"Ye Must Be Born Again." I heard an old minister once preach a sermon entitled "Ye Must Be Born Again." I remember that he said, "Why am I preaching on 'Ye must be born again?' Because Jesus Christ said 'Ye must be born again.'" John 3:7. So how do we get born again? I know a lot of churches don't use the term "born again" and that doesn't necessarily mean that many of them are born again. I think that it means believing the gospel message. Jesus Christ said, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." Mark 16:15,16.
So what is the gospel? That Jesus Christ, who was God, the Son of God, voluntarily came down to earth, was born of the virgin Mary in Bethlehem in Judea. That He was the Christ or Messiah of Bible prophecies. That according to those prophecies that He died on a cross so that we can be saved and healed. But then He rose again two days later. That hundreds of people witnessed Him alive and well as is recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the New Testament of the Bible. Then He ascended up into heaven to sit at the right hand of God the Father. He's still alive today, and He's able to hear our faintest cry for help. The Bible said "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:10. So I can just whisper that name "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, save me, heal me, help me" and He will hear and answer. But you might say, "I don't know if He will help me. I'm an Arab. I'm poor. I'm handicapped. I've done a lot of horrible things in my life." The Bible said "whosoever." An old song I used to sing said "Whosoever meaneth me." I'm whosoever. You're whosoever. You don't have to be Roman Catholic, but Christianity is a catholic, or universal, religion. The Bible says "God is love" and He loves us all equally or impartially. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." So do you believe? You can even pray as one fellow in the Bible did "Lord, I believe. Help thou mine unbelief." So please invite Jesus into your heart today. Say or whisper this prayer, "Lord Jesus, I call on Your name right now. Save me. Heal me. Make me born again. Come into my heart. Change me to be like You. Cleanse me. Wash away my sins. Help me to live for You the rest of my life. Amen." http://www.squidoo.com/tithes-and-offerings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
