BIBLELesson 2God Wants Me To Be Born Again

What does God want from us?• An intimate relationship with God

What does separate us from the source of Life?• Sin and death

What do we need to do to come close to God?• humble ourselves• ask forgiveness• recognize our dire need for Him

What is God's plan for each of us?• To have eternal life

What does eternal life means?• to live forever with God in Heaven

Who cannot be with God in Heaven?• anyone who sins

what is sin?• when you do what is wrong.• when you do what God doesn't want you to do.• living a life that does not please God• sin is living a life that displeases God

What is a sinner?• a sinner is someone who disobeys the teachings and

commandments of God• a sinner is one who commits sin

What is the price of sin?• punishment

who paid the price of humanity's sin?• Jesus Christ

Where is Jesus Now?• He is in heaven with God waiting for us.

How is the price of sin paid for?• Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins.

How can a man be born again?• We become like new babies in Christ by the Spirit when

we ask Him to forgive us our sins and make us members of His spiritual family.

• To be born again is to experience a new life in Christ and be born to God's family by believing in God and asking for His forgiveness.

In the Story from the Bible, what did Jesus tell Nicodemus about being saved?• No one can be with God forever unless he is born again.

Who is Jesus?• Jesus is God's only Begotten Son because He is the Only

Son who was not adopted

Who is Nicodemus?• Nicodemus was a ruler of the jews who came to Jesus

one night asking Him about being born again.

What is manifestation?• Miracles

Bible Verse• Acts 16:31 says whoever does this will have eternal life.

Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved.

Facts• Sin and death caused man to be deserving of God's wrath

and punishment.• God gave us His son Jesus Christ as due penalty for all of

humanity's sins• Jesus Christ death paved the way for us to be restored to

a right relationship with God and enjoy for ourselves the intimacy and wealth of love God lavishly gives everyone who believes in Him.

• The Holy Spirit sactifies us from our sins.

Q&A• It is a kind of relationship that God is longing from us from

the beginning.• intimate

• We are created to have fellowship with Him, until sin and death separated from the:• Source of Life

• One of the plans that God has for us is to live forever with Him in heaven that means to have:• Eternal life

• A person who disobeys the Law of God is called:• sinner

• It is the manifestation of God’s power.• miracles

Q&A• Who was the man who came to see Jesus at night?

• Nicodemus• Who sanctifies us from our sins?

• Holy Spirit• What separates us from God?

• sin• It is becoming like new babies in Christ.

• Born again• This is what Jesus did on the cross to pay the price for our

sin.• died

Q&A• We are created to have fellowship with God.

• true• Man has fallen from God’s standards caused to be

deserving of God’s wrath and punishment.• true

• We can be born again even if we do not like to be a member of His spiritual family.• false

• Jesus was resurrected by Nicodemus.• false

• Because God loves us anyone can simply have eternal life.• false

Q&A• The Bible tells us that anyone who sins can’t be with God.

• true• The Bible says that everyone is a sinner and has a price

and deserves a punishment.• true

• Since we are sinners and God is perfect and never sins, then it’s impossible for us to be with God.• true

• The hope for salvation is Jesus Christ.• true

• Jesus was loved by everybody.• true