{"id":3051,"date":"2005-07-11T01:52:08","date_gmt":"2005-07-11T01:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2021-12-22T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:55:55","slug":"notes-on-being-born-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-being-born-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Being Born Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h3>By Jesus&#8217; Resurrection<\/h3>\n<p>I Peter 1:3<\/p>\n<h3>By the Word of God<\/h3>\nJohn 1:13<br \/>\nI Peter 1:22-25\n<h3>By Love<\/h3>\n<p>I John 4:7<\/p>\n<h3>By Faith<\/h3>\n<p>I John 5:1<\/p>\n<h3>By the Water (Baptism)<\/h3>\nJohn 3:5<br \/>\nRomans 6:4 (new life)<br \/>\nTitus 3:5 (regeneration means born again)\n<h3>By the Spirit<\/h3>\nJohn 3:5<br \/>\nGalatians 4:29<br \/>\nTitus 3:5\n<h3>Through Promise<\/h3>\n<p>Galatians 4:23<\/p>\n<h3>Necessity<\/h3>\n<p>John 3:3, 7<\/p>\n<h3>Examples<\/h3>\n<p>I Corinthians 15:8<\/p>\n<h3>Characteristics of those so born<\/h3>\nII Corinthians 5:17 (new creature)<br \/>\nGalatians 6:15-16 (new creation)<br \/>\nEphesians 4:24 (new self)<br \/>\nColossians 3:10 (new self)<br \/>\nI John 2:29<br \/>\nI John 3:9<br \/>\nI John 4:7<br \/>\nI John 5:1<br \/>\nI John 5:4<br \/>\nI John 5:18\nsee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/things-that-accompany-salvation\/\">Things that Accompany Salvation<\/a><br \/>\nsee\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/salvation\/\">Salvation<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jesus&#8217; Resurrection I Peter 1:3 By the Word of God John 1:13 I Peter 1:22-25 By Love I John 4:7 By Faith I John 5:1 By the Water (Baptism) John 3:5 Romans 6:4 (new life) Titus 3:5 (regeneration means born again) By the Spirit John 3:5 Galatians 4:29 Titus 3:5 Through Promise Galatians 4:23&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[618,47],"class_list":["post-3051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-born-again","tag-salvation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3018,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":3051,"position":0},"title":"Notes on Baptism","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 11, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Matthew 28:19 Mark 16:16 John 3:22-23 John 4:1-2 Acts 2:38 Acts 2:41 Acts 2:47 Acts 8:12-13 Acts 8:36-39 Acts 9:18 Acts 10:47-48 Acts 16:14-15 Acts 18:8 Acts 18:13-14 Acts 18:24-19:7 Acts 22:16 Romans 6:3-5 I Corinthians 1:13-17 I Corinthians 12:13 Galatians 3:26-27 Ephesians 4:5 Colossians 1:13-14 Colossians 2:12-13 Titus 3:4-5\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1552,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-things-that-accompany-salvation\/","url_meta":{"origin":3051,"position":1},"title":"Notes on Things that Accompany Salvation","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Hear Believe Repent Confess Be Baptized Obey Commanded Acts 16:31; Hebrews 11:6 Commanded Acts 2:38; 17:30; 26:20 Commanded Acts 10:48 Commanded Philippians 2:12 To come to God John 6:45 To please God Hebrews 11:6 To gain times of refreshing Acts 3:19 Brings joy in heaven Luke 15:7 To be confessed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Notes","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12167,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-new-birth-of-water\/","url_meta":{"origin":3051,"position":2},"title":"The New Birth of Water","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"by James E. 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