Entering the Kingdom
Through the New Birth
Born Again to See
Description
Jesus declared that no one can see or enter the kingdom of God unless born again—born of water and Spirit. The kingdom is not inherited naturally but supernaturally. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Entrance requires spiritual rebirth, a radical transformation by the Holy Spirit. This new birth produces citizens of heaven, strangers and pilgrims on earth. The kingdom is entered not by human effort or religious works but by sovereign grace working new life in dead sinners.
Key Verses
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.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.