He didn't do that any more. So here's how it happens. We apply this to Baptism. But the new birth is more than baptism. Baptism is the outward sign of a new inward experience.
Baptism is the public confirmation that an inward change has already taken place.
Baptism does not create the new birth. Baptism is like a wedding ceremony. The wedding ceremony does not create Love. Weddings do not initiate love between a man and a woman. A wedding is the public acknowledgment of what has already been developing over many weeks and months of interaction.