Vous êtes-vous déjà demandé, why you must be born again? Why couldn’t humanity stay the way they were, Après la chute? Why isn’t a confession of your faith statement, a church visit, lire la Bible, a prayer, etc.. enough? Why is regeneration necessary? Why do we need to be born again?
That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit
Jésus répondit et lui dit, En vérité, en vérité, je te le dis, Sauf qu'un homme naît de nouveau, il ne peut pas voir le Royaume de Dieu (John 3:3)
Jésus répondit, En vérité, en vérité, je te le dis, Si l’homme ne naît d’eau et d’Esprit, il ne peut pas entrer dans le Royaume de Dieu. Ce qui est né de la chair est chair; et ce qui est né de l'Esprit est esprit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit (John 3:5-8).
La Parole dit, that you must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God and to see the Kingdom of God. Seulement, if you are born of water and of the Spirit, you will enter and see the Kingdom of God. There is no other way to enter nor to see the Kingdom of God.
The reason why Jesus came to this earth
In order to understand the words of Jesus and the necessity of the new birth, you should know the reason why Jesus Christ, le Fils de Dieu, came to this earth and what His mission was.
Jesus came to the earth to restore the state of fallen man and to reconcile man back to God.
Jesus needed to restore the state of fallen man and reconcile man back to God, because the union between God and man was broken. Who broke the relationship? Man did. (Lire aussi: ‘La paix que Jésus a rétablie entre l'homme déchu et Dieu‘ et ‘Jésus a restauré la position de l'homme déchu').
Let’s go back to the moment in the Jardin d'Eden, in order to understand the necessity of the new birth and the reason why you must be born again.
Man chose the flesh over the Spirit
À travers les âges, we see that man rather chose the way of the flesh, instead of the way of the Spirit. This already began in the Jardin d'Eden, where Adam and Eve chose the carnal tree of knowledge of good and evil, rather than the sacred tree of life.
God had commanded man, to not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God had warned man what would happen if they would eat from that tree. If they would eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, they would die.
But despite the warning and commandment of God, Adam and Eve chose to eat from the fruit of the forbidden tree.
They were led by curiosity and began to doubt the words of God. They obeyed the devil and became disobedient to God. Because of their disobedience to God death entered.
The sentence of death came upon them and upon everyone, qui naîtrait de la postérité d’Adam. Therefore the sentence of death came upon the whole human race.
Adam was a living soul, né de l’Esprit. Il était un avec Dieu (dead for sin). But when he became désobéissant à Dieu and sinned, the death sentence came upon him. L’esprit dans l’homme est mort, and man came under the authority of death. As he was created out of the dust, he would return to dust.
Before Adam sinned, his predominant characteristic was spirit. But after Adam sinned his spirit died and came under the authority of death and his predominant characteristic was flesh.
Born of the flesh
Car tous ont péché, et je suis privé de la gloire de Dieu (Romains 3:23)
Man fell from his position, que Dieu avait donné à l’homme, and the sentence of death was passed on to the entire human race.
Tout le monde, who would be born of the flesh possesses a sinful nature and is sentenced to death. There is no exception! No one is born of the Spirit when (s)he comes into this world.
Flesh and blood can’t enter the Kingdom of God
À cause du fait, that everyone is born of the flesh, en tant que pécheur, no one can enter the Kingdom of God, in this carnal sinful state, which is the state of un pécheur.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us (1 John 1:8-10)
The natural carnal man, who exists of flesh and blood and whose spirit is dead, is unspiritual and can’t comprehend, nor receive the things of the Spirit of God, because it’s foolishness unto the carnal man.
But the natural man receive not the things of the Spirit of God: car ils sont une folie pour lui: il ne peut pas non plus les connaître, parce qu'ils sont spirituellement discernés(1 Corinthiens 2:14)
Now this I say, frères, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption (1 Corinthiens 15:50)
Dieu est un Esprit: et ceux qui l'adorent doivent l'adorer en esprit et en vérité (John 4:24)
Ce qui est né de la chair est chair. La chair ne peut pas plaire à Dieu. The flesh is not able to see or enter the Kingdom of God. Therefore a person must be born again in the spirit in order to see and enter the Kingdom of God.
Only when a person becomes born again; Né de l’eau and the Spirit, a person shall enter the Kingdom of God and receive eternal life. Water and Spirit, means the baptism in water and the baptism with the Holy Spirit (Lire aussi: ‘The meaning of water baptism, ‘Qu'est-ce que la Pentecôte?‘ et ‘How can a person become born again?').
Faith is the catalyst, which brings you to an encounter with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit regenerates you. De sorte que, you are born into the heavenly realm and Kingdom, just as you were once born into the natural (terrestre) realm and kingdom.
4 Raisons pour lesquelles vous devez naître de nouveau
Regardons le 4 reasons why you must be born again:
1. The universal result of sin demands regeneration
pour cette raison, comme par un seul homme le péché est entré dans le monde, et la mort par le péché; et ainsi la mort s'est propagée sur tous les hommes, pour cela, tous ont péché (Romains 5:12)
Comme il est écrit, Il n’y a pas de juste, Non, pas un seul (Romains 3:10)
2. Unregenerate man is unable to understand the things of God and His Kingdom nor receive the gifts of God
But the natural man receive not the things of the Spirit of God: car ils sont une folie pour lui: il ne peut pas non plus les connaître, parce qu'ils sont spirituellement discernés (1 Corinthiens 2:14)
3. Without the new birth everything you do, every impulse and action is defiled
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultères, fornications, meurtres, Thefts, convoitise, la méchanceté, tromperie, lasciveté, an evil eye, blasphème, fierté, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man (Marque 7:21-23)
4. Unless you are born again, you have no escape from the judgment of God
Unnd you hath he quickened, qui étaient morts dans leurs offenses et leurs péchés; Où autrefois vous marchiez selon le cours de ce monde, selon le prince de la puissance de l'air, l'esprit qui travaille maintenant chez les enfants de la désobéissance: Entre lesquels aussi nous avons tous eu notre conversation dans le passé dans les convoitises de notre chair, satisfaire les désirs de la chair et de l'esprit; et étaient par nature les enfants de la colère, même comme les autres (Éphésiens 2:1-3)
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