Born Again
You must be born again
“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John Chapter 3)
We must be born again, because our natural self has a corrupted nature which comes from Adam’s fall in the Garden.
We sin, because of this corrupted nature. (Book of Romans)
We are subject to Death because of this corrupted nature. (Book of Romans)
When we commit that first sin, like Adam. When we are tempted by Satan and fall, we also become slaves of the Enemy and destined for Hell.
This is why Jesus was subject to death, but not a slave to Satan or destined for Hell. Because He never sinned. His fleshly body was subject to death, like us, but His soul and Spirit was not corrupted by His own sin, because He never sinned. He was God in the flesh.
What is Hell?
Hell was created for Satan and His Angels, it is a holding place for evil; and all things filthy and corrupted.
God cannot allow that corruption into Paradise or eternity. Or else it will spread again and all of eternity will be as bad as this world, and this life. So, it must be washed, redeemed or saved to be allowed to make it in.
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God destroyed the Earth with a Flood, and 8 souls survived.
And that Plague of Sin survived in them, and corrupted the Earth again.
It will be destroyed with fire next time.
And this is why we must be born again.
It washes our souls and spirits in the Blood of Jesus, to make us white as snow.
We still sin. We still have a corrupted nature in the flesh.
But, we have a living spirit.
We have a soul that is being renewed.
We have become a clean vessel where the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us.
Like Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”
We are saved by Grace through faith. (Eph. 2)
We confess Jesus is our Lord. (Romans 10:9-10)
We ask God to save us and the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us, and we get baptized as our first act of faith. (Acts 2:38)
Baptism is a picture of us dying to our old corrupted self, and rising again with Christ. We die to the flesh. We die to this world and the corruption. We die with Christ.
We are then made alive again in Him. (Rom. 6:11)
He is the living water. Whosoever shall drink of Him shall never thirst again. (John 4)
Our born again experience mirrors new birth.
A woman having a baby is in travail. She is hurting. She is having contractions. They get closer and closer together.
Likewise, we see our lives going out of control. Trouble here, trouble there, nothing seems to go right. We cannot fix it. Everything is wrong.
We are beaten down. Life just won’t work any more.
We don’t know what to do.
But, we hear His voice in the darkness. We know He calls us, and we turn to Him.
We ask Him to save us, and He does.
He will save you if you ask Him. He will bring you through your troubles and safely to the other side.
When we turn to Him, He saves us and we are born again. A new creature. No longer subject to Hell. No longer a slave of Lucifer. Clean forever in Christ.
The angels rejoice. Our family waiting for us in Paradise; those generations of the saved, rejoice also. ( Luke 15:10)
This is the process for all new life.
Likewise, the new creation of the heavens and the earth at His return must go through the birthing process in these last days.
Like a woman in travail, the troubles will get closer and closer together. It will get worse and worse. (1 Thess. 5:3)
Till the Lord bursts through the sky with his saints, at His glorious appearing.
We must be born again, to enter Paradise.
Just turn to Him and ask.
Like the thief on the cross. (Luke 23:40-43)
We are broken, corrupted and dangling above death and hell.
We cannot do right.
We need Him.
He is there suffering with you.
Just ask Him. (Acts 2:21)
Lord, please save me.
And let Him, do the work.
Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois.
Cover photo by pexels/Craig Adderley, Edited by the author
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