BORN AGAIN

WHAT DOES BORN AGAIN MEAN?

OBVIOUSLY THIS TERM WAS SIGNIFICANT TO JESUS, AND JUST AS OBVIOUS IT WAS NEW TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF NICODEMUS
a scholar of Jewish Law. 

	JOHN 1: 12.But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:
	13.who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               "Who were born, not of blood..., must mean you're not born physically this way--you can't inherit it.

                            Nor of the will of the flesh, must mean you can't wish or force this to happen,                                                                                                                                                                                                    .                           Nor of the will of man...."You are not "born again" by suddenly some "easy believism" event of you willing yourself to believe.

                    but of God.  In other words by the will of God

           The original words in the oldest manuscript of John 3:3 is "born above."

JOHN 3:

3. Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew (above), he can`t see the kingdom of God."

4. Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother`s womb, and be born?"