Why does mankind need to be born again to enter the Kingdom of Heaven?

Question

Is it because when we sin rebelliously, we spiritually die/blind & then physically die, & our soul goes somewhere other than heaven after physical death?

Is it because when we are born spiritually we are whole; body, soul & spirit (yet body still corruptable, but when we physically die, our soul/spirit goes to heaven?

Answer 1

We being created in the immage of God, were in fact created for good works in Christ. That was always Gods plan for us to be with Him in a relationship that is peculiar to the nature to God. I won't try to explain this as simply it's God idea not mine, and I'm not big enough to question God (read the book of Job) but I like the relationship, and I understand in general God's original idea.

The first humans were created with out sin, however they were infact created with the capacity TO SIN. To choose to be disobedient, free will.

God when He discovered Adams transgression (long story but it was Adams fault not Eve's in short) He like the loving Father He is, clothed them (met their need) fed them (the meat from the sacrafice) and punished them (the consequences of the sin) not only that but he supernaturally allowed the transgression of Adam to continue to pass on to the rest of humanity. So that after physical death, our imortal eternal soul (like God who is without end) will also be in danger of death, in that we will be separated from our LifeGiver The Lord God Himself.

What many people don't understand about God is, He knew this was going to happen. Because God in not constrained by time He was able to go beyond the physical point of liner time and see mankind would do and what it would require to remove this "original sin" from mankind, and before He even created this world He decided He would become like us, and be our Savior.

God chose a people, Gave this people "The Law", and made this people responsible for the attonement of the sins of the world. Many don't see this but I do. The sacrafices of the Hebrews in the Temple were for all mankind, they were Holy and acceptable to God. For a time, but the Hebrew people became complacient, and corrupted, and even the Priests offering to the Most High God, were conformed to the world. To the point God spoke that there was not enough blood from bulls and goats to cover the sins of this vile generation.

The bible says at the fullness of time He, the Word became flesh and came to live with us, The Son of Man, the DNA of a Holy God combined with the dna of a humble woman (the vehicle of the flesh, the substance) producing a Man,the only Man ever to have all the humaness of a man, and the nature of God (sinlessness)

Gods supernatural nature allows us to recognize our need for a Savior, and also relize that we can not achieve a position with Him by our selves, therefore we can now supernaturaly in a way that God dose and I can't fathom, But I am compelled by my Faith in God to believe it. He in His death on the cross substitutes Himself for me, that I may be given Grace for the punishment due me. But now only to me but to all those that ACCEPT HIS SACRAFICE.

Jesus died for all mankind from Adam to present day, The OT Saints had a Messiah to believe in, and we have the finished work of that prophecy to put our hope in, but like Adam we must Freely Choose to believe it, just as Adam freely chose to sin.

That is why we must be born again, 1st born of water (the physical birth) then born of the Spirit ( asking God into our hearts thru the sacrafice of Christ, and the vehicle of the life in His Holy Spirit).

Long Answer? YES. Correct Answer, I believe it is, but my belief wont save you. You must read it for yourself in the word of God, John chapter 3, or 1st John all 5 chapters, and then make a choice.

al 4 now B
I believe it is. Do you?

Answer 2

"The wages of sin is death."

We are born into a sinful world with a sinful nature. The first birth is physical birth.

In order to gain eternal life and enter into heaven, we must be "born again," which is spiritual birth. We must repent - turn completely from our sins, and trust in Jesus Christ - to do this.

Payment for sin is death. Jesus paid for our sins by becoming the ultimate sacrifice. His death was enough to punish all of our sins, and His resurrection was enough to overcome death and keep us saved once we repent.

Without the second birth, we are still headed for eternal death, which is Hell.

Answer 3

No. Its more in the nature of mankind in general being a screw-up lot. They get it from their parents, a stupid and convoluted style of thought.

More pointedly is the setting this statement arrived in. Fashionable thinking was Greek by Design. The various schools of thought at the time of Jesus- were Logic by Aristotle, Reason by Plato, and others such as Stoic and Epicurean thought.

All of these were habitually practiced to the point of obsession by people, and their minds were effectively closed to new ideas, and certainly to new ways of thinking.

We see these things all around us today, and only a miracle can affect a total psychic change.

We do it all the time in AA, but Christianity has nothing to do with it.

Answer 4

"God isn't the author of misunderstanding.." "..God isn't a liar.." (a million Corinthians 14:33 and Romans 3:4) paraphrased a.) The Righteous Jews until now Jesus already believed of their hearts the promise of God, to deliver a Messiah to redeem them from their sins (look at Psalms: A e book the place David praises the LORD) b.) in accordance to God, all infants are a latest and blessing from God. the new child's destiny are in the palms of their dad and mom and that they have the duty to share their faith with their infants until they are held in charge for his or her own selves (which skill they already understand the thank you to make judgements and understand appropriate between incorrect) c.) The evildoer inquiring for pardon until now Jesus replaced into "born-lower back" it truly is the reason he's in God's Kingdom appropriate now i'm no longer being difficult yet you do no longer understand the real which skill of being born-lower back. In each and every guy and woman's existence, there are 2 lives in accordance to the comprehend God, the Holy Bible. The non secular existence and the actual existence. The non secular existence is the extra important existence as this determines your eternal destiny. fact is, being born lower back is being born of God, Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ got here to earth to cleanse us from all our unrighteousness and this might in straight forward terms be performed by skill of believing on Him as our Lord and Savior

Answer 5

Using the best explanation I heard and what I read in the words of Jesus talking to the elder it seems to me that the second birth is our choice and the start of a new life. We must reject our old life and start the new life, a life with faith in God and following Jesus. We have to start to learn a new view on life and grow in that knowledge. A body that does not get exercise is atrophied and weak so is our faiths and we need to grow and exercise them by going to Church, Bible studies and the actions in our life.

Answer 6

Sinful man does not inherit the kingdom of Heaven. No sinful flesh will enter in. It is by faith we say we are saved and made new by the atonement. We will be made new literally for after our resurrection. We are made int he image of God both body and flesh and flesh has through sin inherited death but will by faith be resurrected in the glory of God.

Answer 7

It is because we all have been born with the sin nature. No person can serve God with the nature that they are born with. they need God to radically execute that nature, the nature that they are born with, and infuse them with His Holy Spirit. Then we can start on our journey to heaven, for we are

NOW,

fit for heaven and

NOT,

hellbound.

Answer 8

I believe this passage is viewed out of context and time. It was addressed to Hebrews, exorting them to convert. If you take a good look at the bible, when the master of the house converted, his family, slaves and everyone in his charge also converted.

Answer 9

We blew it the first time around, so to get credit for Christ's perfection, we must now be born a second time...

Answer 10

we were born in to a world of sin. we have to choose to be born again into a world of righteousness.