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IN THE NEW BIRTH
AS THE ESSENTIAL ACT
BY WHICH
WE RECEIVE SALVATION
“JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM,
‘MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU,
UNLESS ONE IS BORN AGAIN,
HE CANNOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD…
MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU,
UNLESS ONE IS BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT,
HE CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE FLESH IS FLESH,
AND THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT.
DO NOT MARVEL THAT I SAID TO YOU,
'YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN.‘ ”
John 3:3-8
“SINCE YOU HAVE PURIFIED YOUR SOULS
IN OBEYING THE TRUTH THROUGH THE SPIRIT…
HAVING BEEN BORN AGAIN…
THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD
WHICH LIVES AND ABIDES FOREVER…
THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER.
NOW THIS IS THE WORD WHICH BY
THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO YOU.
THEREFORE,
LAYING ASIDE ALL MALICE, ALL DECEIT, HYPOCRISY,
ENVY, AND ALL EVIL SPEAKING,
AS NEWBORN BABES,
DESIRE THE PURE MILK OF THE WORD,
THAT YOU MAY GROW THEREBY…”
1 Peter 1:22-26, 2:1-2
