Do not marvel that I told you that you must be born again.
John 3:7
Sometimes, people are told that they must be born again, but that is not the complete truth. When Jesus told Nicodemus, “You must be born again,” what he meant was, “If you want to be saved, you must be born again.” That is the complete truth. If you don’t want to be saved, you do not have to be born again.
Earlier in his conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus had told him the complete truth: “Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” So, if you want to enter into eternal life and see the kingdom of God, you must be born again. If you don’t want to live forever, you are free to refuse the new birth and live a wicked life; nobody can stop you. It is your privilege from God to refuse His Son and die in your sins. You are perfectly free to choose to go to hell.
