Be born again?
Philip the Apostle. The text (in Old Church Slavonic) in the book is: "15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love..." (First Epistle of John). Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos (1774) at Kondopoga. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) “Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.” ( James 1:18 ) The term “born again” has come into wide use in recent years—too wide and popular, in fact, for many who use it have little comprehension of its meaning. First of all, there can be no real Christian who is not a “ born-again Christian .” Jesus said: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God . . . . Ye must be born again” ( John 3:3 , 7). The Creator of the new birth is the Creator of the universe , as the text declares. He begat us as a kind of first fruits of His creatures...