"Born Again", "Born of the Spirit", "Born of the spirit"
It is interesting to note that the word, "born again" is not just a Christian word. It is synonymous with the term, "born of the spirit". Before there was anything like Christianity, Jesus made use of both terms. They mean the same thing. Christianity has simply embraced it deeply and shouted it from the rooftops, as it were, the loudest.
For example, in his talk with Fortune, who is popularly known as, "The Young Man Who Was Afraid", Jesus, our Master Son said, "This day, my son, you are to be reborn, re-established as a man of faith, courage, and devoted service to man, for God’s sake. And when you become so readjusted to life within yourself, you become likewise readjusted to the universe; you have been born again—born of the spirit—and henceforth will your whole life become one of victorious accomplishment..." - Urantia Book (UB) 130:6.4
Right there, we see that to be born again is to be reborn, born of the spirit.
The indwelling spirit Thought Adjuster, working with other spiritual influences like the Holy Spirit (Mother Spirit), immerses the soul in the spiritual waters of God. Hence, the term, "baptism of the spirit" comes in play: "...The new birth—the baptism of the spirit..." (Urantia Book 148:4.8)
I find it very interesting to note that the new birth experience or born again experience is associated with the Universe Mother Spirit (a.k.a. Holy Spirit) in Urantia Book Paper 34 (34:6.4, 34:6.7, 34:7.7) and in Paper 103 (103:2.1). In these texts, the Revelators said, "born of the Spirit". That's "Spirit" with a capital letter S. However, in the Jesus Papers, that same experience is narrated with a small letter s for spirit - alluding to the spirit fragment of the Universal Father, our Thought Adjusters. As a result, we see Jesus saying, "born of the spirit"; for example, in his talk with Fortune (130:6.4) and with Nicodemus (142:6.7). In his talk with Nicodemus, Jesus introduced a new term for the same experience. He said, "born from above" in 142:6.4 & 142:6.5.
A key takeaway for me is that the spiritual transaction of immersing the soul in the spiritual waters of God, a.k.a. baptism of the spirit, new birth, born again, spirit-born, reborn... ...is chiefly carried out by the Creative Mother Spirit (via the spiritual circuitry of the Holy Spirit) and the Thought Adjuster, the still, small voice within, the Father fragment. This, to me, explains why the UB Revelators referred to the same experience as, "born of the Spirit" and as, "born of the spirit". Interesting!
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