You must be born again “Jn 3:7 except one is born again; he cannot see the kingdom of God”, “Jn 3:3. Unless one is born of water and of the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God”, “Jn. 3:5-6. Nicodemus asked, how a man can be born again, Jesus Christ went ahead answering him in “Jn 3:6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit. vs 7 do not marvel that I said to you, you must be born again, vs 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the spirit”. Now to be born again is to be born of water and of the spirit. To be born of water means to be baptized and to be baptized is to repent from your sins. Then to be born of the spirit is to be baptized with holy spirit and power which was started at the Pentecost day by Jesus Christ in “Act.2:4, this is also the witness of John the Baptist, that He who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry, He will baptize with Holy spirit and fire” Mtt. 3:11. You may be baptized with water only, I tell you, you are not complete, you must be baptized of the water and of the Holy spirit and fire/power many of us are baptized only with water today without holy spirit and fire, many are even baptized with water at birth when they have not known sin, even if you have been baptized at birth like many of us, you still need to be baptized again with holy spirit so that the Spirit and power of God will rest upon you. People don’t do this, it is why they repent and not converted, “Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, that they have not turned to God.” In those days many Jews were baptized with water, but when Paul came there he asked them in “Acts 19:2-3 “Did you receive the Holy spirit when you believe? And they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy spirit” vs3 And he said to them “Into what then were you baptized” so they said, “Into John’s baptism” Act 19:4. Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus, vs 5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Vs 6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesized. From this act of Paul and the believers, you see that one needs to be born of the water and of the spirit if you are a believer. So if you are baptized or born again without receiving Holy spirit and fire, and speak in tongues, then you need to ask yourself whether you are truly repented or born again or not. If you are born again, you speak of the spirit, hear the word of the spirit and do the things of the spirit. This is why you must be born again for one who is born of the spirit is spirit, and one who is born of the flesh is flesh. To repent with the baptism of water is to be dead of sin and buried with Christ, and resurrect as a new person with him. Now when this baptism is taking place, you are made new as a new born baby in Christ. To be baptized with Holy Spirit and fire is to be activated, filled or lightened with fire of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit and fire will refine the body. This refining process will manifest all your gifts and make it ready to be used. This happens when one is repented first. Some are baptized with the Holy Spirit before baptism of repentance/water. In a case like this, as it is in Ac 10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

 Ac 10:2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

 Ac 10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

 Ac 10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

 Ac 10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:

 Ac 10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

 Ac 10:8 And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.

 Ac 10:9 ¶  On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

 Ac 10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

 Ac 10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

 Ac 10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

 Ac 10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate,

 Ac 10:18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

 Ac 10:19 ¶ While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

 Ac 10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

 Ac 10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

 Ac 10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.

 Ac 10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

 Ac 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

 Ac 10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

 Ac 10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.

 Ac 10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.

 Ac 10:29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?

 Ac 10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

 Ac 10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

 Ac 10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

 Ac 10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

 Ac 10:34 ¶ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

 Ac 10:36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

 Ac 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

 Ac 10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;, there will be first willingness by the repentant, then the Holy spirit will fall upon the person as fire will burn all the negativity in the person. These two baptism are very important in the life of a Christian, but the best and the required thing in the life of every Christian who have had this, is to abide in the righteousness of Jesus Christ which you have received by faith of this baptism, do not go back to your sins again, move on with Him whether good or bad, keep His commandments, always obey the word of the Holy Spirit which is in you, do not quench the fire in you rather add more fuel of righteousness in it, then you will see yourself growing from one level to another. Note that if you disobey the Holy Spirit without regretting and ask for forgiveness, the Holy Spirit will depart from you, and if care is not taking the evil spirit will enter you and all your work becomes iniquity. Even though the power may still remain in you as the devil/evil spirit will take over you and start working like an angel of light, that is deceiving spirit, it will now start telling you different thing with different doctrine as written in 1 Tm 4:1 so my dear brother and sister let us be careful on our born again, do not sin but be fast in confessing and asking for forgiveness so as not to give ways to Satan. This is where Christianity is confused mostly to those men of God who are gifted with gift of powers, when they commit sin and get there powers remain, but for sure one thing must also depart you, which is the glory of God, anybody filled with spirit of God will easily notice it, this thing happens to men of God a lot, they will begin with humility and end up with pride. In those days when I was a thief, in South Africa, most of our pastors had this problem, they will begin with righteousness, but at a point they would join the world and its pleasure, accepting to pray all kind of prayers because of money, prayer of prosperity becomes their objectives instead of salvation. They started praying for robbery, 419/fraud and drug deals, they being ignorant will believe that God is the one answering the prayers without noticing that deceiving spirit has taking over. This thing added more confusion to my Christian life as almost all our pastors were in this system, supporting and encouraging thieves and drug dealers because we pay tithes and sow seeds with offerings, imagine what money can do, so, to those of us who say that they are preaching prosperity instead of salvation, be careful and watch your ways. In one occasion, police raided a church and found cocaine drugs and chemicals use to manufacture drugs, this is what money can cause, which made Paul warns in 1Tm. 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. {Perverse...: or, Gallings one of another}

 1Tm. 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.