One or Two Birthdays?

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Born once, die twice; born twice, die once.
There are two births, there are two deaths— the natural birth and the spiritual birth; the natural death and the spiritual death. If a man has only been born once, the natural birth, and dies in that state, he dies twice; the body dies and goes into corruption; the second death is the sentence of eternal separation from God.
If a man has been born twice— spiritually as well as naturally— he dies once, the natural death, the death of the body. If the Lord shall return before death, the twice-born person will never die at all.
By birth we become the children of God, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:33Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3).