For efficient evaluation of faith and effective evangelism, we will study the process of regeneration (born-again) in Christ.
John 3:3-8
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely, they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So, it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
How do we become Christians?
“Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
What does it mean to be born again?
Instructions on evangelism in the NT: Acts (8, 19)
Four Steps to Freedom -
1. Repent of your sins towards God.
2. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Be Baptized in Water.
4. Receive the Holy Spirit
All four steps are acts of both man and God
Conversion vs. Regeneration
1. Conversion : Repent and Believe
2. Regeneration: Baptism and Receive the Holy Spirit