Blind to the spiritual significance of Jesus’ teaching, Nicodemus expressed his confusion concerning Jesus’ reference to rebirth. When Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, approached the Savior by night to learn of this remarkable Rabbi, Jesus admonished him, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Spiritual rebirth is a continuous process, the fruits of which are a peaceful conscience, joy, desire to do good continually, and an increase of love and spiritual understanding. Not all conversions, however, are as sudden as those of King Benjamin’s people, Alma the Younger, and King Lamoni and his wife. Christ and his apostles taught the concept of spiritual rebirth in the New Testament, but the Book of Mormon portrays it more vividly and teaches that the gate to spiritual rebirth is baptism.
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