Spiritual Rebirth

64 And it came to pass, when the Lord had spoken with Adam, our father, that Adam cried unto the Lord, and he was caught away by the Spirit of the Lord, and was carried down into the water, and was laid under the water, and was brought forth out of the water.

65 And thus he was baptized, and the Spirit of God descended upon him, and thus he was born of the Spirit, and became quickened in the inner man.

66 And he heard a voice out of heaven, saying: Thou art baptized with fire, and with the Holy Ghost. (Emphasis added)

Now there is a definition of what it means to be born again. It means to be quickened in the inner man. That's another way of saying it. (Stand Ye In Holy Places, p.54)

Being born again, comes by the Spirit of God through ordinances. (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p.162)

One is born again by actually receiving and experiencing the light and power inherent in the gift of the Holy Ghost. ("The Light of Christ," Ensign, May 1977, p. 44)

Through faith in the Lord, repentance, baptism, and receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, we are born anew. We experience "a mighty change … in our hearts" (Mosiah 5:2; see also Alma 5:12-14) and become "quickened in the inner man" (Moses 6:65). [From "Christians in Belief and Action," Ensign, Nov. 1996, p. 72]

We receive confirmation by the laying on of hands and are given the gift of the Holy Ghost. But we must remember that in that ordinance we also receive a newness of life. If we are sincere, we are literally born again. In a very real sense we become different and better persons. We receive a new heart. We put away the man of sin, as Paul describes it, and take upon ourselves the name and the image of Christ (see Col. 3:9-10). [From "The Image of a Church Leader," Ensign, Aug. 1980, p. 5]

Now, how can we overcome this [spiritual] death? How can we get back from that banishment? By being orn again of the water and of the Spirit. To be brought back we must comply with certain laws which have been eternally fixed and which are as immutable as the heavens. These laws are those of the water burial, or birth, and the birth of the Spirit of God by receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands. (The Way to Perfection, p.192)

The man who is confirmed receives, in addition to this Spirit of Christ, the companionship of the third member of the Godhead. Therefore, he is back again in the presence of God, through the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Doctrines of Salvation, 1:41)

If a man "yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord" (Mosiah 3:19), then he is born again. His spiritual death ceases. He becomes alive to the things of the Spirit; he returns to the presence of God because he receives the gift of the Holy Ghost; and he is alive to the things of righteousness. He crucifies the old man of sin, becomes a new creature of the Holy Ghost, and walks in a newness of life. This is what is meant by being born again. (The Promised Messiah, p.351)