Quote (ovechkin08 @ Feb 19 2014 10:18pm)
Interesting banter - maybe I mis-interpreted what "born again" means?
someone fill me in?
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." - John 3:3
"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." - 1st Peter 1:23
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." - John 1:1
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." - John 1:14
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:" - John 1:12
^^We need to receive Jesus as the Savior or Christ with faith in His blood to be washed from our sins. Once a sinner believes or trust on Him, he is saved from his sins & hell. If we believe on Him as the crucified and risen Son of God, He becomes our Savior.
Then the righteousness or justice of God is given him because of his faith in Jesus' death on the cross & His resurrection from the dead. Christ had to die and raise again to take away our sins with His own blood so that we could be saved from them- Thats how it works, and thats the way it is.
There's no catch, its God's free gift. We must receive it freely. Christ offered Himself as sin's sacrifice for the whole world- and God will save any body that believes it, and we can be sure since He rose Him from the dead.