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Becoming Born Again

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If you would like to begin fresh with renewal, purpose, and eternal security, you can invite God into your life. When God takes up residence within you, that is what it is to become born again.

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” – John 3:3

The Gospel

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“Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures” – 1 Cor 15:1-4

Invitation

To begin your faith journey, getting alone with God in prayer is a great way to start. Consider these verses and reach out to God in faith by prayer and confession.

“And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
— 1 John 5:11-13

“Lord, I know I can’t save myself, and I see that eternal life is granted to me if I believe in you. I freely invite you to come into my life. Lord Jesus, I confess that you are the Son of God and I want to follow you from this day forward. I am a sinner and I need your presence in my life. I ask your forgiveness and I trust you to forgive me and make me new as I now believe in you. In repentance, I accept you as Lord of my life. I ask for your Spirit to dwell within me as I place my faith in you. “

Your Faith Walk

You must understand that it isn’t this prayer itself that saves you. It is God that does through Christ when you place your faith in him. It is by grace you are saved through faith. There is so much more to experience as you grow in your relationship with Jesus. When you invite the Lord into your life, the Holy Spirit takes up residence within you. This is what it is to become born again. It is from the Spirit of God who comes to live in anyone who puts their trust in Christ.

In John 6:37, Jesus says, “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” Once you become born again and are saved, and the Holy Spirit dwells within you, it is permanent.

Get a Bible, or install one onto your phone. Such as an ESV, NKJV, or NASB translation. Or one suitable to your native language. Begin reading through the book of John and spend personal time in the words and stories of Christ. In your walk, you will grow in grace and become more rooted in your faith. Trust God, find fellowship among believers, and spend time in the Bible and in prayer. As our Lord Jesus himself says:

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30

Trust & Follow

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“One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.”

– Mark 10:21 KJV

This is what it means to be justified before God. What it takes to become perfection by God’s standard and to obtain eternal life. Spoken plainly, Jesus has said that there are these specifics in Mark 10:21 above that require attention.

Its context is about when a wealthy man approached Jesus to ask him about how to inherit eternal life. While in his view he kept the commandments and obeyed the Mosaic law on one level, he actually was not perfect. To which Jesus said, “You lack one thing”.

The “ONE thing” the moral and wealthy man heard Jesus say is outlined and parsed here:

(a.) Sell all you have
(b.) Give to the poor
(c.) Take up your cross
(d.) Come to Him
(e.) Follow Him

So we can infer, that as we abide by what God morally requires, these are the specifics about what you must have to inherit eternal life. While on the outside the wealthy man’s behaviors honored God’s moral law, that wasn’t the full condition of his heart. So the answer Jesus gave him was explicit about what is necessary to inherit eternal life. Which is above and beyond moral and righteous conduct. That in this way, Jesus directly and clearly got to the heart of the wealthy man’s question.

On its face, Jesus describes in total more than one thing as required (a, b, c, d, and e above). Where taken together, he must transfer all that he is and all that he has to all that Jesus is. Really, the “One Thing” as compared to his wealth and status. Because of His wealth, Jesus was to reign in his heart over his wealth and anything else.

Even with a high degree of personal righteousness, this is the only way to God’s kingdom. It wasn’t that this outward righteousness isn’t correct and necessary, but it just wasn’t enough because we are not perfect without Christ. It wasn’t possible to achieve perfection on his own, either internally of the heart and externally from behaviors, performance or obedience.

To further see what happens after we trust and follow Christ, there are two historical and scriptural principles to consider. Principles that reinforce Jesus’s words about our transformation as we set aside everything else and follow Him. That over time, and as it is written, we are His workmanship (Eph 2:10 KJV).

A. Trust Him – IMPUTATION | We are given Christ’s Righteousness.
Through Jesus and His life, death, and resurrection, God has accepted His sacrificial atonement for those who would trust and follow Him. Where all our sins are canceled and God doesn’t see us as sinful or imperfect anymore. Jesus himself is the perfection of those who trust and follow Him.

B. Follow Him – SHEMA | Love the LORD and love others as yourself.
The presence and power of Christ and the Holy Spirit within you will transform you. When we trust and follow Him. That love will develop within you toward perfection until fully completed in heaven (Mk 12:37-40).

Words of Life Eternal

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Here is a meaningful short video segment that follows the KJV word for word. About how to pass from death to eternal life and exist in the Lord’s kingdom without the presence of time, pain, suffering, or sin. This is a precise view of what it is to be born again. Becoming born of the Spirit is to invite Jesus into your life, admitting in truth your sinfulness and accepting the Holy Spirit to lead you all your days. Believe in Jesus, what He has said and what He has done. Call upon Him, and you will be saved. You will become born of the Spirit. His Spirit will enter into you and will begin to regenerate you (Titus 3:5-7).

Jesus answered, 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. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” -Jn 3:4-8

He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. -Titus 3:5-7