We see that with 1 John 1:5-7.

If you're a Christian, you're a born-again Christian. Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 70 Q. What does it mean to be washed with Christ’s blood and Spirit? A. To be washed with Christ’s blood means that God, by grace, has forgiven my sins because of Christ’s blood poured out for me in his sacrifice on the cross. To be washed with Christ’s Spirit means that the Holy Spirit has renewed me and set me apart to be a member of Christ so that more and more I become dead to sin and increasingly live a holy and blameless life. Summary Nicodemus was a Pharisee who had shown respect for Jesus because of the signs, also known as miracles, that Jesus had done. It was during this discussion that Jesus explained to Nicodemus how he needed to be born again. This rebirth was not a second physical birth, but a birth of water and spirit. Jesus makes this spiritual rebirth an absolute necessity, proclaiming that “unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." Unless is a strong word, setting an absolute condition that must be met for one to enter the kingdom of God. This spiritual rebirth is not an optional addition to one’s faith, instead this rebirth has been set apart by Jesus as an essential part of following Him. Without this spiritual rebirth, one cannot enter God’s kingdom. Dig Deeper Regeneration is the theological term we use to describe this spiritual rebirth. Much like how Jesus’ physical body had died and was raised to new life on the third day, regeneration points to one’s spiritual death and new life in Christ. This is not an action you take as a believer, since regeneration is the work of the Holy Spirit. This regeneration, or rebirth, is more than a change of heart; it is an entrance into a new life. Where you were once spiritually dead in your trespasses and sins, you are now made alive. This spiritual rebirth is your entryway into a new life, one receptive and inclined towards God. Regeneration originates with God, it is not something we can initiate for ourselves or for others. While this lack of personal control may spark different feelings in various individuals, I feel an appropriate response to this regeneration is to turn to God in prayer. For those who have either a long held or newly formed faith in Christ, we pray out of gratitude for God’s work of regeneration in their lives. For those who do not yet have faith in Christ, we pray that God may work in their lives, planting a desire for Christ where there previously was none. AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, the King, whose kingdom we long to enter into; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will recognize and live into the regeneration (rebirth) you've been given by the Holy Spirit signified and sealed in your baptism ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Luke 1

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 124 Q.

In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5   which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and the honeycomb. 11   Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. 12 of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 4 Article 5: As we’re reminded in Romans 10:14-15 , How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? Today: Romans 7

4   They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting. 5  They crush your people, 11  The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile. 12  Blessed is the one you discipline This is why, as Romans 12:19 teaches , you don't need to seek revenge, for the LORD has said "It is mine in the middle of Psalm 95: 12  Blessed is the one you discipline, LORD... Today: Revelation 5

He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses. 5  When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer articles to the L ORD , as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued: 12 Ps.2; Isa. 11:3b–5; Joel 3:9–17; Zech. 14:1–5, 12–15; 2 Thess. 1:7b–8, 2:8–10). powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms ( Ephesians 6:12 waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me ( Romans

They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity Article 5: Paul, at various times in Romans 7 , points out how God’s Law is good like in verse 12, so the law is

circumcised. 11  You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 A sacramentum  referred to the sacred oath of allegiance that Roman soldiers would swear upon entering This oath was a personal commitment to loyalty and obedience to their commanders and the Roman state. oath was made with their right hand raised, and their left hand resting on a symbol of the powerful Roman the recruit certainly swore his commitment, and in response, the military gave him an identity as a Roman

seed. 4  As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5   Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 As Paul wrote the Romans in Romans 1:21, “For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God

tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, his power, and the wonders he has done. 5   Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1- 5 Article Today: Romans 12