Section 11
regeneration requires another birth in order to possess another life. To be regenerated, to be born again, does not mean to adjust or correct our selves. It means to have the life of God, just as to be born of our parents means to have the life of our parents. To be regenerated is to be born of God (John 1:13), and to be born of God is to have the life of God, that is the eternal life (John 3:15-16). If we have the life of God, we are the sons of God. The life of God gives us the right to become the sons of God (John 1:12), because by this life we have the divine nature of God (2 Pet. 1:4) and have the life-relationship with God, that is the son ship (Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:5-6; "adoption" in Greek is "sonship").
MAN'S AND RELIGION'S FALSE CONCEPT
Due to human culture and Jewish religion, Nicodemus thought that man needed to behave. Since man must have good conduct and worship God in a proper way, man needs much teach ing. Nicodemus considered Christ to be a teacher come from God. This indicates that he might have thought that he needed better teachings to im prove himself. But the Lord's answer in the follow ing verse unveiled to him that his need was to be born anew. To be born anew is to be regenerated