Some people think they’re Christians just because they go to church. But going to church doesn’t mean they have a relationship with God.

The number of Americans claiming to be born again has never been higher. Yet a poll taken among so-called born-again Christians found that 28% believed that Jesus committed sins like other people while He lived on Earth. And one-third of those claiming to be born again also believed that if someone is good enough, they can earn a place in Heaven.

Maybe we just don’t understand what it means to be born again. It’s obviously important. In fact, Jesus said, “You must be born again” (John 3:7).

Jesus spoke these words to a man named Nicodemus, who was a Pharisee. We usually think of the Pharisees in a negative light, because Jesus saved some of His most scathing words for the scribes and the Pharisees.

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