Be born again in Christ! May His Spirit move in the hearts of those to whom I share the need to be born again!

 

Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.

~John 3:5

We need to be born again in Christ! We need to follow Jesus, to live with His Spirit in us. to imitate and reflect Him. To put all our trust and faith in Him and His promise of life eternal. Today many say they are Christians, but do not act that way. They lie, cheat, and steal, yet say they follow Jesus, but they don't. I had someone send me an unsolicited text the other day sending me a lie and being a bully. This person said I requested a mail in ballot and to return it. But I never did, I did not request this at all. They caused election panic and made me call the Supervisor of Elections to find out what was going on. These people who did this said they follow Jesus, but lied and acted like a bully and coward hiding behind a text unsolicited to me. It was wrong. They need to repent, to be saved, to be born again, to follow Jesus and live with His Holy Spirit in them. All we can do is pray for these people. So many today can say they are Christians, but their actions speak louder than words, they are instead slaves for Satan. They need our prayers. 

Today the Our Daily Bread prayer sent to me said, “Born again? What does that mean?” asked the funeral director. “I’ve never heard of that term before.” Grasping the opportunity, the son of the deceased father explained what it meant through the words of John chapter 3. “It comes down to the fact that we are all born once into this world,” he said. “God doesn’t have a magic scale where He weighs our good deeds against the bad. God requires us to be born of the Spirit,” he continued. “That’s why Jesus died on the cross—He paid for our sins and made it possible for us to possess eternal life with Him. We can’t make it on our own.” In John 3, Nicodemus began to doubt if he truly had it all figured out. A trained teacher in the Scriptures (v. 1), he recognized that Jesus was different and that His teaching had authority (v. 2). He wanted to find out for himself, so he approached Christ one night to get the matter settled. Nicodemus must have accepted Jesus’ statement “You must be born again” (v. 7) and believed, because he helped prepare the Savior’s body for burial after He was crucified (19:39). The funeral director agreed to go home and read the third chapter of John’s gospel. Like the son who talked with the director, let’s take Jesus’ words to heart and share them with others as He helps us.

Are you born again? How can you share being born again in Christ with others? I have been sharing this with the unsolicited texter the other day, To convert, to repent, to change your ways, to live with the Holy Spirit, we all can call out to the slaves for Satan to repent, the change, convert, to follow Jesus, to receive His Holy Spirit in us, to live like true Christians. The truth matters. We do not need to sin, to be slaves, we just need to follow Jesus, be born in Him, following Him, reflecting Him, imitating Him, living with His Holy Spirit in us!  So lie, but we do not have to when we follow Jesus and live with the Holy Spirit! When we are born again in Christ! Truth matters!