The New Birth

The New Birth
John 3:6-7

Review:

1. The Promised Spirit, Ezekiel 36:27
2. The Holy Spirit is revealed to us several ways…
3. The evidence of the Spirit's indwelling…

Introduction: Salvation is the work of the Triune God…

I. New Birth is the Work of the Holy Spirit…

A. It is a necessary work…
B. It is a powerful and effectual work…
Ephesians 2:4-5; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; John 1:13

II. Jesus' Teaching to Nicodemus Concerning the Holy Spirit and the New Birth…
A. The context and occasion of the teaching, John 3:1-2
B. The New Birth's Necessity…

1. We can't save ourselves…
2. Consider Nicodemus' spiritual dullness…
   C. The New Birth described…

Question: What must we do in order to be born again?

D. We must not follow new trends or the teaching of men, but Jesus…vs. 5-8
E. Faith and Repentance, which are necessary to be saved come from the New Birth—they do not cause it or bring it to pass…

Relevant Observations: