How do I get “born again”?

Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Jesus died and rose again nearly two thousand years ago. How can I be buried with Him and be risen with Him?

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

What is this prayer of faith that saves me?

This is not a prayer that issues forth from your mouth, it comes from your heart. It begins with acknowledging that you are dead in your sins and that you are helpless to help yourself. If you want a verbal example it might sound like this.

Luke 18:13-14 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

There is nothing so special and peculiar about a prayer of faith that there has to be form and correctness. It just needs to be heart felt.

Psalm 44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Yesterday we talked about the flaming sword keeping the way open to the tree of life. We also referenced scriptures that the Word of God was the Sword of Salvation. Here today we see that the Word is God.

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Jesus Christ is the Word. Jesus Christ is God. Jesus is the Way to the Tree of Life.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

He is that flaming sword that keeps the Way to the Tree of Life and none shall pass unless they enter thru Him. It is thru Christ and Christ alone that sins are kept out while we are allowed to enter in.

Psalm 51:2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

The only question left unanswered at this moment is this: are you born of God?

John 3:3, 5-6 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.