I have been a Christian all my life but now people have been saying you need to be born again to be saved.
I have been a Christian all my life but now people have been saying you need to be born again to be saved.
After reading John 3 recommend reading Romans 8 which goes into depth.I have been a Christian all my life but now people have been saying you need to be born again to be saved.
Yes. Quite definitely. Here is the proof:I have been a Christian all my life but now people have been saying you need to be born again to be saved.
I have been a Christian all my life but now people have been saying you need to be born again to be saved.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[c] 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You[d] must be born again.’ 8 The wind[e] blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”(John 3:1-8).
That's what it means to be born again.
I have been a Christian all my life but now people have been saying you need to be born again to be saved.
No it doesn't. There are 2 births and 2 possible deaths...you are born physically and you die physically...prerequisites to being born again...you are born again spiritually and can die spiritually in the 2nd death...belief in Yeshua will spare you from the 2nd death
Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
And the way we experienced this resurrection was through the Holy Spirit indwelling us.
...that is the seed planted, but that seed must die first...to be raised
1 Corinthians 15:36
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual. Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, THEN that which is spirit. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed.
You MUST be born of water and of the spirit...
No one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit...
1 Corinthians 15: 31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
He is talking about our nature, not our bodies.
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
What is the purpose of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? Is that only after we die?
Of course not. You are confusing 2 SEPARATE but CONNECTED things. Most people make the same mistake.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Good, brother.
This is how I look at it, and you may agree.
Our spirit and nature is reborn. In other words, our thoughts. Our spirit goes from mortal to immortal; then after our body dies, it too must put on immortality at the second coming of Christ and the resurrection of the Dead.
Do you agree?
The Spirit is the seed implanted in us here, it then blooms after death. We are born again!
Shabbat Shalom!
.The Spirit is the seed implanted in us here, it then blooms after death. We are born again!
Shabbat Shalom!
....that is the seed planted, but that seed must die first...to be raised
1 Corinthians 15:36
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual. Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural, THEN that which is spirit. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed.
You MUST be born of water and of the spirit...
No one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit...