Earlyface
News => General => Religion and Philosophy => Topic started by: Idaev1 on October 19, 2017, 07:28:07 pm
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"Ye must be born again" (John 3:7)
WHAT DOES IT MEANS TO BE BORN AGAIN?
To be born again means you receive a heavenly birth. It
literally means "born from above". Good works like those
done by this man and woman cannot do it - not baptism,
not communion, not feeding the poor, etc.
"Marvel not that i said unto thee, ye must be born again."
Jesus said these words to a religious man. He needed this
birth. Jesus told him, "Except a man be born again he cannot
enter the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). A heavenly entrance
needs a heavenly birth.
HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?
People who are born again "were born, not of blood, nor of
the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (John
1:13).
GOD MUST DO IT FOR YOU!
We are "born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God..." (1 Peter 1:23).
Corruptible simply means decayed or false. Man's ideas on
getting into heaven are corrupt. Only in God's word do we
find God's method on how to be born again. Here is what it
says.
"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23).
God's Word says:
1) You are a sinner and have earned the wages for your
sin, which is death.
"The wages of sin is death..."
2) He has a gift for you. You do not earn gifts. Salvation is
"the gift of God."
3) Jesus Christ is the provider of this gift. It is "through
Jesus Christ our Lord."
You can be and must be born again, but you must do it
God's way.
GOD'S WAY
"Christ died for our sins...He was buried, and that He rose
again the third day according to the Scriptures" (1
Corinthians 15:3,4)
Your sins demand a payment. You need a redeemer to
purchase your salvation. Jesus paid your sin debt on
Calvary's cross. That is why He can give you eternal life as a
gift. He paid for it with His life.
"As many as received Him, to them gave He power to
become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His
name" (John 1:12).
You receive Jesus by faith. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8,9).
PRAYER
Father i realise that i need to be born again. By faith, I receive
Jesus Christ, Your risen Son, as my Saviour. I ture away
from my sin and stop trusting my own works to get me to
heaven. I accept Jesus' shed blood as my sin payment and I
give my life to Jesus Christ. Amen
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I believe you