No new birth was possible before the resurrection of Christ.
1Pe 1:3 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,
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Joh 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
No one was ever "born again" before the resurrection of Christ. So neither Judas, nor yet the apostles, were born again in the gospels. They got born again in Acts 2 when the Spirit was given after the resurrection of our Lord.
(Christ's reproof of Nicodemus was that he wasn't even aware of the prophecies concerning the future-coming new birth)
Was Judas Born-Again and Then Lost?
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by SavedByGrace, Nov 21, 2021.
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George Antonios Well-Known Member
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διάβολος, does mean:
"διάβολ-ος , ον , slanderous, backbiting, γραῦς Men. 878 , cf. Phld. Lib. p.24O. : Sup. -ώτατος Ar. Eq. 45 ; διάβολόν τι, aliquid invidiae, And. 2.24 ; τὸ δ. Plu. 2.61d . II Subst. , slanderer, Pi. Fr. 297 , Arist. Top. 126a31 , Ath. 11.508d ; enemy, LXX Es. 7.4 , LXX Es. 8.1 : hence, = Sâtân, ib. 1 Chr. 21.1; the Devil, Ev.Matt. 4.1, etc. III Adv. -λως injuriously, invidiously, Th. 6.15 ; χρῆσθαί τινι Procop. Arc. 2 ." Liddell & Scott
"διάβολος, διάβολον (διαβάλλω which see), prone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, (Aristophanes, Andocides (), Plutarch, others): 1 Timothy 3:11; 2 Timothy 3:3; Titus 2:3; as a substantive, ὁ διάβολος, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer, (see κατηγορέω, at the end) (Xenophon, Ages. 11, 5; (Aristotle, others)): the Sept. Esther 7:4; Esther 8:1. In the Bible and in ecclesiastical writings ὁ διάβολος (also διάβολος without the article; cf. Winers Grammar, 124 (118); Buttmann, 89 (78)) is applied κατ' ἐξοχήν to the one called in Hebrew הַשָּׂטָן, ὁ σατανᾶς (which see), viz., Satan, the prince of demons, the author of evil, persecuting good men (Job 1; Zechariah 3:1ff, cf. Revelation 12:10), estranging mankind from God and enticing them to sin, and afflicting them with diseases by means of demons who take possession of their bodies at his bidding; the malignant enemy of God and the Messiah: Matthew 4:1, 5,(); ; Luke 4:2,( R L, ); ; John 13:2; Acts 10:38; Ephesians 4:27; Ephesians 6:11; 1 Timothy 3:6; 2 Timothy 2:26; Hebrews 2:14; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8; Jude 1:9; Revelation 2:10; Revelation 12:9, 12; Revelation 20:2, 10; (Wis. 2:24; (cf. Psalm 108:6 (); 1 Chronicles 21:1)). Men who resemble the devil in mind and will are said εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου to be of the devil, properly, to derive their origin from the devil, tropically, to depend upon the devil in thought and action, to be prompted and governed by him: John 8:44; 1 John 3:8; the same are called τέκνα τοῦ διαβόλου, children of the devil, 1 John 3:10; υἱοί τοῦ διαβόλου, sons of the devil, Acts 13:10, cf. Matthew 13:38; John 8:38; 1 John 3:10. The name διάβολος is figuratively applied to a man who, by opposing the cause of God, may be said to act the part of the devil or to side with him: John 6:70, cf. Matthew 16:23; Mark 8:33. (Cf. σαταν at the end." Thayer -
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