What is Being Born Again according to the Bible? [New Release]

Today, I would like to present an excerpt from the sermon in the new book by God’s servant, Pastor Paul C. Jong of The New Life Mission, titled “RETURN TO THE GOSPEL OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT,” English Volume 2.


This book is the second in the series following English Volume 1, “HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT?” It explores how one can be born again through the gospel of the water and the Spirit (John 3:5) and thereby receive salvation from all sins.

You can access the free e-book and audiobook provided below to learn more.

RETURN TO THE GOSPEL OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT [New Revised Edition]
Paul C. Jong's New Release: English Volume 2


The rebirth spoken of in the Bible does not depend on our deeds.


Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

< John 3:1–6 >

“There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 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.’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’ 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?’ Jesus answered, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.’”

There are many people in the world who try to be born again by believing in Jesus.

However, I must first tell you that being born again, as the Bible speaks of it, does not depend on actions.

Many people who attend church misunderstand and believe that being saved and reborn works this way. There are countless people who try to qualify for rebirth by doing things like founding many chapels, going as missionaries to pagan nations to convert them to believe in Jesus Christ, or dedicating their entire lives to serving God without marrying.

Furthermore, laypeople also dedicate materials to their churches, serve, and do a lot of cleaning in the chapels to serve before God, in efforts to be saved and reborn. While doing so, they think to themselves, ‘If I serve loyally unto death, surely I will be crowned with the crown of life! Surely God will grant me the grace to be born again of water and the Spirit.’ In reality, there are many laypeople who understand this and exert themselves accordingly.

Additionally, there are many church members who misunderstand being saved and reborn, and they try various ways to be reborn.

Some people devote their material possessions and bodies, while others serve and dedicate themselves in Christian missionary organizations, thinking ‘If I serve the Lord this way, someday He will grant me the grace to be reborn.’ Some people spend their entire lives serving at prayer houses, some serve at nursing homes, and there are people working hard to be born again in various forms and various positions. However, it is truly unfortunate that they do not know the truth about being reborn.

All these people who believe in Jesus through works think, ‘If I do this, I will be born again.’ Of course, because of this, they labor in many areas and think their efforts serve as a foundation for their being born again. ‘Someday I too will be born again like Pastor Wesley! God will make me born again!’ Also, there are many people who misunderstand the words in John 3:1–6, thinking that being born of water and the Spirit is something that happens without one’s knowledge, and thus continue to believe in Jesus and serve, hoping that someday they too will be reborn of water and the Spirit.

Many also indulge in the delusional thought, ‘If I serve the Lord well, someday I too will be reborn. At some unknown moment, I will become a reborn person, work as one, and then go to the kingdom of God.’ There are many who live with such vain beliefs.

However, you cannot be born again through such works-based faith.

Not drinking alcohol, being a good person, or diligently attending church does not make you born again. As our Lord said in today’s text, a person can only be born again ‘of water and the Spirit,’ which is the Word of God, and the Lord stated that the only condition for being born again is water and the Spirit.

Being born again means that although one was previously a sinner, they have now become a new person without sin, and through faith in the Word of salvation of water and the Spirit, they have become a child of God. That is the true meaning of being born again.

Being born again means that I have been clothed with Jesus’ baptism along with my sins, died together with Jesus’ death on the cross, and have been newly born again.

It means that while I was once a sinner, I have now become righteous by hearing and believing in the Word of Jesus’ baptism and blood. While I was born a sinner from my mother’s womb, I have now been born again, transformed from a sinner to a righteous person by believing in the gospel of water and the Spirit, by believing in my heart the baptism and blood that Jesus received. While my outer person remains the same, my inner person has been born again anew through the Word of Jesus’ baptism and blood. This is the truth of being born again.


How about you?

Have you been born again as a righteous person, no longer a sinner, by believing in God’s Word, not by your own deeds?

If you have not been born again yet, you must become one who is born again by asking, seeking, listening to, and believing in God.

We pray to the Lord that you may be born again through the gospel of the water and the Spirit, through Volume 2 of the sermon collection “RETURN TO THE GOSPEL OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT,” written by Pastor Paul C. Jong, a servant of God who has been born again through the Word of the water and the Spirit.



HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT?
English 1




ÊTES-VOUS VRAIMENT NÉ DE NOUVEAU D’EAU ET D’ESPRIT ?
French 1



¿VERDADERAMENTE HAS NACIDO DE NUEVO POR AGUA Y EL ESPÍRITU?
Spanish 1


If you would like to read more of Rev. Paul C. Jong's sermon books, please download free e-books and audiobooks (PDF, EPUB) translated into various languages from around the world at our The New Life Mission official website. 

These materials are freely provided for the true salvation of your soul. 

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