Title
Born Again
Scripture
Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
(John 3:3)
Devotional
We were all born with a sin nature. This we have inherited from the first man, Adam. Because of original sin, we are all going to die. Therefore to live again, we must be born again. This is the keystone message of Christ and the message is clear: “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Let us ask as the Philippian jailor asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”(1) And let us hear the answer, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.”(2) What are we to believe? We are to believe that God sent His only begotten Son to pay the price for our sins and that He came, lived, died and rose again from the dead. If we accept that payment for sin, we shall be born again. And the evidence of being born again is a perpetually changing life. “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”(3)
(1) Acts 16:30, (2) Acts 16:31, (3) 2 Corinthians 5:17