13th August 2021
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BORN-AGAIN
David Abankwah
READ: Romans 10:9-10
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is BORN AGAIN, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
-John 3:3 | NKJV
There are many categories of children. There are ones who are biological children: those born by a man and a woman through natural means or biologically. There are also children who are adopted. There are children that are unborn (aborted babies). There are also inseminated babies through unnatural means. So, if you claim to be a child of God, you have to ask yourself the kind of child you are. You can only be a biological child of God when you are born again. You have to pass through the Word of God or the womb of Jesus Christ to be born again (1 Peter 1:23). When God wanted to become a human, He passed through the Word into the womb of a woman.
Likewise, if man wants to become a child of God, he has to pass through the womb of God not through sexual intercourse (not of blood, nor the will of the flesh, nor the will of man) but through the Word of God (John 1:13). This was how God became a man: The Word first entered the mouth of angel Gabriel and was carried to a virgin called Mary (Luke 1:26-27). The Word who was a Spirit form (John 6:63), was accepted by Mary when she received the Word (Luke 1:38). Like LUST when it is done with the time of pregnancy gives birth to SIN (James 1:15), so the LOVE OF GOD (Jesus Christ) who was born as the righteousness of God, became Son of man through the womb of a virgin.
God has finished creating all things but it is left with one creation more to do: That is the creation of born-again Christians. I believe that was why God rested on the seventh day to do. There are so many processes you have to go through for God to give birth to you. The same process Jesus Christ went through to become the Son of man, the same way man should pass through to become a Son of God. To turn from the flesh into the Spirit or to turn from the biological birth of mortals to become the son of God, you have to pass through the Word of God to become a child of the heavenly Father. Jesus Christ is a child of God by nature but for us we are not, that’s why we have to be born again.
Processes to go through are as follow: You have to ACCEPT that you are a sinner no matter who a good person you think you are; then CONFESS to God all your sins (confess because rulers swear before ruling and Christianity is kingdom and you are becoming a King and a Priest) and BELIEVE you are forgiven; your soul has to be DELIVERED and CLEANSED by Christ’s blood; then REPENT and do not commit sin again (CONVERSION); then you have to be baptised in a MOVING WATER like river, and not sprinkled, or baptised in a pool or lake; Then you have to be baptised with the SPIRIT OF GOD and PERSECUTION; after that, obey every word God has commanded to be holy.
•| Prayer Diary |•
¹Lift up prayers to accept or allow yourself to be subjected under the rulership of the Lord Jesus Christ. ²Lift up prayers to allow yourself to be spiritually converted into the character or likeness of Jesus Christ. ³Lift up prayers for renewal to bear all the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit as the evidence of a true born-again Christian or child of God. ⁴Lift up prayers for the spiritual eyes to see and to be a partaker of the Kingdom of God in the name of Jesus Christ.
Quote
“Being born again is not just believing and confessing Jesus Christ but living your life without sin”
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Jeremiah Chapters 28-30
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