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The God Who Grants New Birth (John 3:1–15)

The Gospel Coalition
February 5, 2025 53 min

About this sermon

In this lecture, Don Carson exposites John 3, explaining how spiritual birth is a transformative power from God that brings moral and spiritual change. Carson emphasizes the connection between this imagery, Jesus's death, and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies. Carson also explores the need for reconciliation to God, moral transformation, and the reversal of sin’s effects. New birth is not a result of human effort but a life-changing process enabled by the Holy Spirit. He teaches the following: How the desire to challenge God and usurp his authority leads to social evils and strife Rebellion against God results in death, but God's mercy leads to a new humanity through Abraham God showed the need for sacrifice under the Old Covenant, promising a Redeemer from the Davidic line Jesus's revelation is grounded in his identity as God's own self-expression The new birth is grounded in Jesus's death, which provides the means for eternal life Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Source: The Gospel Coalition