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Salvation by Jesus Christ in a Nutshell!

Have you ever asked a person if they were born again and they returned an answer of "I go to such and such church." This is a common retort when someone does not understand what the phrase "born again" means.

Many people, and I know them personally who believe they have become a Christian by joining a group of people at a particular building. They are even pressured to be a "member" as though as long as they do that they are saved.

Sadly this country has been operating under the dilution that "going to church" makes them a good person. It has nothing to do with transformation by the Holy Spirit in a miraculous change of heart in the one who is born again.

In our culture today saying "I am a Christian" makes them feel safe with all the perks God has to offer them but without a desire to be changed by Him into a new creation.

The only way to become born again is to admit one is a sinner without a way of earning heaven by their works. Those who agree with God that they are despicable human beings unable to save themselves will want His sacrifice for our sins to account to them. When we trust in Christ that He paid for our sins on the cross and desire to be changed by Him, then He will do it.

He will send the Holy Spirit to live in those who are of a broken spirit over their sin and He will begin the cleansing process after He seals them with the Holy Spirit of Promise.

We do not become sinless when we are saved by Christ, but we will sin less because He does an ongoing work of cleansing. The more we confess our individual sins the more He works in us.

1 John 1:9

"9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."

Ephesians 1:13-14

"13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of the promise, 14 who is a first installment of our inheritance, in regard to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory."

When Christ changes us into a new creation we cannot return back to our old selves, it has been a work of God to change us, we do not change ourselves.

Those who attempt to change themselves are not saved. They are depending on their own version of righteousness by their own power, God will not change anyone who wants to do it their own way and they will not be born again.

Ephesians 2:10

"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Marriage is a picture of salvation in the Scriptures. When Christ makes two people one it is a spiritual oneness that cannot be undone by man. Only death severs the marriage relationship that God created when the promises were made.

When God does a work no one or nothing can change what He does.

When a believer sins He hates it, confesses it to be cleansed as stated in 1 John 1:9 and he moves forward not repeating that same sin.

1 John 2:1 "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."

We only have an advocate because we belong to Christ. It is not our Spirit that sins it is the flesh we battle because it remains sinful, the reason it does not go to heaven when we are born-again believers. Only our Spirit goes and our corrupted body stays on earth and decays.

God disciplines those who belong to Him so that they grow in holiness.

Hebrews 12:4-11 "4 You have not yet resisted [c]to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,

“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,

Nor faint when you are punished by Him;

6 For whom the Lord loves He disciplines,

And He punishes every son whom He accepts.”

7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

Those who are not disciplined by God are not born again. All His children are disciplined and trained by the Holy Spirit. Every believer ought to be growing in holiness and righteousness.

Hebrews 12:8-11 "8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?

10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

11 For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness."

We can praise and thank the Lord for His purpose in our lives when we are born-again. Everything has a reason and everything is for our good and the good of all the believers in our sphere of influence.

Anyone who remains proud of how good they think they are, do not understand that pride is a sin and anyone with it will not be accepted. One must be humble to admit they are a sinner unable to save themselves. Anyoen who retains pride about their own goodness has not been changed into a new creation by God.

However, if a believer struggles with pride God will discipline them until they learn humility through trusting the Holy Spirit more than they trust in themselves.

Hebrews 12:14-17 "14 Pursue peace with all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

16 that there be no sexually immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

17 For you know that even afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears."

And finally: Christ said "you shall know them by their fruit." The fruit of the Spirit are the character qualities of Christ not works. When a believer has these qualities they will recognize other believers with these qualities. They will also recognize when someone claims to be a Christian but does not have the qualities, these are those who want to be safe but do not want Christ.

Galatians 5:22-23

"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

When we have this fruit of Christ Who dwells in us we will not live a lifestyle of anger and rebellion. We will automatically without thinking display these wonderful fruits because they are the nature of our soul. We cannot nor do we want to go against our new nature.

A good analogy in nature that God gave us was the butterfly. The butterfly begins in the cocoon as a worm. When it is time to emerge from the cocoon that worm turns into a brand new creature that is completely changed and can never go back into the worm state, they are changed forever into something beautiful and free to fly away from the prison of the cocoon.

The unsaved state for unbelievers is a prison they don't even know they are in, when someone becomes born again the joy and peace that comes is so wonderful that any desire to sin is removed from us. Now we have the mind of Christ, the Spirit of Christ, and the freedom to be what He wants us to be.

Isaiah 40:31 "

Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary."

Those who are in bondage to sin do not realize the freedom in Christ that born-again believers have. They have been released from the bondage of sin and given the freedom to be righteous, protected, and loved by Christ even in the midst of their trials. Trials do not go away but Christ goes through with those who have trusted in Him.

