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Receiving Jesus

Walking Through the Land of

God's Promises (Day 9)

by Derek Prince

In John 3, Jesus is telling Nicodemus about the importance of

being born again. Unless a person has this experience, unless

he has been born from the Spirit, he cannot see and enter the

kingdom of God.

I believe the conversation with Nicodemus is recorded for a

special reason. Because if there was anything else that would

do instead of the new birth, Nicodemus had it all. He was a

religious man, he was an educated man, he had a high social

position, and he belonged to a race (the Jewish race) which

God had set apart for special purposes. But notice this,

neither religion nor education nor social position, nor racial

superiority, are any substitute for the new birth.

So far, we have seen two things: the necessity of being born

again and the nature of what happens. There remains one

more very important question. How can a person be born

again? That is what I'm going to tell you just now. In John's

Gospel, chapter 1, verse 11, John says this about Jesus:

"He came to His own, and those who were His own did

not receive Him." (NASB)

Jesus came as a Jew to the Jewish people and, as a nation

(not as individuals, but as a nation collectively), they rejected

Him who was their Messiah. But thank God there's a "but"

after that (in verses 12 and 13):

"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the

right to become children of God, even to those who

believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of

the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God."

(NASB)

What is the key transaction that leads to being born of God,

which is the same as being born again or born anew? What is

the one thing you have to do to be born again? You have to

receive Jesus as your personal Saviour, confess Him as your

Lord. When you do that, He gives you the right, the authority

to become a child of God. You do it through faith, through

believing in His name. Not through any religious good works

or any claim you may have of your own righteousness, but

simply through believing in His name. And the result is you

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are born of God.

Dear Lord, how wonderful that I may receive You, by grace

alone! I realise that there is nothing I can give You in return to

merit this miracle. Thank You that I am a child of God,

because I have received You and I confess that You are my

Lord and Saviour and Redeemer. I praise and thank You that

You died for my sins on the cross and that through Your

blood I am forgiven and cleansed! In Your Name, Amen.

Devotional

Transcript: WD-R509-009-ENG

Last Updated: 14 Jun 2024

Website: derekprince.com

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