1. The New Birth
Class 1
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2. In the Beginning…
• God Created Man – Gen 1:26
– Created man to have dominion over all creation
• But Man Disobeyed God
– The result – death, hardship, sickness, poverty…
• Man sought for ways back to God – Gen 3:7
• The Only Way back to God – Jesus Christ
– He came to restore back to man that which was
lost
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3. Before Christ
What we were before our New Birth
• In darkness, distant and alienated from God.
Eph 2:1-6
• In sin, not having God in our thoughts
• Rebellious and disobedient to God’s will
• Under God’s condemnation, and judgment
• Children of the devil
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4. Before Christ…
How did we get there?
• From creation, the fall of man.
– Rom 3:23 – “For all have sinned and come short of
the Glory of God.”
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5. Before Christ…
What God has to say… do…
What we should do
• Repent Acts 2:38, Matt • Obey God, confess our
3:1-2 sins, repent and receive
• Be born Again. John 3:3 Rom.
God’s salvation Rom
• Receive eternal life in 10:9-10
Christ. John 3:16
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6. Who Are We Now in Christ…
• Born Again Children of God
• Justified by faith. Rom 8:29-30
• Free from condemnation. Rom 8:1
• Right standing before God
• Ransomed, washed by the blood of Jesus.
1Cor 6:20, Mark 10:45
• Heirs to God’s throne, co-inheritors of God’s
promises and blessings. Rom 8:17
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7. How are we Saved…
• As sons and daughters.
– John 1:12,
– 1 John 3:1-3
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8. Significance of the Blood of Jesus
• It is for atonement
– Lev 16
– Lev 17:11
– Heb 9:22
• It is for Covenant making. Heb 8:6,
– Heb 8:7-13
– Heb 9:15
• It is for Access to God.
– Heb 10:19-22
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