In looking at the new birth, we see that there must first be a planter or father one who begets. God is the originator of the “seed” which produces Christians (James 1:18) and the “seed” is “the word of God” (Luke 8:11).<\/p>\n
The one who teaches truth is called the “planter” or “father.” Paul reminded the Corinthians, “I planted” (1 Corinthians 3:6) and “yet you do not have many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel” (1 Corinthians 4:14-15).<\/p>\n
There must be the reception of the seed into a condition suitable for reproduction. There must be “good ground” or “a noble and good heart” (Luke 8:15). James says, “Lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls” (James 1:21). The seed cannot grow in rocks and thorns, nor in an impenitent heart.<\/p>\n
The seed must grow it must if it is to produce fruit. James says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” (James 1:22). Jesus said, “having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience” (Luke 8:15).<\/p>\n
Since the Lord commands baptism, as well as faith and repentance (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38), these become a part of the fruiting process, with baptism bringing us “into Christ” (Gal. 3:27). Baptism is not the whole of the process, but it certainly cannot be left out of the “new birth” as defined in the Scriptures.<\/p>\n
In the final analysis, the “heart” receives the seed (God’s word), and a new character proceeds from the heart (Proverbs 4:23). “Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). This spiritual “new birth” then produces a child of God.<\/p>\n
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