17/11/2025
A POLEMICAL RESPONSE TO THE HERESY THAT “JESUS HAD TO BE BORN AGAIN”
By Carl S Desmonds
There are errors, there are false doctrines—and then there are Christological abominations.
The claim that “Jesus became a sinner and had to be born again” belongs in the third category.
It is not merely wrong; it is spiritually criminal.
It touches the very nature of Christ, and anything that corrupts the person of Christ is antichrist (1 John 2:22).
1. THE HERESY IN PLAIN TERMS
This false doctrine—peddled in the fringes of Word of Faith metaphysics—teaches:
Jesus became sinful
Jesus died “spiritually”
Jesus went to hell as a condemned soul
Jesus had to be “regenerated”
This is not Christianity.
This is not Pentecostalism.
This is not theology.
It is pagan metaphysics wearing a Christian T-shirt.
2. BIBLICAL EX*****ON OF THE DOCTRINE
(A) The Bible thunders that Christ NEVER sinned
Not once. Not slightly. Not by nature. Not by imputation internally.
“He knew NO sin.” — 2 Cor. 5:21
“In HIM is NO sin.” — 1 John 3:5
“He did NO sin.” — 1 Pet. 2:22
“Holy, harmless, undefiled.” — Heb. 7:26
Only a spiritually derailed mind could read these verses and still claim Jesus needed to be “born again.”
(B) Jesus did NOT die spiritually—He committed His spirit to the Father
Luke 23:46 is a nuclear bomb dropped on this heresy:
“Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.”
Not Satan.
Not hell.
Not a “spiritual death.”
The Father.
For Jesus to die spiritually would mean the Trinity was ruptured—an impossibility and a blasphemy.
(C) Jesus bore sin judicially, not morally
He bore sin as the spotless Lamb, not as a fallen man.
“He bore our sins in His body.” — 1 Pet. 2:24
Not in His nature.
Not in His spirit.
Not in His essence.
If Jesus became a sinner, then He was no longer the Lamb without blemish (1 Pet. 1:19).
That destroys the Gospel at its foundation.
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(D) Regeneration is for SINNERS—Jesus is the GIVER of regeneration
John 3 is for Adam’s children, not for the second Adam.
Jesus is the One who regenerates, not the one needing regeneration.
He is the Life (John 14:6).
He is the Resurrection (John 11:25).
He has life in Himself (John 5:26).
The Life-Giver does not need life given to Him.
To say “Jesus was born again” is to insult the very One who gives new birth to humanity.
(E) The Resurrection was an act of divine authority, not new birth
Jesus said:
“I lay down My life that I may TAKE IT AGAIN.” — John 10:17–18
“No one takes it from Me… I have power to take it again.”
Only God speaks this way.
A “born-again Jesus” would not.
3. THE DAMNABLE IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE THIS
(1) You believe in a DIFFERENT JESUS
Paul warns of this in 2 Corinthians 11:4.
A Christ who was a sinner is not the biblical Christ.
(2) You believe a FALSE GOSPEL
If Christ needed regeneration, then He could not regenerate you.
Paul says such people are ANATHEMA (Gal. 1:8–9).
(3) You deny His deity
A regenerated Christ is a created Christ.
A created Christ cannot save.
(4) You destroy the atonement
A Jesus who needed saving cannot be the Savior.
(5) You stand in the lineage of ancient heretics
This doctrine echoes:
Adoptionism (Jesus becomes the Son again)
Arianism (Jesus becomes less than God)
Gnosticism (spiritual death/rebirth cycles)
It is old heresy in new clothes.
4. THE HISTORICAL SOURCE OF THIS POISON
This doctrine does NOT come from Scripture or the early church.
It comes from:
1. E. W. Kenyon
Influenced by New Thought metaphysics, not biblical theology.
Introduced “spiritual death of Jesus” error.
2. Kenneth Hagin
Amplified Kenyon’s ideas.
Claimed Jesus became “sinful” and “died spiritually.”
3. Kenneth Copeland
Openly taught that Jesus was born again in hell.
Said Jesus became “separated from God” (a doctrinal impossibility).
These are the modern carriers of the disease.
Pastor Chris just learnt from them!
5. THE TRUE BIBLICAL CHRIST
Let Scripture speak with finality:
Eternally God (John 1:1)
Sinless in nature (Heb. 4:15)
Perfect in obedience (Phil. 2:8)
Substitutionary in death (Isa. 53:5)
Triumphant in resurrection (Acts 2:24)
Unchanging in essence (Heb. 13:8)
This Christ needs no regeneration—He is the Regenerator.
This Christ needs no salvation—He is the Savior.
This Christ needs no deliverance—He is the Deliverer.
Any Christ who “needed to be born again” is an idol, a false Jesus, and a theological monster unworthy of worship.
