The Greek word
Gennao, in the New Testament, can mean born or
begotten. It is quite often used
incorrectly; which makes an otherwise simple subject,
a little complicated.
Jesus said to Nicodemius; that he must be born again,
to enter the
Joh 3:3
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man
is born again, he cannot
see the
The first birth
is our physical birth. The second birth is our
spiritual birth.The spiritual
birth means we are changed from physical to spiritual.
Joh 3:6 That which is
born of the flesh is flesh,
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Joh 3:7 Do not
marvel that I said to you, You
must be born again.
Joh 3:8 The Spirit
breathes where He desires, and
you hear His voice, but you do not know from where
He comes, and where He goes;
so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.
We are begotten
of the spirit: because of the resurrection of Christ.
1Pe 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who according to His
great mercy has regenerated us again to a living
hope through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead,
We have
previously shown, from other articles: that we receive
the earnest of God’s
Spirit; when we accept the death of Christ. The
earnest of the spirit is
usually given at baptism. We receive the Holy Spirit
of life, or power, when we
believe, love and obey the new knowledge being
restored to this era of the
church.
The following and the previous scriptures show that we
are begotten of God,
when we receive the Holy Spirit of life.
Rom 5:10
For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to
God through the death of His
Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved
by His life.
1Pe 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who according to
His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living
hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
We
are called Sons of
God, when we receive the Holy Spirit of life, even
though we are begotten of
God at this time and not yet born again. Just as an
unborn child is begotten
but not yet born.
1Jn 3:1
Behold what manner of love the Father has given us,
that we should be called
children of God. Therefore the world does not know
us, because it did not know
Him.
1Jn 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not
yet been revealed what we
shall be. But we know that when He shall be
revealed, we shall be like Him, for
we shall see Him as He is.
God looks on us
as a Son of God, when we are spiritually begotten, by
receiving the Holy Spirit
of life.
Psa
22:10 I was cast on You from the womb; You are
My God from My mother's
belly.
The following two
verses have born and begotten in the wrong places.
Joh 1:13 who were born, not of bloods, nor of
the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but were born of God.
Joh 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us.
And we beheld His glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,
full of grace and of truth.
John 1 V 12
helps clarify verses 13 &14. When we receive
Christ, we have power to
become sons of God. The earnest of the spirit gives us
power to become sons of
God. When we receive the spirit of life; we are then
sons of God.
Joh 1:12
But as many as received Him, He gave to them
authority to become the children
of God, to those who believe on His name,
Jesus is the only
Born of the Father. Verse 14 above is talking about
the transfiguration of
Christ, when He was seen in His spiritual glory. The
glory of Christ; as He was
born of the Father.
Mar 9:2
And after six days Jesus took Peter and James and
John and led them up into a
high mountain, apart by themselves. And He was
transfigured before them.
When we receive
the earnest of the spirit: we have the power to become
a son of God.
When we receive
the Spirit of life: we become a son of God.
When we are
resurrected to eternal life: we are born again.
