The Bible is chock full of wonderful truths, many of which bring genuine Christians joy beyond imagination. There is, however, a very difficult truth, especially for those who are convinced they are in Christ and on their way to Heaven but, in fact, are not. In John 3:3 Jesus said to the Pharisee Nicodemus, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Despite what many false teachers will have you believe, one is not saved by reciting a prayer or by going up to the front of the church during an alter call, or by baptism, or even by having been raised in Christian household, attending church faithfully every week. You are incredibly and woefully deceived if you believe you are going to Heaven but have not undergone a palpable metamorphosis as does the caterpillar when it turns into a beautiful butterfly, although the Christian’s change is spiritual, not physical. As the Lord described to prophet Ezekiel, “A new heart will I also give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26).

Charles Haddon Spurgeon in The Triumph of Faith in a Believer’s Life wrote, “To be born again is to undergo a change so mysterious that human words cannot speak of it. As we cannot describe our first birth, so it is impossible for us to describe the second (John 3:8). But while it is so mysterious, it is a change that is known and felt.

Take heed of the frightening truth that R.C. Sproul warns of in the video above and seriously consider what Jesus said and what I have written. Have you truly been born again?