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1 | How often must we die and be born again? | Acts 8:22 | Rowdy | 117814 | ||
Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Acts 8:18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." 20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 "You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. 22 "Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 "For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity." 24 But Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." There's not many examples of christians sinning after becoming a christian but all we need is one. Simon above was definitely a christian, not a very mature one but a christian nonetheless. 1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I should stress all of these epistles were written to christians and we all know we sin daily, either the sin of commission or omission. So the bottom line is that when we sin AFTER becoming a christian, we just repent of that sin to God and maintain that cleansing relationship with Jesus' blood. Public sins should be repented publically while private sins could be repented in private. Being born again to become a christian should only happen once in each person's life. Even the vilest sinner on earth like those described in the Corinthian letters can and did need repentance on a daily basis just like most modern Americans. God bless. --Rowdy |
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2 | How often must we die and be born again? | Acts 8:22 | nasowas | 118003 | ||
Thank you, Rowdy, for your answer. I probably did not put my question clear enough. I was referring to Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in John 3 when He spoke of the need to be born again. I believe Paul in his letter 1 Cor 15 50-54 spoke of the same born again. To repent and turn away from sinful life, to become a Christian, in my understanding does not fit the criteria "born again." Most of us would have to be born again practically every day because even as little as a sinful though would make us "fall short of the Glory of God." Matthew 5:22 But I tell you this. Anyone who is angry with his brother without having a good reason, will be judged in court. Anyone who says wrong things to his brother will be judged for it in the big court. Anyone who says "You fool!" will be judged to go into hell fire. I think we need forgiveness every day but the faithful will get born again on the Last Day because of our faith in Christ. My question is: Do we get born again more than once? |
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3 | How often must we die and be born again? | Acts 8:22 | Rowdy | 118116 | ||
I can only respond with scripture as follows: 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. This seems pretty clear to me but basically it means as long as we established and accepted that initial gift of salvation as cited in Acts 2:38, then our biggest obstacle keeping us out of Heaven thereafter is our own human tendancy to keep sinning (either omission of good deeds or an ocassional slip and some sinful action). We must recognize this tendancy in ourselves hourly or at least daily and be constantly ready for Christ's return as depicted in the marriage feast parable with ten virgins. Your response? --Rowdy |
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