WE MUST NOT SEE THE WORDS “BORN AGAIN” AS A SLOGAN OF SOME DENOMINATIONS, AND THEREFORE GET IRRITATED BY IT.
ROYAL CITIZENS OF THE KINGDOM:
TO BE BORN AGAIN IS THE PROCESS OF ADEQUATELY PROVIDING A PERMANENT RESTING PLACE FOR OUR SOULS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD [JOHN 3: 3]
MOST OF US IF NOT ALL WHO ARE READING THIS PIECE WERE CALLED FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS OF VARIOUS DEFINITIONS INTO THIS KINGDOM OF LIGHT BY HIS GRACE AND MERCY. [EPHESIANS, 2: 11-23]
NOW THAT WE ARE IN CHRIST AND OF CHRIST, OUR THOUGHTS, OPINIONS, AND BEHAVIORS MUST BE IN CONFORMITY WITH OUR FAITH IN THE LORD.
[EPHESIANS 4, 12-13] “FOR THE EQUIPPING OF THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY, FOR THE EDITYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST. TILL WE ALL COME TO UNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD TO A PERFECT MAN, TO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.”
WE MUST NOT SEE THE WORDS “BORN AGAIN” AS A SLOGAN OF SOME DENOMINATIONS, AND THEREFORE GET IRRITATED BY IT.
AS BAPTISM, WASHING OF THE FEET, AND TAKING THE HOLY COMMUNICATION ARE MANDATED BY THE LORD, SO ALSO IS TO BE “BORN AGAIN” WITHOUT WHICH OUR FAITH IN CHRIST WILL BE IN VAIN.
IN CONCLUSION: “THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE; OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, BEHOLD ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.” [2 CORINTHIANS, 5: 17]
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO BE IN CHRIST, WITHOUT BEING “BORN AGAIN”.