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becauseHElives
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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3
Yes, worship of the loving God is man’s whole reason for existence. That is why we are born and that is why we are born again from above. That is why we were created and recreated. That is why there was a genesis at the beginning re-genesis, called re-generation. (Whatever Happened to Worship? 56, 57). A. W. Tozer
From conception to birth a natural child is a miracle....
no less a miracle is the new birth, from conception to being born again....
no more than mortal man understands the miracle of a child formed in the womb can he understand this thing of new birth (new creature)...
it is a matter of Faith...
by Faith the worlds were spoke into existence...
by Faith man is brought into a oneness union with the Creator of all that exist.
Let us never take lightly the Majestic , Awesomeness of the new birth, the true child of Yahweh truly are fearfully and wonderfully made;
His works are wonderful, His image restored to His creation....
may we all be blessed as we pursue the knowledge of the Holy!
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate:for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ( Luke 13:24 )
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Found in Him
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How blessed indeed we are to be called the children of God! ...that is exactly what we are!!! ![[Smile]](smile.gif) Born not of flesh nor the will of man-- Born of God... we cry "Abba Father" ...how beautiful!
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~To Him That is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy...to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.~ Jude 24
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Carol Swenson
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1 Corinthians 1:30 - 31 (NLT)
30 God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. 31 Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the LORD.”
Since every believer is “in Christ,” and he has all that he needs, why compete with each other or compare yourselves with each other? It is the Lord who has done it all! “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord” (1 Cor. 1:31, a quotation from Jer. 9:24, quoted again in 2 Cor. 10:17).
The spiritual blessings that we need are not abstractions that elude our grasp; they are all in a Person, Jesus Christ. He is our wisdom (Col. 2:3), our righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21), our sanctification (John 17:19), and our redemption (Rom. 3:24).
Actually, the emphasis here is that God shows His wisdom by means of the righteousness, sanctification, and redemption that we have in Christ. Each of these theological words carries a special meaning for Christians. Righteousness has to do with our standing before God. We are justified: God declares us righteous in Jesus Christ. But we are also sanctified, set apart to belong to God and to serve Him. Redemption emphasizes the fact that we are set free because Jesus Christ paid the price for us on the cross. This will lead to complete redemption when Christ returns.
So, in one sense, we have the three tenses of salvation given here: we have been saved from the penalty of sin (righteousness); we are being saved from the power of sin (sanctification); and we shall be saved from the presence of sin (redemption). And every believer has all of these blessings in Jesus Christ!
Therefore, why glory in men? What does Paul have that you do not have? Does Peter have more of Jesus Christ than you do? (It was likely that Jesus Christ had more of Peter, but that is another matter!) We should glory in the Lord and not in ourselves or our spiritual leaders.
As you review this chapter, you can see the mistakes that the Corinthians were making, mistakes that helped to create problems in their church. They were not living up to their holy calling, but were instead following the standards of the world. They ignored the fact that they were called into a wonderful spiritual fellowship with the Lord and with each other. Instead, they were identifying with human leaders and creating divisions in the church. Instead of glorifying God and His grace, they were pleasing themselves and boasting about men.
They were a defiled church, a divided church, a disgraced church!
But, before we pass judgment on them, we should examine our own churches and our own lives. We have been called to be holy, called into fellowship, and called to glorify God.
(Wiersbe)
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Found in Him
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I am so glad that Jesus didn't make a system out of salvation...He says "he that is thirsty, come"
He is able to save, transform, renew, complete the work of faith He started in us, produce fruit, lead, guide, deliver, restore, teach, comfort, reprove...and so much more... He does this through His Spirit for His own.
As new born babes in Christ, a new believer will crave the word of God as their spiritual food and grow into the person God created them to be able to handle the spiritual meat of the word...Jesus will complete the work that He starts in each of His own just as He "lost none" when He walked the Earth...
"I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine" ~ Jesus
His own are children of submission and obedience By their own choice the changed heart and born again spirit will be transformed by the renewing of the Spirit of God as we "abide in Him"
1 John 4
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~To Him That is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy...to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.~ Jude 24
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MentorsRiddle
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The only way to be saved:
Accept Jesus
Be baptised
Follow after God till the end of your days.
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With you I rise,
In you I sleep,
kneeling down I kiss your feet,
Grace abounds upon me now,
I once was lost
but now I'm found.
The gift of God dwells within,
To this love I now give in.
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Carol Swenson
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We were first born as sinful creatures, dead in trespasses and sins and indulging the desires of our flesh and mind. We were by nature children of wrath, separate from Christ, having no hope, and without God in the world (Eph. 2:1–3, 12). We were no more able to change our condition than we could alter the color of our skin, or than a leopard could change its spots (Jer. 13:23).
A person in that condition must be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Through the new birth, the Spirit makes a new creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17), taking up residence in the believer and transforming that person’s thinking and behavior. Perspectives and values change and the focus shifts from self to Christ.
God’s Word is essential to the new birth. Peter said, “You have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God.—This is the word which was preached to you” (1 Pet. 1:23, 25). The Holy Spirit works through the Word to activate faith, which results in the new birth (Rom. 10:17).
Faith means trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ alone for salvation. Many people want to add other requirements to the gospel, such as religious ceremony, some code of conduct, church membership, or whatever. All of those things are human works. Salvation cannot be earned by works but is a gift of God’s grace (Rom. 3:21–26). That is, God does not ask us to reform as a prerequisite to being saved; He justifies us freely, then works His transforming power to change us into the image of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18).
(John MacArthur Our Sufficiency In Christ )
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becauseHElives
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with all respect to you WildB, I disagree with the over simplified view of Salvation....
many accept this say a prayer Salvation but in reality it is a lie from Satan.....
Paul’s words to the Galatians, “until Christ is formed in you” (Galatians 4:19), should penetrate the hearts of men and women as they examine their own lives to see if Christ is really formed in them.
Is Christ, in actuality, reproduced in your life?
Since Jesus is the Savior of the world, it is imperative for each individual to allow Christ to envelop the whole of his or her life.
An understanding of the Christ event should cause every believer to yearn for Christ to be formed in one’s life.
The fact of the richness of God’s grace should remold one’s external performance, or conduct.
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate:for many, I say unto you will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ( Luke 13:24 )
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The Sinner: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
The Problem: "Jesus answered. . .Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3
The Sentence: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
The Savior: "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
The Solution: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9
The Timing: "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." II Corinthians 6:2
Your Acceptance of God's Gift: If you really believe that Jesus Christ took your place in judgment for your sins on the Cross, you can pray the following prayer.
The Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, be merciful to me a sinner. I do now receive you as my personal Lord and Savior.
The Result: If you sincerely prayed the above prayer, you are now born again! John 3:3
Welcome to God's Family: "Therefore if any man (or woman) be in Christ, he (or she) is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." II Corinthians 5:17
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That is all.....
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