Do you have to be born again to go to heaven?

Answer 1

Yes
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (KJV)

What does it mean to be born again exactly? Jesus explains:

John 3:4-12,

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? (KJV)

Answer 2

I think the term " Born Again " is a coined phrase that means your sins are forgiven and are considered spiritually clean in the eyes of God. So, since sin can not enter Heaven, I would say " yes "

Answer 3

I 'll give you somoewhat a different answer from the usual.

Yes. Born again in spirit. Otherwise, you would continue experiencing the cylce of life and death. To be born again in spirit implies one who have transcended the karmic influence thereby would go straight to heaven. It's neat.

Answer 4

Yes, you have to be born again to get to heaven. The 144,000 refers to the Jews who have accepted Jesus in the end times and go out to teach about Christ as the apostles did.

Answer 5

All who come to God in The Way He proscribes will receive His free gift of Salvation.... these will be the ones to enter Heaven... you may call this being "born again" if you like.... those who come to God as He proscribes become of The Body of The Church of which Jesus The Christ is The Head. This experience is what Jesus refered to as being "born again"

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Answer 6

Semantics my friend.... you see growing up we never used that term in the north so....

you see we are all born -- literally born. then, when we are at the age of reason - which differs for eberyone - we make a choice -- even if we already baptized as a child, we make a choice - to continue forward with the promise made for us and taught to us throughout of formidable years - continue forward or stop. if you stop -- you just continue on the first leg continuing the "i'm born of original birth". if you opt to fully come to Christ and really get to know Him -- you are thu - born again -- or reborn in CHrist

Answer 7

We have to define what "born again" means (from John, chapter 3).

Many people believe that it refers to an emotional experience where you have made the conscious decision to make Jesus your Lord and savior.

That is good, and it may bring God's grace, but in the Catholic Church, "born again" refers to baptism. A more technically correct way of saying it is "begotten from above."


What baptism does, when water is poured over the head (or with total immersion), and when the proper formula is used: "I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is that God's sanctifying grace enters the soul, raising that soul from a natural mode of existence to God's own supernatural mode, so that it acquires God's own modality of knowing and loving that completely exceeds what a created being is capable of on its own.

Sanctifying grace is God's own life in the soul. It is lost through mortal sin, and is regained either by sacramental confession or perfect contrition (perfect contrition is being sorry for a sin because it has offended an all-good God. Imperfect contrition is being sorry for a sin because of the punishment due. Imperfect contrition is sufficient for sacramental confession).


Now this grace is not a feeling, but because it shares in the infinite transcendence of God, is completely beyond anything that we can feel or think.

With it comes the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. Faith is a supernatural light in the intellect that allows us to hold with certitude the truths that God reveals. Hope is the anticipation of an eternal and infinite reward if we are faithful. Charity is loving God and neighbor unselfishly as God loves. These theological virtues are pure graces or gifts that we cannot merit, but are free gifts from God.


We cannot depend upon positive emotions to gauge how we are doing with God. Sometimes grace can overflow into the empirical emotions, but they are not a reliable indicator.

Union with God is gauged by one thing and one thing only: the conformity of our will to God's, no matter how we feel.

The greatest virtue is tested when we are called to do the right thing, when we are feeling completely contrary to that.




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Answer 8

Yes you do. The 144,000 number came from a number of people that will be returning to Israel. Not sure if they are to be Jews, Christians, or a mixture of both. We are to be prepared to be in the presence of the Most High. As brides waiting for the groom.

Answer 9

Yes. Jesus said, "unless a man be born again, he will not enter the kingdom of heaven".

And don't listen to the 144,000 nonsense. There is room in heaven for everyone who accepts Christ as savior.

Answer 10

Yes. That is exactly what Jesus says in John Chapter 3 to Nicodemus.