Our Life in Christ is a Regenerated Life (Titus 3:1-8)

Message: Titus 3:1-8

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men. 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.,

Sunday October 8, 2017

“Our Life in Christ is a Regenerated Life”

Pastor Enoch Hanokh

 

“The regenerated life is the new life imparted by God to sinners who believe in Jesus the life giver by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

Enoch Hanokh

 

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter 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 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?” (John 3:1-9)

 

1.     Experiencing the regenerated life

§  Not a game of the mind, but real experience of the heart

In John 3:1-9, Jesus Makes mention of “born” which has to with regeneration. He makes mention of it 7x

Ø  Luke 23:40-43 40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said to Jesus, “Lord,[a] remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”

43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

Ø  John 20:28 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

 

2.     The possibility and simplicity of the regenerated life

 

§  How can this be?

John3:4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

Ø  Free gift from the life giver  John 4:10,14 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”

Ø  The Spirit and the Word-new birth

Ø  James 1: 18 18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures;

1 Peter 1: 23 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,[a]

3.     The privilege of the regenerated life: “Born from above”

§  A live from above

Ø  John 1:12 12But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

Ø  1John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God![a] Therefore the world does not know us,[b] because it did not know Him.

§  Recognizing the life from above

Ø  1John 3:8-10 8The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. 9Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10By this the children of God and the children of the devil can be distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

 

4.     Urgency of the Regenerated life

John3: 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

§  Why the need?

Ø  John3:3 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Ø  John3:5 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

 

 

Questions:

1.     What it mean to have the regenerated life?

2.     Where is the source of our regenerated life?

3.     How can we tell whether we have the regenerated life?