John 3:1-7 ESV
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

Are you born again?
This is a very potent and life-changing question.
Are you born again? Or are you one of the many who call themselves by the name of a “Christians” just to identify themselves with a group or religion?
The biblical world view is that Christianity is another fanatical religious group.
Why must we be born again?
We were born dead in and into sin, a spiritual death, that separates us from God in our natural birth. The need for the new birth grows out of the incapacity ability of the natural man to see or enter the kingdom of God without a mediator, prescribed in John 14:5.
However gifted, moral, or refined, the natural man is, he is blind to spiritual truth and powerless to enter God’s kingdom on his merit because he can’t understand, obey or please God without the Holy Spirit.
Born again! If you tell the average person on the street that they must be born again, they think you mean they must mend their ways to turn over a new leaf. It gives man the idea that they can work on the outer man to become a better person, but that’s not the problem, the problem is within the spiritual man.
There is only one avenue into heaven and that is to be born again.
Water baptism, church membership, religious duties, arms or charity, living a moral life, taking the Lord’s supper, being a member of a denomination cannot save us. You must be born again, and that new birth comes only from above.
Like Nicodemus, we all need spiritual rebirth; simply being religious is not enough.
To enter God’s kingdom, heaven, we must not only be born physically of water and the flesh but also supernaturally of the Spirit. Although Nicodemus had asked no question, Jesus knew what he wished to ask, the Lord answers that new birth, i.e., a new heart and a new nature, are necessary, according to Jeremiah 31:31: He will put His Law in our inward parts and write it on our hearts.
Jesus uses the image of a second birth to explain what happens to believers at conversion. The Holy Spirit cleanses us from sin and makes us new in Christ.
This question and answer still apply to all of humanity today. Are you genuinely born again?
Being born again simply mean leaving the security of one, known existence for another, unknown one. That can be a frightening prospect, but it is the best and most important thing man can ever do to secure eternity. The new birth, being born again should be seen and accepted as a new beginning, overthrowing the old and making you a brand-new creation.
Anyone yet to be born again is in spiritual darkness.
As a new creation, you do not have to allow the old things that happened to you to affect your new life. According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, you become a new creature with a new life in Christ.
You simply need to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour to get born again. Why not give your heart to Him today. Just ask Him to come into your heart and life.
Shalom