Hello and welcome
to 3ABN's Fall Camp
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Meeting, this is the
theme for our year and
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that is the year of
victory, so what is our
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theme song, "Victory in Jesus"
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and what we're gonna
be talking about this
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morning as I prayed
yesterday is when the
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Lord gave me the
topic for this morning.
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And it's all about
the beginning place for
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victory and that's
what we're gonna be talking
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about, being born
again. And the eight ways to
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know that you're born again.
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But first what I would
like to do is introduce a
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friend of mine,
Tammy, why don't you come
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on out here? Tammy, I came from
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this way, there you are aha,
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you'll know this
lovely lady don't you?
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This is Tammy Chance
and she's Danny's sister,
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she's the
prettiest one in the family.
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I don't know if
that say much you know.
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But what I want you say
is she's got a beautiful
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new album and you know when you
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recorded your album ET told me.
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She said Tammy has
such a special quality
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in her voice,
because it's coming from her
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heart and it really does
come across in your music.
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Well, thank you, and
it's got some wonderful
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selections on it, but
this morning she is gonna
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sing one of my
favorites because this
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is a lively song and it's called
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" Drinking At The Springs Of
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Living Water", yeah, okay Tammy.
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It has to make it
happy or see smile.
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I thirsted in the
barren land of sin and shame,
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Nothing
satisfying there I found;
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But to the blessed cross
of Christ one day I came,
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Where springs of
living water did abound.
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Drinking at the
springs of living water,
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Happy now am I,
my soul they satisfy;
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I am drinking at the
springs of living water,
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply.
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Oh sinner, won't you
come today to Calvary?
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A fountain there is
flowing deep and wide;
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The Savior now invites
you to the waters free,
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Where thirsting
spirits can be satisfied.
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Drinking at the
springs of living water,
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Happy now am I,
my soul they satisfy;
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I am drinking at the
springs of living water,
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply.
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Drinking at the
springs of living water,
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Happy now am I,
my soul they satisfy;
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I am drinking at the
springs of living water,
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply.
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Drinking at the
springs of living water,
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply.
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply.
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What a wonderful
and bountiful supply.
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Amen, thank you Tammy.
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That's something to,
that song because of the
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message and because of
the upbeat tempo that's
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the song that can
really get you going huh.
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You know what we're
gonna be talking about
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this morning, now
first of all let me explain
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something I'm not
somebody who writes
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out a sermon, that
just doesn't work for me.
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Because then I'd
have to get up here
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and practically read
it and that doesn't work
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for me, because I
feel like I'd get in the
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way of the Holy
Spirit. And so what I do when
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I'm asking the Lord
you know what would you
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like me to teach on.
He just starts, he gives a
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topic and then as I
look up a scripture or two,
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it's amazing how God just starts
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connecting all of the
dots. And then that's what
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I have to present to
you, so I teach I'm not a
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preacher, I'm not a prophet.
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I am a teacher and I
use a lot of scripture when
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I teach, the one thing
that I have to say about
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this morning though
is because the Lord gave
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me this
yesterday. And I thought what
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a simple topic, I had
22 pages of scripture and
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then I had to
condense this down and see what
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was important, I
mean most important to get
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across in an hour. I
don't have, I haven't
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timed any of this
out, I wouldn't know how to
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time it up. So,
we're going to go rather
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rapidly over the first
part of this teaching so
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that we can spend
the emphasis on the later
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part of the teaching
okay. Let's go before the
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Lord, Father God,
in the name of Jesus,
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we come this
morning with thanksgiving in
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our hearts, and
Lord we want to thank you
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for this live
audience, I thank you Father God
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for our international audience.
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I thank you Lord for
everyone who is tuning
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into 3ABN to hear
this message and Father,
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I pray in the name of
Jesus that you will do a
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work this morning,
send your Holy Spirit to be
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our teacher. I ask
that you will get me out of
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the way Lord, empty
me of me and fill me
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with your spirit.
Father, this is your
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living word, so I just
lift this teaching before you
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and ask in the name
of Jesus that you will.
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Father, do something
miraculous and help us
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all through
recognize how we can know that
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we are born again
and living in true union
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with the living by
in Jesus Christ, in His
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Holy name we
pray Amen, amen, amen.
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I remember and maybe
you all can remember,
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I think the term born
again Christian became
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popular in the
late 60's or early 70's.
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And I remember the
first time I heard it
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and it was from a
Baptist friend of mine
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who was saying are you
a born again Christian.
