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Blake LawQuotes from Doug Wilson

The New BirthWhat is the New Birth?“Regeneration is God speaking. It is a matter of God creating. The new birth is a new creation.” – D. Wilson2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus

Christ. – 2 Corinthians 4:6

The New BirthWhy is it ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY?“The unregenerate heart can understand the holiness of God and flee from Him, or misunderstand it, and try to attain to it on its own. Only the converted heart can see the holiness as gladness, and the gladness as righteousness, and the righteousness as glory, and love all of it.” – Doug Wilson

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1 – To Be Able to See GodJesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless

one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” – John 3:3

1 – To Be Able to See GodStrive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness

without which no one will see the Lord. – Hebrews 12:14

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2 – To Know Who God IsThe natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him,

and he is not able to understand them becausethey are spiritually discerned.

– 1 Corinthians 2:14

2 – To Know Who God IsIt is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to

you are spirit and life. – John 6:63

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3 – To Worship God“God is spirit, and those who worship him must

worship in spirit and truth.” – John 4:24

3 – To Worship GodFor the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it

is the power of God. – 1 Corinthians 1:18

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4 – To Really LoveBeloved, let us love one another, for love is

from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love

does not know God, because God is love.– 1 John 4:7-8

4 – To Really LoveIf anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his

brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God

whom he has not seen. – 1 John 4:20

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5 – To Have God as Your Father

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. – John 3:6

5 – To Have God as Your Father

I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, but he is

under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also, when we were children, were

enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of

woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And

because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

– Galatians 4:1-7

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Conclusion

Conclusion1. To Be Able to See God2. To Know Who God Is

3. To Worship God4. To Really Love Others

5. To Have God As Your Father

If you do not have the new birth, can you please the Lord? Can you serve the Lord?

Conclusion“The Bible teaches that there are only two tables in the world—the Table of the Lord and the table of demons. Corresponding to this, there are only two kinds of table

manners. One kind of person receives what is passed to him, and another kind grabs what he wants. The former is

suitable for the Table of the Lord, and the latter is hellish…His Word has promised an abundant portion for all His sons and daughters. Are you a son or daughter? Then there is no

need to grab. If you are not a true son or daughter, then grabbing won’t help. Grabbing doesn’t work.”

– Doug Wilson