What exactly does it mean for one to be "born 'again"? The word "again" has a specific meaning.

Since words mean something, it is obvious that only one who has been born of God's doing a 'first time' can be 'born again.'

You will recall that Abraham and his wife Sarah, who was "dead in here womb" miraculously had a son who was promised by the Lord and through the Lord's intervention. She conceived and bore a "son of promise," Isaac.

Context is always critical in serious Bible Study. This is because a belief held without a context is simply a pretext or an alleged reasoning or notion, then not based upon a substantiated Biblical fact.

"Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour you Lord doth come" (Matt.24:40-42).

Let's now compare the clearly delineated requirements of the two Biblical gospels for salvation. Both being found in the so-called New Testament of our Bibles and apply to two different peoples in two different ages.