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And I said I don't
know, what does that mean?
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And so I went to the
Bible and I've looked it
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up and it was an
interesting thing as
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I studied this out I
went and I talk to my
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grandmother who
watched a lot of television.
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And she said oh yeah
everybody is using that
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slang term now born
again, born again and
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she said, I don't
even wanna hear it.
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And I said but Mimi,
that's what we called
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her Mimi, I said,
it's in the Bible.
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So, this is
something I mean we need to be
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born again to enter
the kingdom of heaven,
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and she says I
don't wanna hear it.
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Well, you know something it's
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interesting when
the Lord, when I first
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started hearing
born again to do this
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teaching for this
weekend. I thought Lord is this
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really you and why
would I need to teach on this?
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And I went
yesterday morning and I asked
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several people at 3ABN
what does, do you think
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it means to be born
again? I got several really
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different answers and
I realized that's why God
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want us me to teach
on this and us to look at
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the scripture
today. Because number one,
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we need to know
that we know that we know
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we are born
again. But number two,
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we need to understand
this so that we can teach
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it to others and we
have to be careful that we
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don't resist
something just because it has
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become a slang term.
And I use that because
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I mean there are a lot
of Christian you'll hear
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people who will say oh
I'm a born again Christian.
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And you look at their
life and you wonder are
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they really. So,
here's how we're gonna learn
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today eight ways to
know that you're born
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again, but first, let
turn in our Bibles to John
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chapter 3, John chapter 3 and
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we'll begin with
verse 3. And you know this
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story, this is when
under the cover of night
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Nicodemus comes
to Jesus because he
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recognizes that he is
more than just a great
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teacher, there is
something going on.
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So, he comes and he
asks Jesus what he has
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to do to be saved
and Jesus says to him in
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verse, chapter John
3:3: Jesus answered and said
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to him, "Most
assuredly, I say to you,
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unless one is what?
Born again, he cannot
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see the kingdom of
God." And Nicodemus said to
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Him, "How can a man
be born when he is old?
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Can he enter a second
time into his mother's
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womb and be born?"
And Jesus answered,
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"Most assuredly, I
say to you, unless one is
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born of water and the
Spirit, he cannot enter
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the kingdom of God."
Now, first of all notice
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you got to be born
again to see the kingdom,
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to understand kingdom
truths, you have to be
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born again and you
have to be born again
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to enter into
these kingdom truths.
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So, he says: "Do not
marvel that I said to
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you, You must be born again.
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The wind blows where
it wishes, and you hear
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the sound of it,
but cannot tell where it
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comes from and where it goes.
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So is everyone who
is born of the Spirit."
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What does it mean to
be born of the water,
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born of the Spirit,
we're gonna look at that,
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but first let me
ask you why do we
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need to be born
again? Nicodemus is saying
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you know what are
you talking about,
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how can I get in back
into my mother's womb.
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What Jesus is talking
about here is that our
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carnal nature is
spiritually dead,
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is that not true?
When we, before we've
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accepted Him as
Savior our carnal nature is
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spiritually dead and
you know what the Bible
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says that the carnal
nature cannot receive
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the things of God.
So, let's look quickly at
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some scriptures
there Romans 5:14,
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in Romans 5:14,
Paul writes and he says:
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Nevertheless, death
reigned from Adam to Moses,
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what kind of death is
he talking about here?
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A spiritual death,
even over those who did not
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sinned according
to the likeness of
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transgression of
Adam, who was a type of Him
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to come. He is
saying from the time that
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Adam sinned death
reigned, the spiritual
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death, why is
that? Isn't it a biblical
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principle in Genesis
we find it and when he's
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talking about
the creation that God
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creates
everything after its kind.
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So, you can't have an
elephant giving birth to
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porpoise, everything
is created after its kind,
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well when
mankinds nature change when
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he became spiritually
dead than everything is
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born with this deadness in it
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and needs a rebirth spiritually.
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So, when we look
at being born again we
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know that the
reason Adam died Roman
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6:23, is because the
wages of sin are death
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but the gift of God is eternal
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life in Christ
Jesus. You know I was
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thinking and considering,
there's an interesting
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scripture that I like
in is Habakkuk 2:4 and he
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says Habakkuk write and says:
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Behold the proud,
his soul is not upright.
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I get this picture
a proud man who is all
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bent over in his
soul: Behold the proud,
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his soul is not upright,
but then he goes to say,
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but the just
shall live by his faith,
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what does he mean?
