> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://amemamem.com.br/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Born Again: A Change of Domain - URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/born-again-a-change-of-domain/ - Published: 2026-06-21T16:03:36.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-09T01:05:15.000Z - Description: You must be born again.” John 3:7 - Author: Airton Humber - Tags: #en, #de-nascer-de-novo-mudanca-de-dominio Anyone who works with computers knows there is a huge difference between installing a new program and moving a computer to a different domain. You can install applications, fix errors, improve performance and make a few updates. But as long as the machine stays in the same domain, it will keep answering to the same administrator, the same permissions and the same policies. Maybe this is a good image for understanding one of the deepest words of Jesus: > “You must be born again.”John 3:7 Jesus was not talking about a small improvement in behavior. He was talking about a new origin, a new life, a new government. ## The new is not a patch on the old At another moment, Jesus used a simple and powerful image: > “No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.”Matthew 9:16 The gospel did not come just to stitch up a few tears in the old system. God did not come to put a new patch on a life governed by the old domain. The new demands a new reality. That is why Jesus speaks of being born again. And Paul speaks of being a new creation. ## A new heart This promise had already been announced by the prophets. Jeremiah wrote: > “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts.”Jeremiah 31:33 And Ezekiel was even more direct: > “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.”Ezekiel 36:26 God did not promise only to give new commandments. He promised to change the place where his will would be written. Not only on tablets of stone. But on the heart. In the language of computing, it is not just a matter of installing a religious program on an old machine. It is a deep change in the system that governs life. ## A change of domain Paul uses very strong language: > “For he rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the Kingdom of his beloved Son.”Colossians 1:13 Notice the word: domain. The gospel does not announce just a change of habits. It announces a transfer of government. Before, life answered to a domain marked by fear, guilt, lies, ego and inner slavery. Now, in Christ, we are called to live under another government. The government of the Son. The government of the Spirit. The government of God written within us. ## No machine changes domain on its own In computing, a computer does not change domain by its own will. It has to be joined by someone who has the authority to do it. In the same way, no one is born of the Spirit by their own effort. This is a work of God's grace. After this change, the person is still themselves. Their story remains. Their personality remains. Their gifts remain. But now there is a new Lord. And, little by little, this new government begins to produce fruit. love • joy • peace • patience • kindness • goodness • faithfulness • gentleness • self-control Not because someone memorized rules. But because they began to live under a new domain. ## Beware of additions and removals At the end of the Bible, there is a very serious warning: > If anyone adds something… If anyone takes away any word … it will go badly for themRevelation 22:18-19 The immediate context refers to the words of the book of Revelation. But the principle is precious. When we add to what God said, we create strange commands. When we remove what God said, we take away essential parts. In both cases, life stops working as the Creator planned. In the language of computing, it would be like improperly altering the source code. The result may look religious, but it stops producing the life God promised. The gospel is not just a change of behavior. It is a change of domain. Maybe this is a good way to understand the Kingdom of God. Not just a place we will go to one day. But a new domain under which we begin to live today.