“WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BORN AGAIN?”“WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BORN AGAIN?”
This is also called the NEW BIRTH.
In the old testament, there never was eternal
security … proof? David prayed that God wouldn’t take the Holy Spirit
from him
(Psalm 51:11); Saul lost God’s Spirit
(1 Samuel 16:14); ands so did
Samson
(Judges 16:20).
God’s Spirit would come and go in these saints (Isaiah
63:11; Nehemiah 9:20; 1 Peter 1:11) … but never permanently
indwell … as
a Christian has today.
Now the reason why the Holy Spirit could not
abide or indwell the bodies of old testament saints, was because their souls
were stuck to the their flesh.
When an old testament saint’s flesh sinned … his
soul sinned (Leviticus 22:4-6) … and God’s Spirit left the body.
Now today, if you are saved, your soul has been cut
loose from the body (Colossians 2:11), such that the Holy Ghost …
the
permanent in dwelling of the Holy Spirit … does not come into contact
with your
flesh (Romans 7:17-18).
All this shows that
an unsaved man today … without the new birth, that means he is not born again …
is part of his sins
Christians can sin everyone of the sins mentioned in
Ephesians (Ephesians 5:1-4,5-8,9-12) … and those in Revelation (Revelation
21:8).
Now we note that a saved man, a Christian, is not
a liar, adulterer or murderer … but his flesh is!
So the new birth is the spiritual
circumcision which cuts the soul away from the flesh …
which
means the real you is not responsible for your flesh sins
(Romans
6:15-18).
Now the fleshy commits the works of the flesh
(Galatians 5:19-21) … and you will reap what you sow (1 Corinthians
11:27-30,31) …
but these can not affect your salvation in any way shape or
form …
that’s right Folks … once saved always saved!
But in the old testament they could lose their
salvation.
And
this is
the simplest explanation to explain the new birth. Go back and study
this
teaching again and again … till it becomes clear to you Dear Reader.
Harley
Hitchcock
June 2024
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