Thought For Today – November 29
Born Of God.
“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 ther 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 r eceiving 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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