The Born Again Experience
I. The Three Types Of Births
The word "born" demonstrates a parent/child relationship. Somebody else produced you.
In the Bible, there are three types of births mentioned: birth by creation, birth by conception (begotten), and birth by the Spirit, which is the "born again" event.
A) Birth By Creation
The first birth was a physical birth by creation, not conception. There was not a man and a woman in existence. God created both the man and the woman. So, God was the physical father of Adam and Eve by creation, not conception.
Genesis 1:26 (KJV) ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:27 (KJV) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Luke 3:37 (KJV) Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
Luke 3:38 (KJV) Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Adam was the son of God by creation but not by a physical (begotten) birth.
B) Birth By Conception (Begotten)
The Hebrew word “yâlad” defines a physical birth from a woman. Adam and Eve did not have this kind of birth. They had a created birth. They were not born from a woman, they were created by God.
- יָלַד yâlad, yaw-lad’, (H3205)
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a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage:—bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
This Hebrew word “yâlad” is translated as “bring forth”, “bare”, “born”, “begat”, and “begotten” in the Bible.
Genesis 3:16 (KJV) ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth יָלַד children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 4:1 (KJV) ¶ And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare יָלַד Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Genesis 4:2 (KJV) And she again bare יָלַד his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:26 (KJV) And to Seth, to him also there was born יָלַד a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 5:1 (KJV) ¶ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 5:2 (KJV) Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:3 (KJV) And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat יָלַד a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:4 (KJV) And the days of Adam after he had begotten יָלַד Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat יָלַד sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:5 (KJV) And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Judges 8:30 (KJV) And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten יָלַד: for he had many wives.
Adam and Eve were not begotten “יָלַד“, they were created. But the children that they produced were begotten “יָלַד“, they came out of Eve’s womb. She physically gave birth to them.
So, when God creates a life and that living being has no parents it is a birth by creation. All other physical births came about after God created a male and a female and they produced a child (begotten). You were physically begotten by your parents.
So, all of mankind is a PHYSICAL child of God because all of us are a descendant of Adam and Eve who were God’s created children.
Malachi 2:10 (KJV) ¶ Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
C) Birth By The Spirit
Although all of mankind may correctly claim to be a PHYSICAL child of God, not all of mankind can correctly claim to be a SPIRITUAL child of God.
1) A Spiritual Birth
Not only is there a PHYSICAL birth,there is also a SPIRITUAL birth. It is only a birth that God can produce. You cannot produce it and it can only happen after you have had a physical birth. If you have not experienced this spiritual birth then you are not God’s SPIRITUAL child.
When Jesus discussed the kingdom of God with Nicodemus he never brought up works as a criteria to enter. Jesus brought up a spiritual birth as a criteria to enter… “born again”, “born of water and of the spirit”, “born of the Spirit”…
a) Born Again
John 3:1 (KJV) ¶ There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
John 3:2 (KJV) 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.
John 3:3 (KJV) 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.
John 3:4 (KJV) 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?
b) Born Of Water AND Of The Spirit
John 3:5 (KJV) 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.
Nicodemus begins speaking about a physical birth... returning to a mother's womb. When Jesus says "born of water" he is also speaking of a physical birth as we see in the next verse when Jesus says "born of the flesh" and then "born of the Spirit".
c) Born Of The Spirit
John 3:6 (KJV) That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
"Born of the flesh" is in reference to being "born of water."
"Born of the Spirit" is in reference to being "born again."
d) Born Again
John 3:7 (KJV) Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
e) Born Of The Spirit
John 3:8 (KJV) 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.
2) A Spiritual Life
John 3:9 (KJV) Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
John 3:10 (KJV) Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
John 3:11 (KJV) Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
John 3:12 (KJV) If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
John 3:13 (KJV) And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
John 3:14 (KJV) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Think about this, Nicodemus was a religious leader but he didn’t even know how to get to heaven himself. In his mind he thought that his good deeds had a part in his salvation.
a) Eternal Life
The word “born” indicates a parent/child relationship. This parent/child relationship is such that there is nothing that can be done to undo it. No matter how good or bad I am the man and woman that PHYSICALLY brought me into existence will always be my parents.
