6) According to John 3, what are the consequences of sincere belief in Jesus (see vv. 12,13,16,18 and 36)?
Truth for Today
A person who is spiritually dead has no life by which he can respond to spiritual things, much less live a spiritual life.
No amount of love, care, and words of affection from God can draw a response. A spiritually dead person is alienated from God and therefore alienated from life. He has no capacity to respond. As the great Scottish commentator John Eadie said, "It is a case of death walking." Men apart from God are spiritual zombies, the walking dead who do not know they are dead. They go through the motions of life, but they do not possess it. Above all else, a dead person needs to be made alive. That is what salvation gives-spiritual life. When we become Christians we were no longer alienated from the life of God. We became spiritually alive through union with the death and resurrection of Christ and thereby for the first time became sensitive to God.
Reflecting on the text
7) Describe the events that led to your being "born again."
What people or situations or tools did God use?
Note: If you are not sure whether you've ever experienced the new birth, turn to God in prayer right now to confess your need for forgiveness, your inability to change yourself, as well as your faith in the fact that Christ alone can forgive sin and impart eternal life. By turning from sin and self and calling on Jesus Christ, you can be saved today! That's the good news!
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