JOHN 3:1-3 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Have you ever felt like you just don’t belong, …or that you simply don’t fit in? It doesn’t feel so good, does it? People like to “belong”. There is security in belonging.
Families are groups of people to which you belong because you were born into them. As they say, “blood is thicker than water”… The family bond is very strong… but it is only temporary, because that family bond does not carry beyond the grave. The Good News is that if you belong to God’s family, death can never separate you ever again! You can only be a part of His family by receiving God’s salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
You were born into your natural family by physical birth… You did nothing to accomplish that birth. Once you were born, there was nothing you could do to make yourself “unborn” again. Even if your parents wanted to disown you, as you already know, they could not. You will always be related to them no matter what…
So, consider God’s family in the same light… To become a part of God’s family, you’ve got to be born into it. In John 3:3, Jesus told Nicodemus that “Ye must be born again”. Just as you had a physical birth into a physical life, to become born again is to be born into a spiritual life through a spiritual birth. (How? Through faith in Jesus Christ… Romans 10:9-10) Just like your physical body, you can’t do anything to accomplish the spiritual birth. God has done all of the work. You can’t do anything to accomplish it.
As you were not able to make yourself physically “unborn” again, likewise, you cannot cause yourself to be unborn spiritually either… Ya get it? Once you are born again, it is beyond your power to ever undo it… So, what’s the point? You are secure in Christ… forever.
John 6:39 says, “And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing”. Romans 8:38 says that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus… Once you belong to Christ, you are safe from Satan… and safe from eternal damnation… Amen?
Blessings,
Rick & Sandy
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