Thought For Today - August 23, 2023
Born Of God.
By: Robert A. Searles
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3.
“Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be
born of water and of the spirit, he cannot see the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is
born of the spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, ye must be born again.” John 3: 5, 6, 7.
My
friend, if you cannot fully appreciate the word of God, believe its'
promises, and perceive with your heart and mind
all the glories, joys, and happiness of the kingdom of God; if you
cannot enjoy the fellowship with God as a parent – child
relationship, and experience the sense of justification and forgiveness
of sins past, present, and future, perhaps it is because
you have never truly been “born again” into the family of God.
When Adam and Eve our first earthly parents disobeyed God at the very beginning of creation, they sold their birthright to
Satan, and since then every human being that has ever been born has inherited the sin nature, and comes into the world already
estranged from God. So, when we are born, we are born in the flesh only. Our spiritual life does not begin at the time of our
physical birth.
Although God is the creator of all, he is not the father of all until his child has been conceived and born. God
is spirit, he must be worshiped in spirit, and to become a child of God, we must be born in the spirit.
“The natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them
because they are spiritually discerned.” 1 Corinthians 2: 14.
In
order to be born into the family of God, it is totally a work of God's
grace. We must be drawn by God to hear and accept
the word of God as absolute truth, and by faith believe, as it says
that - “All scripture is given by inspiration of God”, and that
“holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the holy ghost.” One must
accept by faith that Jesus Christ is the divine son of
God, and that he died for the sins of each individual person who will
receive him, and that his bodily resurrection was proof
that God had accepted his sacrifice in payment of their sin debt, and
for the justification of all who will receive him.
Intellectual knowledge is not enough. The heart must confirm by faith, that which the mind knows factually. The world says
prove it to me, and I will believe. God says, believe me and then I will prove it to you by spiritual discernment
.
“God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have
everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the
name of the only begotten son of God. John 3: 16, 17, 18. \
“As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them who believe on his name,
which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God.” John 1: 12, 13
Dear
reader, I invite you to believe the word of God; to believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ and be saved. If God is drawing
you to himself, and has implanted within your heart a grain of faith as
minute as the grain of mustard seed, if you are willing,
by receiving the Word of God into your heart, this grain of faith will
become impregnated with the word of God, and cause you
to become a child of God. Then the Holy Spirit will dwell within you
and cause you to know God, enjoy God, and perceive
the kingdom of God, and have the assurance of eternal, everlasting
life.
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