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You Are A New Creature

“. . . but though our outward man perish,
yet the inward man is renewed day by day”
(2 Corinthians 4:16)

 

In the New Birth, our spirits are recreated, our bodies are not. It is in our spirit where all things have become new. We still have the same bodies we always had. There is a man who lives inside the body. Paul calls him “the inward man of the heart” (1 Peter 3:4).

 

This man is hidden to the physical eye. No one can see the real you – the inward man. They may think they do but they only see the house you live in. You are on the inside looking out. The same thing is true with the people you know; you’ve never really seen the real man on the inside.

 

When a man’s house is decaying, the real man still lives. The real man never dies. It is this inward man who is born into the family of God, who is in perfect union with the Master.
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The Journey 2022

THE NEW BIRTH

BORN AGAIN

 

 

Your practical, inspirational resource

for supporting your spiritual walk.

 

 

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

 

 

2022 will be the year we present Jesus, “straight no chaser.” Politics, race, culture, nor social location will dictate the truth of His Word. The key which unlocks all the promises of God is this – Jesus taught that a man must be born again. The New Birth is a necessity to being saved. Through the New Birth you come into the right relationship to God. The New Birth is necessary before you can claim any of the benefits of the Bible.

 

The New Birth is not: confirmation – church membership – water baptism – the taking of sacraments – observing religious duties – an intellectual reception of Christianity – orthodoxy of faith – going to church – saying prayers – reading the Bible – being moral – being cultured or refined – doing good deeds – doing your best – your political affiliation – nor any of the many other things some men are trusting to save them.

 

“. . . Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God”

John 3:3

“. . . Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God”

John 3:5

“. . . Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven”

Matt. 18:3

“. . . Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish”

Luke 13:3,5

 

 

My prayer for you this year is that you realize the enemy seeks to divide and destroy us. Don’t allow him to win. Love your neighbor as yourself.  Blessings

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You Are A Child of God

 

No truth in all the Bible is as far reaching as the blessed fact that when we are born again into the family of God – God the Father is our Father. He cares for us! He is interested in us, each of us individually, not just as a group, or as a body, or a church. He is interested in each of His children and loves each one of us with the same love.

 

Get acquainted with your Father through the Word. When you were saved, you were born into His family as a spiritual body. Babies in the natural must eat natural food to develop and grow. The Bible instructs the children of God: “As newborn babies, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby . . . “ (1 Peter 2:2).

 

It is in the Word where we find out about our Father, about His love, His nature, how He cares for us, and how He loves us. He is everything the Word says He is. He will do everything the Word says He will do.