How Can I Be Born Again?

You have no doubt heard the term “born again” used by many people. Many people, from movie stars, to politicians, to the ordinary man on the street say they are born again. But what does it really mean? How can I experience a change that will bring peace and meaning to my life? The Bible shows the way.

SEEK A NEW LIFE . . .

“Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near” (Isaiah 55:6).

Jesus said: “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).

“If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

SEEK A NEW CONFESSION . . .

“If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Romans 10:9).

SEEK A NEW MASTER . . .

Jesus said, “He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24).

“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me” (Luke 9:23).

SEEK A NEW WALK . . .

“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him” (Colossians 2:6).

Jesus said, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed” (John 8:31).

SEEK A NEW FELLOWSHIP . . .

“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3).

“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship” (Acts 2:41, 42).

“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” (Hebrews 10:24, 25).