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How To Be Born Again

    © 98 Colin Melbourne

    What is it?   Why you need it?  How to be born again

    God’s Word declares in Jn 3:7, Acts 4:12 Holy Bible, KJV;

    Ye must be born again. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

    What Does It Mean, To Be Born Again?

    To be born again means to receive salvation, and be saved through receiving The LORD Jesus Christ as Saviour. See Note

    Salvation is God’s will for you, made real on earth. All His abundant blessings are freely available in salvation. It includes everything Jesus Christ died to provide. A new life, peace with God, righteousness, mercy, perfect health, unfailing love, faith, deliverance, power, and joy.

    Expressed simply, it is God’s life in us, Christ in you.

    The New Testament Greek words for salvation are the verb sozo, and the noun soteria, all-inclusive terms meaning; saved, healed, delivered, pardoned, rescued, protected, preserved, made whole, cured, set free, and restored.

    It’s not religion, and is much more than having your sins forgiven.

    When we receive Jesus as Lord, all that He is becomes ours. He brings His righteousness, His redemption, His health, His wisdom, His holiness, and His Life.

    It is for everyone, it’s free, and you can have it now.

    For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

    Ro. 10:13 KJV

    Whosoever means you. Have you called on His Name? There’s no need to wait because… 2 Co. 6:2 KJV:

    Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation.

    Total deliverance from Satan’s power is part of everybody’s salvation.

    Jesus said on the Cross: It is finished! Jn. 19:30

    He has provided for our complete salvation. Only believe!

    Salvation is total remission of sins. Acts 10:43b KJV;

    …through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

    Redeemed by His Blood: Brought back to God as though you had never sinned.

    In whom we (believers) have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace.

    Eph. 1:7 KJV

    Therefore being justified by faith, we (believers) have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

    Ro. 5:1 KJV

    Justified; Just-As-If-I’d never done it.

    Note: Implicit in receiving the Lord Jesus Christ, is the acceptance that He is who He claimed to be, and who the Holy Bible declares Him to be, Almighty God in the Flesh. Jn. 12:41+45; Is. 6:5; Jn. 1:1+14; Rev. 1:8, Rev. 22:13+16; Is. 48:12; Lk. 6:5; Jn. Ch.8.

    The cults endeavour to make Him less than this, ie. ‘a god’ or just the ‘son of God’, and so deny Him and perish. Unless you believe that Christ is LORD (YHWH, pron. “Yay-Ho-Vah” or “Jehovah” in English) you will die in your sins. See Jn. Ch.8

    There’s more Good News.

    Salvation Includes Physical Healing

    In the English New Testament, the words translated as; salvation, save, saved, heal, healed, whole, frequently stem from the same Greek word, sozo. Why? Because sozo means healed as much as it means saved.

    Both spiritual and physical healing are included in every person’s salvation. God’s word promises total healing under both the Old and the New Covenants.

    Never can physical healing be Scripturally separated from salvation under the New Covenant. The term saved always includes the benefits of physical health.

    The idea that physical healing by God’s power is a blessing separate from salvation is traditional, and unfounded in God’s Word.

    To separate healing from salvation is as unscriptural as to separate the Healer from the Saviour. Jesus is both.

    The clear Scriptural facts are that bodily healing is always included as an integral part of salvation.

    Salvation, likewise includes total liberty from mental sickness, demonic oppression, and bondage to sinful habits.

    It is important to understand that salvation has nothing to do with religion, sacraments, rites, ceremonies or rituals of any kind.

    We are saved, brought into one-ness with God, only one way; by faith in the Blood of God’s Son shed for us.

    Why You Need To Be Born Again

    The first couple walked with God in friendship and love, but chose to break trust with Him by doubting His word.

    They sinned and brought sin and death on all people.

    God cannot fellowship with sinners, so we are all born separated from our Creator. Thanks to Adam and Eve.

    Wherefore, as by one man (Adam) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.

    Ro. 5:12; 3:23 KJV

    Nobody is born innocent before God.

    There is none righteous, no, not one: Ro. 3:10 KJV

    All of us are born sinful, wicked to the core.

    There is none that doeth good, no, not one. Ro. 3:12b KJV

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Jer. 17:9 KJV

    God doesn’t cure your sinful heart, He does a heart transplant and gives you a brand new righteous one.

    A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

    Eze. 36:26-27 KJV

    We all need a heart transplant. We all need to be born again. That’s why you must be born again.

    We are all condemned to death, and eternal punishment in Hell for our sins.

    …the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Eze. 18:4 KJV

    …he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Jn. 3:18 KJV

    That is why we need a Saviour.

    You may possess jewels, riches, and property, but without salvation you are utterly destitute.

    If you are a penniless beggar. Today you can have eternal riches in Heaven.

    You may be famous, and honoured with titles, but without salvation you are unknown where it counts.

    If you are rejected as an outcast. Today you can be accepted in the beloved.

    You may be adored, loved, and proclaimed a ‘saint’ in this world, but without salvation you’ll be rejected by God.

    If you are unloved, abandoned, and cut off by your family. Today you can know unfailing love and be adopted as God’s child for eternity.

    Your lineage may be ancient and distinguished, but without salvation your name will be absent from God’s Book of Life.

    If you are a nobody, going nowhere. Today you can be assured of God’s guidance, and a place in Heaven.

    You may be faithful to your religion, unimpeachable in ‘holiness’, but without salvation you’ll die a sinner’s death, doomed to Hell.

    If you are a scoundrel, wicked through and through. Today you can become a true saint of God.

    You may spend your days in good works, and unceasing prayer, but without salvation your labour is in vain, of no eternal value.

    If you have never uttered a single prayer or helped anyone. Today your voice can ring in God’s ear, and you’ll delight to be His Hands helping the needy.

    You may be unclean, a stench in your nostrils. But today you can be washed in the Blood that cleanses every stain.

    If you are crushed, hopeless and helpless. Today you can be lifted by God’s own Son and seated with Him.

    If you are riddled with disease in Death’s grip. Today you can be perfectly healed by faith in Jesus Christ.

    How to Be Born Again and Saved

    Sinners ask, What must I do to be saved?

    God has made it really simple:

    First Understand: That the Lord Jesus Christ is Almighty God in the Flesh, as the Holy Bible declares.

    If you have sinned; Christ paid for your sins.

    If you’re guilty; Christ was punished bearing your guilt.

    If you’re sick or infirm; Jesus bore your sicknesses, and carried your infirmities.

    If you’re lost; Christ came to seek and to save the lost.

    If you’re hurting; Christ suffered your pains.

    If you’re lonely; Jesus died to be your Friend.

    Your debt to God is paid. Your sin atoned for, your sickness conquered, your enemy defeated.

    • Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
    • Receive Him into your heart.
    • Turn away from sin.
    • Follow Him.
    • Are you willing to do that?

    Are you willing to repent and believe that Good News?

    If you are… God will save you now.

    No religion can save you, no church, no rites, ceremonies, sacraments or rituals.

    No good deeds, penance, charms, talismans or prayers can save you.

    Jesus said, Ye must be born again. Jn. 3:7 KJV

    That happens the instant you genuinely believe in Him, receive Him, and confess Him as Lord.

    If you have understood the Gospel and are willing to repent and believe, you are ready to pray…

    Turn to Him because now is the day of salvation!

    Pray to Receive the LORD Jesus Christ as Saviour and be Born Again

    © 98 Colin Melbourne

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