Being Born Again

It seems like a really weird question to be asked….   “are you born again?”  Do you know what that means?  Have you been asked that question?  Do you know of someone that is born again?  Some people profess to be born again but they really are not.  They say it from their mouths but they don’t have it in their spirit.  The one sure way of knowing if a person is “truly born again” is by the fruit that they bear…. i.e. having the fruit of the spirit.  These fruits are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.  These nine visible attributes sum up the life of a true Christian.  Being born again is the spiritual rebirth, the transformation that one must go through to be saved and to enter into the Kingdom of God.

  John 3:3

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

Now, those who live any other way showing the obvious which are adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness and revellings, shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 

You can take your pick.

Most people don't even give these things a second thought.  Everyone is just going about their day and their own life and not caring where they end up.  I know, because at one time I was even there.  I hadn’t a care in the world.  I got up every day, got in my car, went to work, went to lunch with my friends, picked up my daughter from nursery school, went to dinner, went home, went to bed, and then got up and started my day all over again.  Same old thing …day in and day out.  Not giving any thought to settling down, having a bigger family, growing old and then….you die! 

So when do you give some time to the Lord.  Somewhere in your life you come to realization that there is more to life than just the above.  Oh sure, you go through life doing good and bad, right and wrong, then somewhere along the line you must give God some thought.  Then the “light bulb” goes off.  Then it comes to you that there is a God in Heaven and you find out that it’s time to really get serious and ask the Lord to help you.  Help you to get your life on the right “track”. Help you get out of that miry clay that you’re in.  Help you get out of all the trouble that you’re in.  Ask the Lord to come into your life and take the control that you need in order to get you right.  You must repent and be honest about it and save you from this world of corruption.  This is the only way to receive the peace and the joy you need.  In order for you to see the Kingdom of God you MUST BE SAVED and BE BORN AGAIN of the Spirit.

          John 15:1-11

¹ “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes^[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. ⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. ⁹ “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. ¹⁰ If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. ¹¹ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.

Are you Born Again?  Are you Saved?

Love in Christ,

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