3. How did he further explain the new birth?
“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” Verse 5.
4. With what comparison did He illustrate the subject?
“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” Verse 8.
5. What change is wrought in conversion, or the new birth?
“Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved).” Eph. 2:5.
6. What is one evidence of this change from death to life?
“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because [pg 097] we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.” 1 John 3:14.
7. From what is a converted sinner saved?
“Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” James 5:20. See Acts 26:14-18.