don't you have to be a believer in the first place to start believing a second time?
2007-02-02 08:16:08 · 12 answers · asked by Laughing Libra 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think you might misunderstand the term "born again". It come from Johns Gospel :
Joh 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)
It means that we are once born "physically" and again in Christ, "spiritually". We become "born again" by placing our faith and belief in Jesus and the work that He has done on the cross for us and repenting of our sin that placed Him there.
2007-02-02 08:26:10 · answer #1 · answered by movedby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase "born again" was first uttered by Jesus to a Jewish leader. It refers to physical v. spiritual birth, not a second spiritual birth.
2007-02-02 16:23:18 · answer #2 · answered by rcpeabody1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are those Jews, who do not believe in Jesus at all. But believe in God. What she experienced was when she reached whits end, she saw the light @ the end of the tunnel. She found that Jesus is real, & that He is who He says He is. I hope you understand this and come into the same relization.
2007-02-02 16:27:15 · answer #3 · answered by Kyle R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no some people are reborn right from the start I was a believer for 40 years before I was born again but I think it can be easeir some times for an outsider to fully apreciat God's gift.
2007-02-02 16:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe she experienced Jesus like i have.
There are many jewish believers in Jesus!
Many!
They call themselves Messianic Jews.
Did you know there is over 300 prophecies in the old test foretelling Jesus? And they ALL came true if one just looks at the evidence.
2007-02-02 16:26:24 · answer #5 · answered by Jeanmarie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Born again refers to being born of flesh (physical birth) and born of the spirit (born again, spiritual birth). So, being born again refers to the point where you first believe in Jesus as the Christ (the anointed one of God).
2007-02-02 16:23:54 · answer #6 · answered by ngel_lite 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No all it takes is being born of the Spirit. Like Jesus told Nicodemus.
2007-02-02 16:20:50 · answer #7 · answered by Jan P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying she never believed in Jehovah? GOD... Jehovah? Then she wasn't jewish either, now was she?
2007-02-02 16:23:10 · answer #8 · answered by cookie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no that's called messianic Jew... my friend was like that.. her mother is a Jew...her whole family is jewish...well except the dad but for some reason she believes in christ...
2007-02-02 16:23:09 · answer #9 · answered by pokerface 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, God can change the lives of even atheists, which I used to be.
2007-02-02 16:25:34 · answer #10 · answered by FUNdie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