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      • In his book, Piper explains just what it means to be born again, and shows how the scriptural teaching on that subject is designed to give all glory to God, and to cast us in utter dependence upon him.
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  2. Apr 27, 2013 · Number one: In the new birth, you are not getting a new religion, but a new life. Number two : In the new birth, you are not merely affirming the supernatural in Jesus, but experiencing the supernatural in yourself.

  3. Nov 25, 2007 · What happens in the new birth is the supernatural creation of new spiritual life, and it is created through union with Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit brings us into vital connection with Christ who is the way, the truth, and life. That is the objective reality of what happens in the new birth.

  4. Feb 17, 2008 · Does the new birth bring about faith, or does faith bring about the new birth? If we only had these verses, the emphasis would fall on: born not of the will of the flesh, but of God. That is, God’s begetting, not man’s believing is decisive in the new birth.

  5. Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again by John Piper is a marvellous description of what the Bible says it means to be born again and the life which flows from this new birth. This book is worth reading for the first chapter alone.

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  6. Instead, he says, ―You must be born again or you will never see the kingdom of God.‖ New birth means a new life. But what is that new life. It is Jesus’ life in us. He said, I am the way the truth and the life. John 5:26 ―For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.

  7. His prayer is that thousands of young unbelievers in the large Passion audience might experience the miracle of the new birth, which he equates with ‘the awakening of a supreme desire for Jesus above all things.’. In the third chapter of John’s gospel Jesus explains the new birth to Nicodemus.

  8. Piper tackles the theme with his customarily thorough and systematic approach, starting with definition (“What is the new birth?”), moving through our need (“Why must we be born again?”), God’s action (“How does the new birth come about?”), the result (“What are the effects of the new birth?”), and the resulting imperative ...

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