Sermons on How To Be Born Again:

Try Again! Series

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jun 27, 2005

Find encouragement to keep on in spite of setbacks.

Do you ever face setbacks? Do you ever get discouraged? Are you ever afraid to move forward for God? If so, then you have something in common with the Old Testament leader, Joshua (and the Israelite people). This is the context. Joshua had led the Israelites out of the years of wilderness ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 8:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Live Again

Contributed by Ronnie Smith on Jul 8, 2005

A lesson to be learned from typing the wrong e-mail address! A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida to thaw out during one particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier.

A lesson to be learned from typing the wrong e-mail address! A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida to thaw out during one particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The New Birth: A Must For Every Man.

Contributed by Trevor Chuma on Jan 8, 2018

Everyone must be born again

All men sinned in Adam and came legally under Satan’s dominion (Rom 3:23) . How did this happen? Adam obeyed Satan and became his servant; he submitted his authority to Satan.That’s the authority Satan uses today to oppress and keep man in bondage.To be free from Satan’s dominion, man has to be ...read more

Denomination: Charismatic

Who Can Go To Heaven

Contributed by Dr. Kenneth Rhodes, Jr on Dec 11, 2001

You must be born again

Who can go the Heaven? John 3:3-5 (NASB95) 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb ...read more

Scripture: John 3:3-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Land Of Beginning Again

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 15, 2003

For New Year’s: a participatory sermon, raising the questions: [1] What comfort zone is God calling you to leave? [2] What frightens you most about what God is calling you toward? [3] In what ways have you resisted God’s desire to bless you? [4] How is G

Every now and then God does something which guarantees that those among whom He is working will never be the same again. Whatever it is that He does may seem small and insignificant at the time, but after a while you come to realize that He has done something which has changed everything. We’ve ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3, Psalm 137:1

Denomination: Baptist

I'm An Animal, You're An Animal

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 5, 2009

A vivid description of my conversion and subseqent discoveries

" I’M AN ANIMAL,YOU’RE AN ANIMAL" The True Confessions of a Writing Evangelist This story begins on a cold wintery day in March of 1980. While searching intensely for the cure for my drink and drug habits, I began reading the Gospel of John on advice from my older brother. He told me once "If ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Stronghold Beliefs Part 9 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Jul 31, 2019

This message concludes this series. In this message I focus on what it means to be a born-again Christian.

Stronghold Beliefs Part 9 Scriptures: 2 Peter 1:20-21, John 3:1-7, John 14:12 As I closed my message last Sunday, I told you that this morning will be the ninth and final message in my series on Strongholds Beliefs. I also told you that the last message will be about what it means to be born ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:20-21, John 3:1-7, John 14:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Life With Each Other Series

Contributed by Bobby Daniel on May 6, 2009

2nd sermon in a 3 part series on John 15.

Life with Each Other Living in the Vineyard Series John 15:12-17 Introduction What is this? (show plant from window and wait for answers) I’m not so sure where the actual name is, you may…I call it an anomaly…a plant that I haven’t killed. Remember, I have the black thumb of death. What I want to ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Clean All Over Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 23, 2009

We are no good to anyone else unless first we have experienced cleansing. That rules out maternalistic protection or paternalistic inhibition. When we know we are cleansed, then we are useful to others.

I am beginning today a series of messages on the theme, "How He Helped Humanity." "How He Helped Humanity." The idea behind this is very simple, but it branches out in many different ways. The basic idea is that we are working toward becoming a helping church, a servant people. But we need ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Moving From Good To Great

Contributed by David Henderson on Jun 8, 2015

We come to this passage immediately following the conversation in chapter 3 between Jesus and Nicodemus. You remember Jesus told Nicodemus that he needed to be born again.

“Moving from Good to Great” John 3:22-30 Several years ago Jim Collins wrote a book titled “Good to Great.” It is the story of how effective leaders can take a business that is already ...read more

Scripture: John 3:22-30

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t Be Late!

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 11, 2015

Nicodemus, a Pharisee, has come to Jesus at night. He is on a mission—a personal one it seems. He has come to Jesus in an attempt to figure Him out. He has come to the conclusion that Jesus cannot do what He does unless He has come from God.

29 September 2005 Don’t Be Late! John 3:14-3:21 We will find in John 3:14-21 three reasons for why we believe in Jesus. And these three reasons are the three points for today’s Bible lesson. When we believe in Jesus, He becomes our: I. SIN (14-15) II. SALVATION (16-17) III. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21

Denomination: Baptist

A Man Of The Pharisees Who Finally Saw Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jun 22, 2011

Finding out that John 3:16 is really for reaching the religious.

• Nice MOVIE TITLE. • John records the first of several encounters Jesus would have with different individuals This first is with a religious leader by the name of Nicodemus Passage feels like we are ease dropping on a private conversation • HOW WOULD JESUS WITNESS? The ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-12

Get A Life

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 24, 2023

The life we get from Jesus, a gift from God through the Holy Spirit, requires cleansing and renewal daily, not just at the beginning.

This familiar chapter from John’s Gospel is the lectionary text for today, the 2nd Sunday in Lent. It’s a good text, a familiar text, so familiar that when I first wrote it I expected it to be relatively smooth sailing. But it wasn’t. It was a difficult sermon for me to write, partly because it’s ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-17, Numbers 21:8, Ezekiel 36:25-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Salvation Tapestry

Contributed by Robert Sickler on Apr 14, 2012

We should never elevate any salvation event or ritual to the point where people feel they have been issued a ticket to heaven because of this event or ritual.

THE SALVATION TAPESTRY INTRODUCTION Last Sunday, Christians all over America celebrated Easter or as some prefer to call it: Resurrection Sunday. I had the opportunity to enjoy a Baptist Sunrise service, complete with a good breakfast; and then, I fellowshipped at a Pentecostal church. At one ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-6

Denomination: Christian Church

Nick-At-Night

Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 31, 2009

In the cover of night, hood over his head, Nick sneaks out to rendezvous with Jesus. What do we learn from this meeting between Jesus and Nicodemus?

NICK-AT-NIGHT JOHN 3:1-21 It’s nighttime. Darkness has fallen like a blanket on the city. A thick fog hangs in the air. A man nervously glances at his watch. 6:30pm. It’s safe to leave now. The man knows that most of his co-workers have already left the office for the evening and have ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Baptist