I am sure this is true. I am equally sure that most believers do not know just how great it is. And to discover that His gift to me is perfect and permanent brings joy beyond words. When it comes to studying that glorious event known to many as conversion, we do not have to read far into the New Testament to find that the primary illustration employed is that of the birth of a child. God is termed a father and the believers sons and daughters.
Conversion is described as a new birth, produced by seed.
As a child, the believer is a partaker of the Father's nature and will always bear a resemblance to the Father. The new birth, being born from above, is described by many terms, but I wish to emphasize the Biblical terminology of the birth. There is surely no doubt that this verse refers to the new birth. What we have here is an accurate description of how God accomplished this miracle. The human family, nearly all the animal kingdom, and a large part of the vegetable kingdom, use seed as the means of propagation.