Quotes about Born-again

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Whom should you pursue? That question can be answered only after your church has done the hard work of getting to know who the unchurched are in your community. Your approach will vary depending on whether you have a substantial born-again churchless segment in your neighborhood or more people who are purely unchurched—that is, those with no background of church involvement. Your goal in both cases is to connect with the unchurched around you, but the way you approach them will differ.

Salvation was not the ultimate goal of Christ's coming. It was the immediate target…the marker in the lane. Without accomplishing redemption, there was no hope for the ultimate goal—which was to fill each born-again person with the Holy Spirit. God's desire is for the believer to overflow with Himself, that we might "be filled with all the fullness of God." (Eph. 3:19).

I was 22 years old when I asked Christ to come into my heart. You cannot be born a Christian you can only be converted. And that is by putting your faith and trust in Christ.

God has no grandchildren. He has only children, so being a born-again Christian is not an automatic thing.

There's a part of you - the born-again part, your spirit - that's dead to sin. That's why it bothers you now when you sin. The 'wilderness' part of you - your soul - is your unrenewed mind, out-of-control emotions, and stubborn will.

A born-again person ought to possess unspeakable peace in the spirit.