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John 3:7<\/i><\/b>
\u201cYOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I have today decided I want to work through a series of sermons John Piper recently finished giving at his church. I would encourage you to join me. There can be nothing more important than to get ourselves clear about being born again, being regenerated. Are YOU sure that you have experienced the new birth? Are you sure you are on your way to heaven? What exactly happens when someone is born again? What changes? What are the results?<\/p>\n

Allow John Piper to teach us together about this most critical subject. We must understand well for the sake of our own souls, and for the souls of those we love. So please, join me. The sermons are available in written, video, and audio forms.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to watch as many as you can for maximum spiritual impact short of being in the same room. We are looking for a miraculous work of the Spirit to quicken God\u2019s words to our hearts and enlighten us. It is not just an intellectual exercise. Don\u2019t let\u2019s rush this. If you have a blog, consider yourself tagged. Write about this series on your own blog. What else could be more important?<\/p>\n

The sermons are available from the Desiring God website, and the series is entitled You Must Be Born Again<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"John<\/a>\u201cAnother reason I am eager to focus on the new birth is to help you know what really happened to you when you were born again. It is far more glorious than you think it is. It is also more glorious than I think it is. It is wonderful beyond all human comprehension. But that mystery is not because there is little about it in the Bible. There is much about it in the Bible. It\u2019s because when all is comprehended there is still more. So I hope that you will know more and know better what happened to you when you were born again . . .<\/p>\n

And the reason I want you to know what happened to you in your new birth and others to know what must yet happen to them is threefold. 1) When you are truly born again and grow in the grace and knowledge of what the Lord has done for you, your fellowship with God will be sweet, and your assurance that he is your Father will be deep. I want that for you. 2) If God would be pleased to bring this kind of awakening to his church, then the world will get the real deal of radical love and sacrifice and courage from the church and not all these fake Christians that live just like the world. 3) If you know what really happened to you in your new birth, you will treasure God and his Spirit and his Son and his word more highly than you ever have. And he will be glorified.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 John Piper, You Must Be Born Again<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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