Renascimento
Nascer de novo é o início da vida cristã. Jesus ensinou que sem o novo nascimento ninguém pode ver o Reino de Deus. É uma obra sobrenatural do Espírito Santo.
Nascer de novo
Jesus declarou a Nicodemos: 'Aquele que não nascer de novo não pode ver o Reino de Deus.' O renascimento é pela água e pelo Espírito.
3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
Nova criação em Cristo
Quem está em Cristo é nova criação. Nascemos de novo pela Palavra viva e permanente de Deus, não de semente corruptível.
17 So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
23 Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
2 Be full of desire for the true milk of the word, as babies at their mothers' breasts, so that you may go on to salvation;
Os frutos do renascimento
Quem nasceu de Deus vence o mundo, ama o próximo e tem a certeza de que Deus completará a boa obra que começou.
4 Anything which comes from God is able to overcome the world: and the power by which we have overcome the world is our faith.
7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
6 For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ: