"You Must Be Born From Above", Jesus Christ.

While the world mocks being born again and many teachers are ashamed of the phrase, we must recall one of the most powerful, sobering statements in the bible as Jesus said, regarding being born again.

John 3 ISV

• 1Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus. 2He came to Jesusa at night and told him, “Rabbi,b we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.”
• 3Jesus replied to him, “Truly, I tell youc emphatically, unless a person is born from aboved he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
• 4Nicodemus asked him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He can’t go back into his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?”
• 5Jesus answered, “Truly, I tell youe emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.f 6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Don’t be astonished that I told you, ‘All of you must be born from above.’g 8The windh blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. That’s the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Continuing on in Peter's letter, he tells us we are to love one another and to submit ourselves to those in government. Yes, God's children are to submit to President Obama and the leaders in our government. The Lord Jesus Christ has chosen them for his purpose which is yet to be revealed. We are first and most importantly not to disobey God or do evil things. Pray for our government.

1 Peter 1 ISV

22Now that you have obeyed the trutho and have purified your souls to love your brothers sincerely,

• you must love one another intensely and with a pure heart. 

23For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish—by the living and everlasting word of God.p

1 Peter 2 ISV

1Therefore, 

• rid yourselves of every kind of evil and deception, 
• hypocrisy, 
• jealousy, 
• and every kind of slander. 

2Like newborn babies, thirst for the pure milk of the word so that by it you may grow in your salvation. 3Surely you have tasted that the Lord is good!

11Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to 

• keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. 

12Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.g

13For the Lord’s sake submit yourselves to every human authority: 

• whether to the king as supreme, 
• 14or to governors who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. 
• 15For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talkh of foolish people. 
• 16Live like free people, and do not use your freedom as an excuse for doing evil. 
• Instead, be God’s servants. 
• 17Honor everyone. 
• Keep on loving the community of believers,i fearing God, and honoring the king.

               Thy Word Have I Hid In My Heart