Chapter 8

Being born again – state of analysis

I'll begin with the questions: Did anyone during Jesus' lifetime heed His command to be born again? Were His apostles born again? Has anyone in Christian history heeded this crucial call left to us by the Son of God? It seems this didn't happen, or we don't know anything about it.

As I noted earlier in the introduction to this study, Nicodemus, a Jewish scribe, visited Jesus to receive an answer to an important question that he found no answer to in his books. It's worth realizing that there were no witnesses to this conversation. So who recounted the content of this visit? We can assume that Nicodemus himself didn't do so, as it was his secret visit to Jesus, who had a poor reputation among the Jewish religious leaders. Did Jesus himself reveal the content of this conversation to his apostles? Perhaps, although that would be inappropriate for Nicodemus. Otherwise, one would have to assume that this story was added to the Gospels by Christian theologians. According to many scholars, a considerable amount of new information was added to the Gospels during the Middle Ages. It is difficult to determine which of Jesus' sayings are true today. However, let us remain convinced that the authors of the notes on Jesus' ministry in the first centuries after his death introduced this story as authentic. It may have appeared during the First Council of Nicaea, which took place three hundred years after Jesus' death. It was during his time that the first version of the four Gospels was established, which, after further revisions, are now recognized by the Christian religion. Therefore, with some caution, the story recorded there can be accepted as an important teaching of Jesus.

It is known that immediately after Jesus' arrest, almost all the apostles, instead of putting into practice the knowledge of laying down their lives for their friends, chose not to take this step toward their master and teacher. Unfortunately, they dispersed, and only when he appeared to them after his physical death as a spiritual person did they understand the importance of his teachings. However, despite this, I once again ask the question: where they born again after their master's subsequent teachings? If so, how did this happen? This raises the question of how to recognize the state of a person who has been born again? It is worth finding answers to these questions. Analysis of essenceism indicates not only that Jesus was very isolated in his educational efforts, but also that his teachings were not properly understood by his contemporary audience. At the same time, as time passed after his departure, the condition of being born again seemed increasingly less understandable and impossible to fulfill. It seems that this remains the case today. Therefore, in this study, I examine the phenomenon of being born again using the methods of my system. I have already provided the foundations for this study.

So far, my system and the two theories derived from it: eternal existence and intelligent creation, have re-explained the state of our world and human personality. They clearly establish that, despite Jesus' efforts, the world is still under Satan's control, and people living in the present hell are spiritually dead to our Creator. Therefore, my system also analyzed the method for saving the world and people from the state of death in which we now live. According to the essenceism system, Jesus presented an exemplary model of salvation, which he attempted to achieve two thousand years ago with the help of humans. An analysis of his times reveals that people did not accept what he wanted to achieve. The only positive outcome of his mission is spiritual salvation, which is clearly defined in my system. Namely, Jesus, through his own efforts, wrested power from Satan in the realm of the spiritual world called hell. Thanks to Jesus, hell ceased to exist there. Thus, the power of Satan and his demons in this realm has ended. Unfortunately, the physical world is still under Satan's control, and we, living in this earthly hell, are still in a state of spiritual death. Therefore, each of us must free ourselves from it. This is precisely what it means to be born again.

According to my system, an important teaching remains from Jesus' mission. It means that the central element in the process of saving the world from Satan's power is to free every person from the influence of the evil nature that comes from him as the source of evil. Therefore, following Jesus' advice, man's constant striving should be to free himself from Satan's power. Jesus' recommendation first focused on understanding how powerful Satan's influence is on our lives—that is, how much our fallen nature influences us. Hence, the simple conclusion is that the beginning of breaking the bond with Satan lies in first recognizing our fallen nature. Removing its influence is essential to regaining our bond with our Creator. In this way, we will return to our original nature, which, although latent, still resides within our spiritual person. Therefore, my system instills certainty in our spiritual person and allows us to understand that it comes directly from our Creator. Knowing this, we can connect our entire personality to the action of His true love. This process begins with a clear declaration of will that we sever all ties with Satan, meaning that we consciously die spiritually to the hell he created. For this, we have a "toolbox" encoded in our original nature: intelligence, will, and emotionality, which were inherited from the Personality of the Original Being. My system brings a new understanding of these. Through this, we can utilize new knowledge about our state. Accordingly, we should begin to be guided by a new will to form an eternal bond with the Creator and open ourselves to true love for Him. True love, and a friendly version of love for all people, is the key here. This is precisely what the essenceism system teaches.

Summing up the topic of being born again, I explain that I strive to create universal knowledge that would awaken true love in every person. Just as Jesus sought to restore true love for the Heavenly Father in people through his teachings, so too my system and the theories associated with it are intended to awaken true love for the Creator and for all people treated as friends. My system proposes liberation from the fear of the "religious god" and from the consequences of straying from religious precepts. Unfortunately, religion often enslaves us, meaning it sides with Satan. If we have anything to fear, it's Satan's influence on our personalities. Unfortunately, we still behave much like people did in Jesus' time. That's why it's so difficult to free ourselves from Satan's power, much less be born again.