John 3:15 (KJV) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
This parent/child relationship is an eternal, everlasting relationship. The fellowship that a child has with his parents can be broken but that parent/child relationship will never cease to exist.
b) Everlasting Life
When God produces in us a Spiritual birth it creates an eternal parent/child relationship that cannot be broken. It is called “everlasting” and “eternal” life.
John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
c) He That Believeth Not Is Condemned Already
John 3:17 (KJV) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:18 (KJV) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:19 (KJV) And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 3:20 (KJV) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 3:21 (KJV) But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
3) The SPIRITUAL Sons Of God
When a person is “born again” he becomes God’s spiritual son.
a) Born… Of God
John 1:11 (KJV) He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 1:12 (KJV) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:13 (KJV) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
b) Sons Of God
1 John 3:1 (KJV) ¶ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 3:2 (KJV) Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
c) Babes In Christ
1 Corinthians 3:1 (KJV) ¶ And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
d) A New Creature
2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Galatians 6:15 (KJV) For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
e) Created In Christ Jesus
Ephesians 2:8 (KJV) For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:9 (KJV) Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:10 (KJV) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
II. The Three Types Of Sons
A) Physical Sons
1) Adam
Humanly speaking, God created Adam, therefore, God was Adams father and Adam was the son of God. Adam was created in God’s image but Adam was not created to be god or a god. Adam is not (and never was) god and mankind never was and never will be a god or gods.
Genesis 1:26 (KJV) ¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:27 (KJV) So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Luke 3:37 (KJV) Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
Luke 3:38 (KJV) Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
2) Mankind
We are all the “sons of God” in a physical sense because we are all descendants from Adam who was created by God.
Malachi 2:10 (KJV) ¶ Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
B) Spiritual Sons
There are many people who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour and they are not God’s spiritual sons. They are, however, God’s physical sons. Spiritually, we become God’s son when we receive Jesus Christ as our God.
John 1:12 (KJV) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Romans 8:14 (KJV) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Philippians 2:15 (KJV) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
1 John 3:1 (KJV) Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1 John 3:2 (KJV) Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
C) God’s Only “Begotten” Son
Adam was a physically created son of God. All of Adam’s and Eve’s descendents are considered to be physical son’s of God by descent from Adam. When a person is “born again” he is considered a spiritual son of God.
So we see that God has many sons, both physical and spiritual.
1) Jesus Is God’s only “begotten” Son
However, God has only one “begotten” son, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was physically conceived through Mary. Jesus is God’s only begotten son.
- μονογενής monogenḗs, mon-og-en-ace’, (3439)
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from G3441 and G1096; only-born, i.e. sole:—only (begotten, child).
John 1:18 (KJV) No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
John 3:14 (KJV) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John 3:15 (KJV) That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (KJV) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:17 (KJV) For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:18 (KJV) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:19 (KJV) And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John 3:20 (KJV) For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John 3:21 (KJV) But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
1 John 4:9 (KJV) In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
2) Jesus Is God
a) The Holy Ghost Shall Come Upon Thee
Luke 1:34 (KJV) Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Luke 1:35 (KJV) And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
b) God Was Manifest In The Flesh
1 Timothy 3:16 (KJV) And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
c) God… Jesus Christ
Titus 2:13 (KJV) Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
d) Jesus Christ. This Is The True God
1 John 5:20 (KJV) And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
III. How To Be Born Again
So, how can a person be born again?
A) Believe That Jesus Is The Christ (Messiah)
1 John 5:1 (KJV) ¶ Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
1) The Messiah In The Old Testament
Daniel 9:24 (KJV) Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel 9:25 (KJV) Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Daniel 9:26 (KJV) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:27 (KJV) And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
2) "Messiah" is Hebrew, "Christ" is Greek
John 1:40 (KJV) One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
John 1:41 (KJV) He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
John 1:42 (KJV) And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
John 4:21 (KJV) Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
John 4:22 (KJV) Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
John 4:23 (KJV) But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
John 4:24 (KJV) God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 4:25 (KJV) The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
John 4:26 (KJV) Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
3) Thou Art The Christ (Messiah)
Matthew 16:13 (KJV) ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
Matthew 16:14 (KJV) And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Matthew 16:15 (KJV) He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
Matthew 16:16 (KJV) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew 16:17 (KJV) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Mark 8:27 (KJV) ¶ And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
Mark 8:28 (KJV) And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
Mark 8:29 (KJV) And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
Mark 8:30 (KJV) And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
Mark 8:31 (KJV) And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Luke 9:18 (KJV) ¶ And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
Luke 9:19 (KJV) They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
Luke 9:20 (KJV) He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
Luke 9:21 (KJV) And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
Luke 9:22 (KJV) Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
John 11:20 (KJV) Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
John 11:21 (KJV) Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
John 11:22 (KJV) But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
John 11:23 (KJV) Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
John 11:24 (KJV) Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
John 11:25 (KJV) Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 11:26 (KJV) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 11:27 (KJV) She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
4) Art Thou The Christ (Messiah)?
