Bible Readings:
John 3:1-15, 1 John 2:28-3:9; 5:1-5
Sermon Outline:
1 John 2:29–3:1 (NKJV)
29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him. 1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
I The necessity of the new birth
John 3:7 (NKJV)
7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be ἄνωθεν (anōthen, born again, from above).’
II The nature of the new birth
III The manifestations of a new life.
1. Faith in Christ.
1 John 5:1 (NKJV)
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.
1 John 5:5 (NKJV)
5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
2. A new awareness and attitude to what is right and wrong.
1 John 2:29 (NKJV)
29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
1 John 3:4 (NKJV)
4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:9 (NKJV)
9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
3. A new affection.
1 John 4:7 (NKJV)
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
1 John 5:1 (NKJV)
1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.