Jesus tells Nicodemus how to be born again (John 3:1-5, Acts 2:38)

John 3:3-5

You must be born again. Why is this important? Nicodemus felt that Jesus was a teacher who had come from God and he was interested in understanding “how to be born again.” Jesus told Nicodemus he must be born of the water and of the Spirit. This is a phrase that we couldn’t understand until Peter’s sermon in the 2nd chapter of Acts. The question that Nicodemus asked and the answer that Jesus told him was satisfied in Acts 2:38.

Peter had the “keys of the kingdom of heaven,” therefore, Peter said, you must repent, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, (water), for remission of sins and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, (Spirit). We also see in this scripture that remission of sins was preached, beginning at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (Matthew 16:19, Luke 24:47, Acts 2:38).

Look at the connectivity of these scriptures concerning being born again (John 3:3-5 and Acts 2:38-39). Let’s see how Peter satisfied the born again question;

1. Peter used the “keys of the kingdom of heaven” to open the door (Jesus Christ) to the Church (Matthew 16:19, Acts 2:38).

Key # 1 Repent

Key # 2 Be baptized in Jesus name

Key # 3 Receive the gift of the Holy Ghost

2. Peter preached repentance and remission of sins, in Jesus name, beginning at Jerusalem

(Luke 24:47).

3. Peter preached the baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38). The baptism in Jesus name is the solid Rock upon which the Church is built and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. For there is salvation in no other name. (Acts 4:12, Colossians 3:17).

4. Peter preached how to be born again in Jesus name (John 3:3)

5. Peter preached how to be born of the water and the Spirit in Jesus name (John 3:5)

6. In Peter’s sermon we see that the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19, Acts 2:38).

7. Peter tells us that once we are obedient we will know what God’s promise is for us and our children (Joel 2:27-29).

This is the true gospel of Jesus Christ and the born again experience (John 3:1-5, Acts 2:38).

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