Do Christians believe in Re-Incarnation?

[theophilus40]

Here is another verse that relates to reincarnation:

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV)
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Salvation includes the resurrection of the body. If reincarnation were true each believer would have inhabited more than one body. Which one would his spirit and soul inhabit at the resurrection? Reincarnation and resurrection of the body are incompatible beliefs.

There is one circumstance where a truly born again person can believe in reincarnation. All of us had false beliefs before we were saved and being saved didn't instantly eradicate those beliefs. If a believer in reincarnation believes the gospel and is saved he might still believe in reincarnation because he doesn't yet know what the Bible says on this subject. If he is genuinely saved he will have a desire to study the Bible and the Holy Spirit will give him the ability to understand it. He will abandon his belief when he understands that it is contrary to what the Bible teaches.

If a professing Christian knows what the Bible says and continues to believe in reincarnation anyway that would be an indication that he isn't really saved.

 

[Purple Hyacinth]

Here is another verse that relates to reincarnation:

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV)
​

Salvation includes the resurrection of the body. If reincarnation were true each believer would have inhabited more than one body. Which one would his spirit and soul inhabit at the resurrection? Reincarnation and resurrection of the body are incompatible beliefs.

There is one circumstance where a truly born again person can believe in reincarnation. All of us had false beliefs before we were saved and being saved didn't instantly eradicate those beliefs. If a believer in reincarnation believes the gospel and is saved he might still believe in reincarnation because he doesn't yet know what the Bible says on this subject. If he is genuinely saved he will have a desire to study the Bible and the Holy Spirit will give him the ability to understand it. He will abandon his belief when he understands that it is contrary to what the Bible teaches.

If a professing Christian knows what the Bible says and continues to believe in reincarnation anyway that would be an indication that he isn't really saved.

Thanks for the info!

 

[TheyCallMeDave]

Can you believe in re-incaration and be a "true Born Again Christian"?

What does the Bible say about it?

Actually, no you cannot . Read the link in my signature ; becoming a genuine Born Again Believer in Christ requires you to acknowledge and embrace Christs ressurection as well as his Calvary atoning merits for forgiveness of sins.

Christians believe in ressurection and never recycling (except where plastics and metal cans are concerned !) God doesnt reincarnate us...he ressurects us -- both the regenerate an unregenerate at two seperate times in history.

 

[TheyCallMeDave]

Here is another verse that relates to reincarnation:

'Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.'
(1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV)​

This is NOT referring to reincarnation ; it is referring to keeping your entire Being along with your physical Body, free from sins of the flesh ....including the physical acts of the Body ie: sexual immorality and the like .
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[Albion]

This is NOT referring to reincarnation ; it is referring to keeping your entire Being along with your physical Body, free from sins of the flesh ....including the physical acts of the Body ie: sexual immorality and the like .

Right, but he was saying that it disproves reincarnation.

 

[ChristOurCaptain]

Can you believe in re-incaration and be a "true Born Again Christian"?

If you do so, you are misguided and haven't thought the position through.
I'm very careful about saying that someone isn't a "true born again Christian" unless they clearly and openly support fundamental heresies = "crimes" against the very foundation of the faith.
Now, re-incarnation.....is most definitely not Scriptural, and it was most definitely not taught by any Christian, ever. Only in the past century, after the onset of post-modernism with its tendency to say "whatever you like, is real for you", have someone tried to combine them....and it still isn't working.

Re-incarnation brings a whole host of questions with it:
1: What TYPE of re-incarnation are we talking about? Is it the traditional hindu/buddhist variant, or the modern western new-age variant, based very, very loosely on the first?

2: What is the POINT of re-incarnation?

3: On what does the claim that re-incarnation and Christianity is compatible, rest?

4: How does re-incarnation relate to the Cross?

etc, etc, etc.

Re-incarnation is NOT a Christian thought, and it has NO place whatsoever in Christian teachings or theology.

What does the Bible say about it?

Nothing at all. The thought was completely alien to everyone who wrote the books of the Bible.

 

[TheyCallMeDave]

Right, but he was saying that it disproves reincarnation.

oppsss....thanks for correcting me.

 

[Sketcher]

The Bible does not mention it, and neither Christian nor Jewish theology has any room for it.