{"id":2746,"date":"2026-01-17T17:28:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2026-01-17T17:28:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T22:28:26","slug":"being-born-again-is-a-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=2746","title":{"rendered":"Being Born Again Is A Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BEING BORN AGAIN IS A CHOICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JOHN 3:3-8&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother&#8217;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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MATTHEW 18:3&nbsp;&nbsp; And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACTS 3:19&nbsp;&nbsp; Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ROMANS 8:6&nbsp;&nbsp; For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JEREMIAH 17:9&nbsp;&nbsp; The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ROMANS 6:6&nbsp;&nbsp; Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PSALM 51:10-12&nbsp;&nbsp; 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2 CORINTHIANS 5:17&nbsp;&nbsp; Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>COLOSSIANS 3:1-4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEING BORN AGAIN IS A CHOICE JOHN 3:3-8&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? 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