Spiritual Birth

Romans
{11:33} O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
{11:34} For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
{11:35} Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
{11:36} For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
{12:1} I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
{12:2} And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Titus
{3:5} 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;
{3:6} Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour
{3:7} That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
{3:8} [This is] a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.


Renewing of our minds.
Renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Washing of regeneration.
We are saved.
Made new.
Revived.
Reborn.



renew (rî-n¡´, -ny¡´) verb
renewed, renewing, renews verb, transitive
1. To make new or as if new again; restore: renewed the antique chair.
2. To take up again; resume: renew an old friendship; renewed the argument.
3. To repeat so as to reaffirm: renew a promise.
4. To regain or restore the physical or mental vigor of; revive: I renewed my spirits in the country air.
5. a. To arrange for the extension of: renew a contract; renew a magazine subscription. b. To arrange to extend the loan of: renewed the library books before they were overdue.
6. To replenish: renewed the water in the humidifier.
7. To bring into being again; reestablish.

verb, intransitive
1. To become new again.
2. To start over.

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary


regeneration (rî-jèn´e-râ´shen) noun
1. The act or process of regenerating or the state of being regenerated.
2. Spiritual or moral revival or rebirth.
3. Biology. Regrowth of lost or destroyed parts or organs.

Excerpted from The American Heritage® Dictionary



Renewing of our minds.
Renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Washing of regeneration.
We are saved.
Made new.
Revived.
Reborn.


By the mercy of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior we are reborn.

1 Peter
{1:23} Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
{1:24} For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away
{1:25} But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
{2:1} Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings
{2:2} As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby
{2:3} If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.


Born again by the Word of God.

The Gospel preached.

John
{3:1} There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews
{3:2} The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these
miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
{3:3} 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. {3:4} Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? {3:5} 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.
{3:6} That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
{3:7} Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
{3:8} 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.
{3:9} Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
{3:10} Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
{3:11} Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
{3:12} If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?
{3:13} And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.

Born of water and of the Spirit.

That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The wind bloweth where it listest...

...and thou hearest the sound thereof.

But canst not tell whence it cometh

and whither it goeth.

So is EVERYONE that is born of the Spirit.

We have no clue where the wind comes from. People can say all sorts of things about the wind--

Simply put, wind is the motion of air molecules. Two concepts are central to understanding what causes wind: air and air pressure.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=where-does-wind-come-from

Here scientists explain all about molecules and air pressure, they talk about this, that, and the old other thing as well. We can take it further and go on to asking what is air.

What is air made of?

The air is made up of atoms, mostly those of nitrogen and oxygen.
http://education.jlab.org/qa/air_01.html

So we know air is made up of atoms and an atom is?

What is an atom?
An atom a fundamental piece of matter. (Matter is anything that can be touched physically.) Everything in the universe (except energy) is made of matter, and, so, everything in the universe is made of atoms.

An atom itself is made up of three tiny kinds of particles called subatomic particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons. The protons and the neutrons make up the center of the atom called the nucleus and the electrons fly around above the nucleus in a small cloud. The electrons carry a negative charge and the protons carry a positive charge. In a normal (neutral) atom the number of protons and the number of electrons are equal. Often, but not always, the number of neutrons is the same, too.
http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Propulsion/1-what-is-an-atom.html

Wow, right? Unless you're into all this science jargon it's not really what it's all about. What I mean is, we can take it down to the lowest form, the tiniest bit and still we come back to the word what is that. It's an never ending question, because where there is something there is the question what is the something and there will never be nothing because then there is no reason to ask the question- what is that?

Inevitably we are faced with the realization that what is has been created by something we have no clue about. Yes, you can go with your theories all you want about the cosmic recipe just banging together just right and poof we are here. But I can't believe that, because there would be constant poofing all over the place and we know that just doesn't happen.

So when we talk about wind and where it comes from and Jesus says we don't know where it comes from or where it's going, it's true. It exists, we can feel it- some days more than others - and we don't know really where it is coming from. Our weather men can tell us that it's coming from the north east due to a system of low pressure and such, but in reality where did it begin? Where will it end? These answers cannot be given to us. We don't know. But we know it is.

Being born of the Spirit is like that.

We don't know where the Spirit is, we can't see the Spirit, but we know the Spirit exists.

John
{3:8} 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.

Those born of the Spirit are born and we know they are born but we don't know how, we don't know the mysteries of the Spirit.

They are born of the Spirit. ~We~ are born of the Spirit. All those who are God's must be born again of the Spirit. We cannot walk after the flesh, we cannot hold to our carnal natures, there is something beyond the flesh, beyond the carnal and that is the Spirit. Flesh, blood, and Spirit.

If we are born again, our spirit is awakened to the Holy Spirit. Things of the Spirit become our concern, not things of the flesh.

Spiritual matters.

Spiritual awakenings.

Spiritual living.

Born in the Spirit.

The Spirit within us must be brought to life, it must be born. It lives within each of us, it exists and it must be born. We all have the capability of the Spirit within us living, all of us. Being born again brings the spiritual life in us to life, it wakes up the slumbering spirit within us.

To have the Spiritual side in us born means living in the Spirit, growing in the Spirit. Feeding our spirit, nurturing our spirit, so that it grows.

The word of God alone has this power.

Is it no wonder people die to read God's word? They know that within His word is eternal life through Jesus Christ their Savior.

We need to feed our spirit.

If the spirit born within us isn't fed, it will languish and possibly die.

If you don't know if you have the spirit, if you don't know how to get the spirit, you have to have faith and hope, you have to believe you are given the spirit when you accept the sacrifice of Jesus as your Savior. And in believing you must renew your minds with the Word of God. Don't stop feeding the Spirit no matter how you feel. Feelings don't matter they are temporal. We can know we are saved and the knowing comes through faith.

May God bless and keep us, forgiving us of our failings, or our sins. We need the Holy Spirit within us, we need the love of God in us. By the mercy and grace of Jesus, now and forever!

Amen.