Think on These
Things
by Tom McLemore
Question: “Mr. McLemore, How does a person become a born again
Christian?”
Answer: Permit me to point out that this question contains
two ways of saying the same thing, according to the New Testament. One becomes a Christian by being begotten
again or born again. In the process
of being born again, one becomes a Christian. (Please read John 1:12, 13; 3:1-8; James
1:18; 1 Peter 1:3, 23). To be a
Christian is to be a child of God. One
becomes a child of God by being begotten or born of God. Jesus, in John 3:3, 5 taught that to be born
again (or from above–the word contains both ideas) is to be born of water and
the Spirit. This refers to baptism of
one who believes the Spirit’s testimony concerning Jesus, as the context of
John 1-4 shows. The whole process
results in a new person. Paul’s way of
describing this is a “new creation” (2 Corinthians
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