Being born again

Our birth into the kingdom is not of a seed that is subject to die, rather it's of a seed that lives forever. So anyone born into the kingdom automatically receives the gift of eternal life.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

1 Peter 1:23

We are not the slaves of God but children, because our birth in the faith is not of the desire or will of man but of God

children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God.

John 1:13

The truth is a few things take place when we give our lives to Christ. The next chapter is dedicated to briefly discussing these invisible transformations.