Can a baby in woman's womb by 'his act' stop from being born? And tell the world, "I don't want to come out, I just want to stay in my Mum's womb". That's the same when we talk about new-birth, it's not something we acquire, we have no control of our new-birth. But we know deep down in our heart whether we have been born of God or not.
Yes, new-birth is not from our end, no matter how hard you try, you cannot produce a new-birth, but when we say we have been born of God - we will pursuit His holiness and love one another as the consequence (proof) not the cause. So when I don't pursuit His holiness and love one another also when I'm not declaring a war againts my flesh and my sinful desire everyday - I will be asking this question everytime I wake up in the morning - "Have I been really born again?"
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1 John 5:1 "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God", so believing is present tense and has been born of God is perfect tense. It shows clearly that believing is the consequence, not the cause, of the new birth ~ (John Stott).
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