The Water of the New Birth
We read that Jesus said "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again" (John 3:7) Just before He said that, Jesus said, "...Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5)
What is the water of the New Birth? What does this water of the New Birth mean?
Does it refer to being baptized in water?
Does that save you? No., that is not what Jesus is talking about.
The Word of God is the water referred to in John 3:5. Let's prove it by looking through a number of scriptures.
Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it (the church) with the washing of water by the word.
John 6:63
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.
John 15:3
Sanctify them through they truth, thy word is the truth.
1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
James 1:18
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
One must believe what the Word of God says about man- that man is a sinner and that Christ died to save him from sin. Then if man will confess his sins to God and turn from sin with a whole heart and believe Gospel - he is conforming to the Word of God.
The Holy Spirit will then transform his life by the power of the Word of God and by the blood of Christ. That moment - he is born again!
This new creation- the newly born child of God - is then to believe the Word of God and walk accordingly. He must begin to read the Bible and pray to God. He needs to walk and live in thie spirit and be conformed to the Word of God as he receives light.
Being born again - becoming the child of God - is of the foremost importance. It is the key that unlocks all the promises of God to you. For when you become a child of God - then God's promises become yours.