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NASB | Acts 8:22 "Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 8:22 "So repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this thought of your heart may be forgiven you. |
Bible Question:
Excuse me for asking more questions to clarify your answer. How is the new birth done correctly and for the right reasons or wrongly for the wrong reasons. If we are dead we cannot be alive without a rebirth? So why has dying to be a daily event? Perhaps this word (dying) is use with the meaning (put aside)as in Col 3:8 But now you also put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. I understand Jesus’ teachings to Nicodemus in John 3:5 as speaking of born without ever returning to the previous life. Nicodemus doesn’t seem to understand His teaching. Jesus’ answer is very revealing. Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. John 3:7 "Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit." Does this mean not having a physical body? In that case we will not be able to influence our rebirth. It will be done by the grace of God. I am looking forward to your explanation. Your brother in Christ |
Bible Answer: Hi, to be "born again" is a conversion from the natural (sinful) way of life to the spiritual (Godly) way of life. In Romans 5:12, we see that sin fell on all who were born after Adam. Therefore by the first birth, which is the natural birth, we are born sinners. We lived according to the ways of the world. To be born again is to choose to accept Jesus as Savior and choose to live by the word of God. 1 Peter 1:23 says "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." So we influence our rebirth by choosing Christ as Savior and living by His word, no longer living by the course of the world. This is a daily and progressive walk, as we become more like the children God called us to be. John 3:8 means that only God knows when one meets the condition to be born again, and this is in reference to John 6:44 and John 15:16, 19. WalkingTalkingBible |