Hallelujah for God's provision of His dear Son Jesus Christ Who wants everyone to repent (change their mind) and desire to be changed by Him into a new creation.

2 Corinthians 5:17

"17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come."

Growing in Holiness Through Christ-like Conflict Resolution

We learn the most when we are confronted with our own flaws. Those who focus on their strengths will remain stagnant and even regress.

The strengths do not need work but the flaws do. If we are satisfied with ourselves we will not be inclined to improve and grow emotionally or Spiritually.

I don't know about you but I am not the same person I was when I became born again and I don't want to be the same person when I die that I am right now.

It is a weak person who stagnates to admire themselves in the mirror to message their feelings about themselves. Perhaps they know they have flaws and must continually praise themselves to overpower the sense of conviction that they are not perfect.

A strong person can admit their flaws and carry on to do better. It is a strong person who does not receive flattery but would rather hear a correction from God or a trusted friend than millions of people who flatter them.

Proverbs 29:5

"A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet."

Proverbs 26:24-28

"Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin."

A good friend does not come in an angry spirit to beat us down when we have a flaw, rather they come in meekness with a desire to share a helpful and Biblical solution.

It is not hard to see when someone comes to "beat you up" to win over you or when they come because they love us deeply with concern and kindness.

Whatever the case our calm and kind response is on us, their anger is on them. We must respond and not react in emotional outbursts. If we love others we desire to learn what bothers them and we desire to resolve a problem.

Sadly though, in our day people want to vent but they will not discuss, as they withhold information and will not be honest and genuine. It is nearly impossible to discuss someone who stonewalls and refuses to be honest. In a case like this we remove ourselves and pray that God would work in both of us to do the right thing.

Proverbs 28:23

"Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue."

Job 32:21-22

"I will not show partiality to any man or use flattery toward any person. For I do not know how to flatter, else my Maker would soon take me away."

When the Holy Spirit is working in our hearts our desire is to learn our flaws and pray that He cleanse us of them. There is nothing more wonderful than two believers who are discussing a problem while each loves with the kindness of Christ in the exchange.

Becoming Born Again is a Transformation by the Holy Spirit of our Heart

Perhaps this Year at the Marriage Supper

In another post about the wonderful miracle of the Jews returning to their homeland, I reflected on how much I relate to their feelings about going home finally.

 
Here's what I said;
"Before they had their nation Jews would say; "next year in Jerusalem" as a greeting to one another. Now I say; "next year the rapture perhaps" when we will meet again. I hope it is sooner than that but I understand the hope the Jews had and how amazing it was for them when they finally could go back to their homeland."

I know others who feel as I do, that they are looking for their blessed hope of their heavenly home and the marriage supper of the Lamb where we will all gather to celebrate the greatest wedding feast of all.

 
Hallelujah!!!

The Lie in the Apostate Churches

We do not need buildings to worship in, we have homes and where two or three are gathered Christ is in the midst. Those who are growing in holiness and wisdom are leaving the organized apostate churches.

There is a huge lie being taught in many churches that is attracting false Christians. That lie is that since we are under grace we can sin all we want and still be saved.

In order to believe this lie one has to ignore all of what the Bible teaches.

Romans 6:1-2 "1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?…"

1 Corinthians 2:13-15 "…13 And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. 14 The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment."

Titus 2:11-14

"11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and in a godly manner in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, eager for good deeds."

Grace is not given for freedom to sin, it was given to empower us through the Holy Spirit to resist sin. If someone proudly defends their sin they were never born again.

No one who is born-again through the power of the Holy Spirit would ever assert that sin doesn't matter anymore because we are covered in the blood. This is an erroneous teaching by Pentecostal groups who deny much of Scripture to justify their own idea of their form of Christianity not based on God's Word but their own desires.

When we become a new creation by the power of the Holy Spirit we lose our desire to sin, it is detestable to us. Even if we fall in weakness we repent quickly because the weight of the conviction of the Holy Spirit causes confession of that sin to be cleansed of it.

1 John 1:9-10 "9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us."

Psalm 51:2

"Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin."

Proverbs 28:13

"He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy."

God has always hated sin and always will. He will not tolerate it in His children.

Hebrews 12:5-7 "…5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. 6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?…"

Revelation 3:19

"Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent."

If God didn't care about sin in His children He never would have written the passages that describe His discipline toward those who belong to Him.

Born-again believers are not sinless because they still battle sin in the flesh. However, they reject sin, grow in holiness and would never defend sin. Those who defend sin with anger in their heart are not born-again.

Hebrews 10:22

"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water."

May we never be tolerant of sin in one another, but in a deep love for one another speak the truth out of our love for one another. Coddling one another in sin is not love, it is hate for the one we coddle and love for self more than God.

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