The term born of God is found primarily in the book of 1 John. 1 John 5:1 says, “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.” Other references are found in 1 John 2:29; 3:9; 4:7; and 5:4, 18.

In John 3:3,  Jesus Says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

So how does one become born again, or born of God?

When a baby is born, a new life emerges that did not previously exist. The baby is a brand-new being who grows to look like the parents. An infant grows to look like an adult human. So it is with those born of God. Second Corinthians 5:17 says that if anyone is in Christ, he is a “new creature.” Jesus explains how to become born of God: “Whoever believes in Him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life” (verse 16). When we are born into the family of God (John 1:12), we grow to look more like our Father. As a baby grows to look like the parents to whom it was born, so do we grow to be more like our heavenly Father when we are born of God (Philippians 3:10; Romans 6:1–2).