Born again

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John 3:5-6 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 gives birth to spirit.

The most fundamental aspect of our faith is the need to be born again in Christ Jesus, and in this context, Jesus uses the phrase, “born of water and the Spirit” in John 3:5. It means that we have gone through the process of accepting Jesus in our hearts as our Lord and Saviour, who died for our sins and reconciled us back to God the Father. Our salvation is by the grace of God, justified by our faith in Christ Jesus and not by own good deeds as the original sin of man can only be washed clean by the redemptive and sacrificial blood of the Lamb of God on the cross. In the process, we are also given the Helper, the Holy Spirit, who dwells in our hearts.

In other words, we have personally accepted Jesus into our lives. Once we have done that, our spirit is made alive, and we can communicate directly with God with the help of the Holy Spirit. We thus have a new birth in the spiritual realm. The spiritual realm is now open to us, and we can operate in that realm, interceding for the saints and fighting spiritual battles with spiritual forces. That is why believers have two births and only one death, but those who reject the message of the Gospel have one birth but two deaths (physical and later eternal death).

The message this morning, I believe, is a reminder that once we are born again, we are activated spiritual beings. We are and always have been spiritual beings. It’s just that once Christ comes into our lives, our spirit is activated and made alive. We have power and authority in Christ Jesus. We have a destiny in Christ. God’s plans and purposes for our lives are also activated, and we need to align our goals and aspirations with God’s plans and purposes.

Have a good time praising and worshipping God today in church at the Sunday worship service today! Remember that we are born again activated spiritual beings! We will be able to meet the Father face to face as we worship Him in spirit and in truth! Hallelujah, Praise the Lord!