{"id":3176,"date":"2026-08-07T09:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3176"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:09:33","slug":"the-2nd-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3176","title":{"rendered":"The 2nd Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE 2ND BIRTH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOHN 3:3-5&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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COLOSSIANS 3:1&nbsp;&nbsp; If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2 CORINTHIANS 5:17,21&nbsp;&nbsp; 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>JOHN 14:1-6&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father&#8217;s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE 2ND BIRTH JOHN 3:3-5&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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/?p=3176\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The 2nd Birth&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-todaysbibleverse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3177,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3176\/revisions\/3177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/godtalkwithsharon.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}