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.
