Jhn 7:36 ASV - What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come? Jesus is saying to these people in the end of all things , people will seek him for salvation but he says at that time the door will be shut and no man shall enter in.
Jhn 14:3 ASV - And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Jhn 14:4 ASV - And whither I go, ye know the way.
Jhn 14:5 ASV - Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?
Jhn 14:6 ASV - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. He has given this word of truth to us all The Holy Spirit is to every one that believes , my point here is a man must be born again to have the power of Christ in them.
There is a baptism for every believer not just confessing Jesus but manifesting Jesus . Nicodemus believed in Jesus he knew he was of God he saw his works , so he came to him and asking him who he was what am I seeing here! . Jhn 3:2 ASV - the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
Jhn 3:3 ASV - Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Jhn 3:5 ASV - Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God! Flood: Water
"the effects of the operation of the Holy Spirit in and through the believer."
the resurrection of believers, 1Th 5:10; Jhn 5:25; Rev 20:4, and of unbelievers, Rev 20:5, cp. Rev 20:13; Jesus is saying to be born of the water is to be filled with the spirit as in the days of Acts 2 :38 Endued with power from on high he was telling Nicodemus to believe is not enough you must seek and be filled with the Holy Spirit . Tit 3:5 ASV - not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Here is the water Jesus is speaking of to be born again Regeneration of your souls . Eph 5:25 ASV - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;
Eph 5:26 ASV - that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
Eph 5:27 ASV - but that it should be holy and without blemish. The bible says God sent his word to heal us , and the word heal is also to be saved By his stripes we were healed .
To have our sins wash away to be cleansed of our old nature is to let the word of God wash us by obedience to his word . To be born again is to be washed by Gods word it is his spirit living in us and guiding us reveling his son to us that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; Rom 12:2 ASV - And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Transformed Greek: metamorphooTransfigure: of believers, Rom 12:2, "be ye transformed," the obligation being to undergo a complete change which, under the power of God, will find expression in character and conduct; morphe lays stress on the inward change . Renewing Greek: anakainosis
Renew, Renewing (Verb and Noun):
akin to A, No. 1, "a renewal," is used in Rom 12:2, "the renewing (of your mind)," i.e., the adjustment of the moral and spiritual vision and thinking to the mind of God, which is designed to have a transforming effect upon the life; in Tts 3:5, where "the renewing of the Holy Spirit" is not a fresh bestowment of the Spirit, but a revival of His power, developing the Christian life; this passage stresses the continual operation of the indwelling Spirit of God; the Romans passage stresses the willing response on the part of the believer. Mind in Greek: nous the new nature, which belongs to the believer by reason of the new birth . 1Co 2:16 ASV - For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he should instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
James says this word of God has the power to save your soul and the word mind here is speaking of your soul Jesus came to save our souls .
Tit 3:5 ASV - not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Greek: palingenesia Regeneration:
"new birth" (palin, "again," genesis, "birth"), is used of "spiritual regeneration," Tts 3:5, involving the communication of a new life, the two operating powers to produce which are "the word of truth," Jam 1:18; 1Pe 1:23, and the Holy Spirit, Jhn 3:5, 6; the loutron, "the laver, the washing," is explained in Eph 5:26, "having cleansed it by the washing (loutron) of water with the word." The new birth and "regeneration" do not represent successive stages in spiritual experience, they refer to the same event but view it in different aspects. The new birth stresses the communication of spiritual life in contrast to antecedent spiritual death; "regeneration" stresses the inception of a new state of things in contrast with the old; hence the connection of the use of the word with its application to Israel, in Mat 19:28. Some regard the kai in Tts 3:5 as epexegetic, "even;" but, as Scripture marks two distinct yet associated operating powers, there is not sufficient ground for this interpretation.
- hence renovation, regeneration, the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind for the better. The word often used to denote the restoration of a thing to its pristine state, its renovation, as a renewal or restoration of life after death
"implanted," or "rooted" (from emphuo, "to implant"), is used in Jam 1:21, RV, "implanted," for AV, "engrafted," of the Word of God, as the "rooted word," i.e., a word whose property it is to root itself like a seed in the heart. "The AV seems to identify it with emphuteuton, which however would be out of place here, since the word is sown, not grafted, in the heart" For God so love you that he gave Jesus to you as a perfect sacrifice that by believing in him you will have the power to be reconciled unto God .
Jhn 1:12 ASV - But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Jhn 1:13 ASV - who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Born again by his spirit a new creature a new man unto God .
Jhn 1:14 ASV - And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
God is not coming again to redeem our flesh our bodies, he is coming again for the fruit of Christ in you .
Col 1:27 ASV - to whom God was pleased to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
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