The Scripture makes it plain that as we are born by nature, we are merely
flesh—flesh that is corrupting, decaying, and dying. That which is flesh is flesh,
and it goes the way of all flesh. We need to have a new birth from above. Jesus said
we must be born again in a new and glorious and never-dying life.

I remember one time being interviewed by a reporter who said to me, “Are
you...Are you one of those...those ‘born-again’ Christians?” I got the very distinct
impression that he was under the impression that “born-again Christians” constituted
some new denomination that must only recently have come into existence.

I said to him, “Having studied the doctrines of all of the great denominations
of Christendom, I am very definitely under the opinion that there is no other kind
of Christian than a born-again Christian. According to the creeds and doctrines
of every Christian church, it is absolutely essential that one must be born again.”

To put it bluntly, and let me state it categorically: Unless, you are a born again
Christian, you are no kind of Christian at all, for there is no other kind.
Furthermore, you will never see, said Christ, the inside of Paradise. But if Christ
has become the parent of a new and imperishable life, that is a life that is spiritual
in nature.

Dear Lord, thank You for giving me a new birth, for bringing me into Your family
and making me Your child. Thank You that I am no longer a stranger nor a guest,
but a child in Your home…