Are you a born again Christian?
Some will stop and think this over and respond very differently. "No, I am not one of those." " No that is too radical." No, I am not part of that kind of religion." These are the responses from Christians themselves.
What does it mean to be born again? As a Christian, this is a huge concept. It is one I did not fully understand. We had a Baptist preacher who liked to say in a loud voice, " I am washed in the blood of Christ, born again, and on the road to heaven.." He would shout it and it sounded like one of those shouting preachers on the street corner everyone thought was a little crazy.
Later in Ames, Our pastor Troy gave a sermon on being born again. Cornerstone is a bible teaching church and he pulled out his bible and opened it up and read. That is where truth comes from, it is all God breathed scripture. Our pastor pointed out where exactly the "Born again" thing came from. Well, maybe most don't realize, but it came from Jesus himself. Jonh 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]”
Some will stop and think this over and respond very differently. "No, I am not one of those." " No that is too radical." No, I am not part of that kind of religion." These are the responses from Christians themselves.
What does it mean to be born again? As a Christian, this is a huge concept. It is one I did not fully understand. We had a Baptist preacher who liked to say in a loud voice, " I am washed in the blood of Christ, born again, and on the road to heaven.." He would shout it and it sounded like one of those shouting preachers on the street corner everyone thought was a little crazy.
Later in Ames, Our pastor Troy gave a sermon on being born again. Cornerstone is a bible teaching church and he pulled out his bible and opened it up and read. That is where truth comes from, it is all God breathed scripture. Our pastor pointed out where exactly the "Born again" thing came from. Well, maybe most don't realize, but it came from Jesus himself. Jonh 3:3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]”
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c]must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[d]
We too are to be born again. It is not your flesh birth or your birthday. You cannot physically be born again. It is talking about your spiritual birth, when you decided to change and become a christian and walk with Christ. Baptism is the perfect outward display of born again when you are washed of your sins, died of your old self and alive to your new life in Christ. It is to live a life for Christ. So when someone asks about being a born again Christian, if we have in fact made the decision to walk with Christ, then yes proclaim it!
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