#286 Being Born Again in Scripture - Jimmy Akin

DAY 286 CHALLENGE “People don’t need to be baptized, just born again.” DEFENSE Scripture teaches people are born again in baptism. The phrase translated “born again” occurs in John 3:3, where Jesus tells Nicodemus, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (KJV). In Greek the phrase involves a pun. The word for “again” is anōthen, which can mean either “again” or “from above.” The point is one must receive a second birth and this birth must be from God. Context reveals how the second birth occurs. Clarifying his initial statement, Jesus tells Nicodemus, “unless on...