Enigma:
■ Naturally, an important subject like "born again" has several dimensions. However, I will point to two major aspects as a starting point for this discussion. Firstly, how does a person get "born again" AND second what is the manifestation and consequence of a person being "born again"? I think the first thing to realise is that a person is "born again" by God Himself. Even if a person comes to faith --- say s/he had no faith and turns to Christ or say s/he was a nominal Christian and returns to a deeper acknowledging faith, while we can mark that event as a momentous realisation, the actual "borning" again is done by the Spirit of God, by God Himself. .

1. How does a person get born-again? According to Jesus Christ one must be born of water via the Baptism of Repentance preached by John the Baptism, and then one must be born of Spirit(of Eternal Life).

□ To be Born of Water means to submit to the Baptism of Repentance which was first preached by John the Baptist but then reaffirmed by Jesus Christ. According to John the Baptist, the Baptism of Repentance mandates abandoning the Old Law of Moses and nation — and the old man who lived under the stipulations of the Old Law — to embrace instead life and living under God’s New Law and Nation of Priests — becoming a new man whose life is lived under the stipulations of the New Law.

Just as the Old Law was the fountain of living waters for those who lived under it, so also the New Law becomes the New fountain of living waters which those who are born of it are to quench their thirsts from hence Born of Water. What the baptism of repentance also means is that one is no longer to venture back to the Old Law in search of rules to live by. This baptism is marked by the washing of one with water to mark the end of the Old and the beginning of the New. And it is not how it is done that is of importance but rather the reasoning behind the ritual that matters.

□ To be Born of Spirit means to be born of the Spirit of Eternal Life, the one formerly known as the Holy Spirit of God's Old Law. In Jesus Christ rather than the Spirit of Life as the Holy Spirit— the Spirit is given to those who attain Holiness through the following of the Law —He is given as a gift to all sinners who become born-again. (And yes, only sinners can become born-again and they all remain sinners even right after they are born-again.) Jesus Christ described those who are born of the Spirit of Eternal Life as being possessed by Him implying He, the spirit of Eternal Life, wields control over the lives of those whom He possesses- John 3 vs 5 - 8 - and as such serves as proof of the process has taken place.

As to the how of becoming born of the spirit, Jesus Christ said one has to believe in order to receive Eternal life(the Spirit) - John 3 vs 9 - 18 meaning that the Spirit of Eternal Life is given to all those who yearn to be born-again by believing in Jesus Christ where believing pretty much entails obeying the teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ, not simply mental assent.