Changed from the inside out!

Changed from the inside out!

Often we hear the phrase "so and so converted to Christianity." This is an inaccurate phrase, in terms of true Christianity, many can convert to Christianity without becoming born again. In fact this is the state of our apostate church today.

When we become born again, Christ transforms us into a new creation, we are no longer the old and will never return to it......it is done away with entirely.

2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

We no longer think as we used to think. What used to be attractive to us before becomes ugly and unappealing to us. The things that used to embarrass us, such as righteousness and holiness, become desirable to us.

Our thoughts continually gravitate toward the Lord throughout the day. When a dilemma or situation arises we are compelled to ask the Lord about it. When we have had a blessing of any kind our senses thank Him for it.

Being Christians is not a club or church we join, it is a state of being brought on by the Lord in response to our desire to be free of our sin and pleasing to Him. He changes our spirit, something no man can do for himself.

The gratefulness we feel because of what He did for us leads us to want to obey His principles. When we disobey them, we are grieved and must confess them quickly to restore the lost fellowship with Him.

When will those who are pretenders realize that becoming born again is not a club we join or lifestyle we embrace? Being born again is something Christ does to us that completely changes us from the inside out.