Mark 14:60 (KJV) And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
Mark 14:61 (KJV) But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
Mark 14:62 (KJV) And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Mark 14:63 (KJV) Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
Mark 14:64 (KJV) Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
5) That Ye Might Believe That Jesus Is The Christ (Messiah)
John 20:30 (KJV) And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
John 20:31 (KJV) But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
B) Receive Jesus As God
John 1:1 (KJV) ¶ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 (KJV) The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 (KJV) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:4 (KJV) In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:5 (KJV) ¶ And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:6 (KJV) There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
John 1:7 (KJV) The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
John 1:8 (KJV) He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
John 1:9 (KJV) That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John 1:10 (KJV) He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
John 1:11 (KJV) He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 1:12 (KJV) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:13 (KJV) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:14 (KJV) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
C) Confess / Believe
Romans 10:9 (KJV) That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:10 (KJV) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:11 (KJV) For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10:12 (KJV) ¶ For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Romans 10:13 (KJV) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
IV. What Happens When You Are Born Again?
A) You Become A Spiritual Son Of God
John 1:11 (KJV) He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
John 1:12 (KJV) But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:13 (KJV) Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
B) The Holy Spirit Lives In You
Romans 8:1 (KJV) ¶ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:2 (KJV) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:3 (KJV) For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans 8:4 (KJV) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:5 (KJV) For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:6 (KJV) For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Romans 8:7 (KJV) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 8:8 (KJV) So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:9 (KJV) But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Romans 8:10 (KJV) ¶ And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans 8:11 (KJV) But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
1 Corinthians 3:16 (KJV) ¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1 Corinthians 3:17 (KJV) If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
2 Timothy 1:14 (KJV) That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
C) Jesus Enters Your Heart
The Bible teaches that when a person is saved (born again) Jesus lives in that person’s heart.
2 Corinthians 13:5 (KJV) Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
Galatians 1:15 (KJV) But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Galatians 1:16 (KJV) To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
Galatians 2:20 (KJV) I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians 4:1 (KJV) ¶ Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
Galatians 4:2 (KJV) But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
Galatians 4:3 (KJV) Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Galatians 4:4 (KJV) But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Galatians 4:5 (KJV) To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Galatians 4:6 (KJV) And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Galatians 4:7 (KJV) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Galatians 4:19 (KJV) ¶ My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Ephesians 3:14 (KJV) ¶ For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians 3:15 (KJV) Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
Ephesians 3:16 (KJV) That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
Ephesians 3:17 (KJV) That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians 3:18 (KJV) May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Ephesians 3:19 (KJV) And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Ephesians 3:20 (KJV) Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Ephesians 3:21 (KJV) Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Colossians 1:27 (KJV) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
1 John 3:23 (KJV) ¶ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1 John 3:24 (KJV) And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
D) Your Sins Are Forgiven
Psalm 103:12 (KJV) As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
1 John 2:12 (KJV) ¶ I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
E) When You Die You Go To Heaven
1) It Is God’s Will For Every One To Believe In Jesus
John 6:35 (KJV) And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:36 (KJV) But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
John 6:37 (KJV) All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
John 6:38 (KJV) For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 6:39 (KJV) And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
John 6:40 (KJV) And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
2) If You Believe In Jesus You Will Go To Heaven
Matthew 7:21 (KJV) ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:22 (KJV) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Matthew 7:23 (KJV) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
3) Those Who Have Been Converted (Born Again) Will Enter Heaven
Matthew 18:1 (KJV) ¶ At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Matthew 18:2 (KJV) And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,
Matthew 18:3 (KJV) And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
