You may have been born in a Christian home and you may have been instructed and gone to a Christian school, gone to a Christian college.

None of those things make you a Christian.

That which is born in the flesh, your natural birth, all that gives to you, is flesh.

And flesh of that sort is powerless to enter into the kingdom of God.

One of the most famous conversations recorded for us in the Bible is the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus at night in John chapter 3.

And what they discussed is of vital importance for each and every one of us.

I'm glad you're joining us for this Sunday edition of Renewing Her Mind, as we hear select

sermons this month from the preaching ministry of R.C. Sprawl.

Today's sermon is from John's Gospel, with a focus on John Chapter 3,

which means that today only you can also request the hardcover edition of Dr Sproll's commentary on John

for your donation of any amount at renewing your mind.org.

So what did Jesus mean when he told Nicodemus that people needed to be born again

and is it proper for us to ever call ourselves born again Christians?

Well here's our C sprawl with a sermon on the rebirth.

Our scripture this morning is taken from the third chapter

of the gospel according to St. John, beginning at verse 1, reading through

verse 17. There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, and this man came

to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi,

We know that you are a teacher come from God,

for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.

Jesus answered and said to him most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again,

he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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