16 Salvation 2/3

16 Salvation 2/3

Rebirth

Jhn 3:3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

You can see rebirth is the salvation necessary condition! But what is rebirth?

Jhn 1:12 To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Jhn 1:13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
2Co 13:5 Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?

So, rebirth is tied to our faith(see 14), the person rebirth have Jesus live in them(see 5)

What is the symptoms of rebirth ?

2Co 5:17 So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.
Phl 3:7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
Phl 3:8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

Rebirth people are satisfied with Jesus live in them

How to be reborn ? Start with follow GOD’s will

What is the basic requirement for following GOD’s will

Luk 14:26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
Luk 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man has a desire to come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross every day, and come after me.

What is the results of follow GOD’s will and his promises:

Jhn 14:23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.
Jhn 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

When we follow GOD will, we should examine the originality of our behavior , is it from worldly culture, our inheritance or from the Bible. Also, examine where we put our glory to. Make progress of follow GOD’s will not only quality, but quantities.  The more we follow GOD’s will , the greater our faith.

Heb 4:2 And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.
Jhn 3:34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
Jas 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead even so faith without works is dead.

Let’s do the check to see if Jesus Chris live in you?

Jhn 18:37 Then Pilate said to him, Are you then a king? Jesus made answer, You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I given birth, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might give witness to what is true. Every lover of what is true gives ear to my voice.

Question: What is controlling your thoughts? What is the content of my daily conversation? How much percentage is GOD’s word. Also, when you read bible, do you feel like you are talking to yourself.

We have to be patient and obey GOD’s authorities because rebirth is his work.

Jer 17:10 I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.
Exo 33:19 And he said, I will make all the light of my being come before you, and will make clear to you what I am; I will be kind to those to whom I will be kind, and have mercy on those on whom I will have mercy.

Finally, let everyone can be reborn.