Pre Encounter Lesson 4: Benefits of the New Birth

1. THE BENEFITS OF THE NEW BIRTH

2. Benefit: An advantage, gain or profit
gained from something

3. 1. RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
John 1:12-13 (NLT)
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he
gave the right to become children of God.
They are reborn! This is not a physical birth
resulting from human passion or plan—this rebirth
comes from God.

4. Romans 8:15-16 (NIV)
For you did not receive a spirit that makes
you a slave again to fear, but you received the
Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba,
Father."
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that
we are God's children.

5. Galatians 3:26 (NLT)
So you are all children of God
through faith in Christ Jesus.
2. TRUE IDENTITY

6. 3. WE ARE ETERNALLY SECURED
Luke 10:20 (NIV)
However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you,
but rejoice that your names are written in heaven."
Luke 10:20 (NLT)
But don't rejoice just because evil spirits obey you;
rejoice because your names are registered as citizens of
heaven."

7. Revelation 20:14-15 (NIV)
Then death and Hades were thrown into
the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the
second death.
If anyone's name was not found written in
the book of life, he was thrown into the lake
of fire.

8. Philippians 4:3 (NLT)
And I ask you, my true teammate, to help
these women, for they worked hard with me
in telling others the Good News. And they
worked with Clement and the rest of my co-
workers, whose names are written in the
Book of Life.

9. Hebrews 12:22-23 (NIV)
But you have come to Mount Zion, to the
heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living
God. You have come to thousands upon
thousands of angels in joyful assembly,
to the church of the firstborn, whose names
are written in heaven.

10. Ephesians 1:13-14 (NLT)
And now you also have heard the truth, the Good News that
God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he
identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit,
whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God's guarantee
that he will give us everything he promised and that he has
purchased us to be his own people. This is just one more
reason for us to praise our glorious God.
4. WE HAVE THE INDWELLING PRESENCE
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

11. Zechariah 4:6 (NIV)
'Not by might nor by power, but by my
Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.

12. 2 Peter 1:4 (NIV)
Through these he has given us his very great
and precious promises, so that through them
you may participate in the divine nature and
escape the corruption in the world caused by
evil desires.
5. WE CAN NOW LIVE THE GOD
KIND OF LIFE

13. 1 John 3:8-9 (NLT)
But when people keep on sinning, it shows they
belong to the Devil, who has been sinning since the
beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy these
works of the Devil.
Those who have been born into God's family do not
sin, because God's life is in them. So they can't keep
on sinning, because they have been born of God.

14. 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 (NLT)
What this means is that those who become
Christians become new persons. They are
not the same anymore, for the old life is
gone. A new life has begun!
All this newness of life is from God, who
brought us back to himself through what
Christ did.

15. John 3:3 (NIV)
In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth,
no one can see the kingdom of God unless he
is born again."
6. WE CAN NOW SEE AND HEAR IN
THE SPIRIT

16. Romans 8:14 (NLT)
For all who are led by the Spirit of God
are children of God.

17. John 3:5-7 (NIV)
Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the
kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to
spirit.
You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be
born again.'
7. WE CAN NOW ENTER INTO THE FULLNESS OF
THE KINGDOM OF GOD

18. Romans 14:17 (NIV)
For the kingdom of God is not a
matter of eating and drinking, but of
righteousness, peace and joy in the
Holy Spirit.

19. 1 Corinthians 4:20 (NLT)
For the Kingdom of God is not just
fancy talk; it is living by God's power.