justbyfaith
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Right...Jesus' begetting had to do with the fact that the Holy Ghost became one with the egg in the womb of the virgin Mary...no one else has ever been begotten in that way.'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to His abundant mercy
hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,'
(1 Peter 1:3)
Hello @justbyfaith
The words here in 1 Peter 1:3, are 'begotten us again'. Yes, Peter's hearers had been born again by the Spirit of God into a living hope, 'by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead'.
* The Lord Jesus Christ was God's only begotten son (in the flesh), this is something that cannot be said concerning anyone else. For God has not Fathered a child naturally, apart from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. That is a fact that was and remains true.
* We are never identified with His physical birth, in which He was physically begotten of God.
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
However, this does not mean that those who have been born again are not begotten.
Verses to ponder (1 Corinthians 6:17, Ephesians 3:19-20, Colossians 1:27).
For I believe that we are begotten when the Holy Spirit of Christ comes to dwell within us in all of His fulness.
So we become "sons of God".