died and came under the authority of death and his predominant characteristic was flesh.
Born of the flesh
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (римляне 3:23)
Man fell from his position, which God had given to man, and the sentence of death was passed on to the entire human race.
Каждый, who would be born of the flesh possesses a sinful nature and is sentenced to death. There is no exception! No one is born of the Spirit when (с)he comes into this world.
Плоть и кровь не могут войти в Царство Божие
Из-за того, что, that everyone is born of the flesh, как грешник, no one can enter the Kingdom of God, in this carnal sinful state, which is the state of грешник.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us (1 Джон 1:8-10)
The natural carnal man, who exists of flesh and blood and whose spirit is dead, is unspiritual and can’t comprehend, nor receive the things of the Spirit of God, because it’s foolishness unto the carnal man.
But the natural man receive not the things of the Spirit of God: ибо они для него безумие: и он не может их знать, потому что они духовно различимы(1 Коринфянам 2:14)
Теперь это я говорю, братья, что плоть и кровь не могут наследовать Царствия Божия; и коррупция не наследует нетленности (1 Коринфянам 15:50)
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth (Джон 4:24)
Рожденное от плоти есть плоть. The flesh can’t please God. The flesh is not able to see or enter the Kingdom of God. Therefore a person must be born again in the spirit in order to see and enter the Kingdom of God.
Only when a person becomes born again; рожденный из воды and the Spirit, a person shall enter the Kingdom of God and receive eternal life. Water and Spirit, means the baptism in water and the baptism with the Holy Spirit (Читайте также: ‘The meaning of water baptism, ‘Что такое Пятидесятница?‘ и ‘Как человек может родиться свыше?').
Faith is the catalyst, which brings you to an encounter with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit regenerates you. Так что, you are born into the heavenly realm and Kingdom, just as you were once born into the natural (earthly) realm and kingdom.
4 Причины, по которым вы должны родиться свыше
Let’s look at the 4 reasons why you must be born again:
1. The universal result of sin demands regeneration
Поэтому, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned (римляне 5:12)
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one (римляне 3:10)
2. Unregenerate man is unable to understand the things of God and His Kingdom nor receive the gifts of God
But the natural man receive not the things of the Spirit of God: ибо они для него безумие: и он не может их знать, потому что они духовно различимы (1 Коринфянам 2:14)
3. Without the new birth everything you do, every impulse and action is defiled
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, прелюбодеяния, блуд, убийства, Thefts, жадность, злоба, обман, похотливость, an evil eye, богохульство, гордость, глупость: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man (Отметка 7:21-23)
4. Unless you are born again, you have no escape from the judgment of God
Аnd you hath he quickened, которые были мертвы в преступлениях и грехах; Где в прошлом вы шли по пути этого мира, по словам князя власти воздуха, дух, который сейчас действует в детях непослушания: С которыми и все мы беседовали некогда в похотях плоти нашей, исполнение желаний плоти и разума; и были по природе детьми гнева, даже как другие (Ефесянам 2:1-3)
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