The one who is proud,
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too proud to acknowledge that he
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needs a savior, is all bent over
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from this burden of
sin. He's got this big burden
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on him and he's
walking down this path and he's
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walking in the wrong
way, he's taking that
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broad path that
leads to destruction.
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And he meets up with
Jesus and Jesus says to
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him because Jesus is
taking them, walking in
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the opposite
direction in the narrow path.
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And Jesus is saying
to him, I have a gift for
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you, it is the gift of
salvation, it is the gift
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of eternal life.
If you will roll your
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burden over on to
me and take my yoke,
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you know my, my
burden is light and,
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and this proud man is saying.
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Because his soul's
all bent over and he's
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saying I don't need
a savior, maybe he goes
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to church every
Sabbath, but he's gonna
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try to work his way into heaven.
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He won't accept this
gift of salvation, and part of
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the reason that we
refuse to accept gifts
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of grace that God
gives to us or offers to us
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is because the carnal
mind cannot understand
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the things of God. In
1st Corinthians 2:14 it says,
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that the natural
man, the unregenerate man,
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the man that has
not been born again does
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not receive the things
of the spirit of God for
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their foolishness to
Him. And it says, nor
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can he know
them because they are
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spiritually
discerned. Now, wait a minute,
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God is saying here
that you cannot receive the
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things of the
spirit in the natural man,
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there's only one
exception to this rule,
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you know what it is?
The plan of salvation,
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God makes it
clear through nature,
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through the scriptures,
through changed lives,
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through history.
God makes it clear that
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is a sovereign creator
of this universe that he
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does have a plan of salvation.
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And he can, the Holy
Spirit comes to convict
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and he can get
people's attention and once they
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accept Jesus, then
if they're being filled
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with the Holy
Spirit they can understand
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His word, is this
making sense, amen.
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So, now what does it
mean to be born again?
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Now we know why we
need to be born again,
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because we're
spiritually dead before we do.
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And we can't even understand,
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have you ever talked
with someone who says
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I read the Bible
all the time and I don't
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understand a
thing, you know why?
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If they're
reading and they're not
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understanding, they're
trying to read it with a
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carnal mind and
understand it with
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human wisdom.
Instead of going before
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the Lord and praying John 17:17:
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O Lord, sanctify me by
these truths, change me
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by your word, and let
me realize your word is
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my spiritual
nutrition. Lord, speak to me
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through your word;
send your Holy Spirit
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to give me understanding.
I started out on this
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teaching and within
30 minutes I realized
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something's
wrong and I thought oh!
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I'm trying to do this on my own.
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And I said Lord, I
need you to help me put this
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teaching together, so what does
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it mean to be born again?
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This experience is your
initial, and notice I said
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initial, your initial
conversion experience,
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this is do you
know what the word
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conversion
means. See we don't even
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understand that
word, that's right,
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it means to be
turned around, to change.
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Here's this proud man
who's walking down the
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broad path to destruction.
And he's got this burden
00:16:31.40\00:16:34.44
of sin on him and
he meets Jesus who's
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going in the opposite
direction and if he's not
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a fool, if he will
listen to the evidence that
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Jesus is the loving Savior.
00:16:44.26\00:16:46.76
When Jesus meets up
with him and says give me
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your sin and I'll give
you the gift of salvation.
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And you know what
happens when he gives
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us that gift of
salvation by His grace we are
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saved through faith in Him.
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He yokes us to Him,
because grace is found,
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salvation is found
when you're in Jesus.
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So, He yokes us to
Him and then he turns us
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around and did you
know that we cannot
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even repent except
by the power of God.
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The Bible says that
God grand us repentance,
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it's out of His
kindness that he lead us to
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repentance and he
gives us repentance.
00:17:23.20\00:17:26.08
And I'm gonna start
giving you different
00:17:26.75\00:17:28.62
message if I don't go
on here, but what happens
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this conversion
experience let me you an
00:17:31.91\00:17:33.97
interesting story.
My mother had total
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cardiac and respiratory
arrest, she was literally
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dead for 15 minutes
and they revived her.
00:17:41.44\00:17:43.99
And we're praying for
it, but when did revive
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her you know what happened?
00:17:47.45\00:17:48.47
She was paralyzed
from the waist down.
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So, she is now in
intensive care and her
00:17:51.23\00:17:53.88
heart stopped and they
brought in the crash cart
00:17:53.89\00:17:57.22
and they bring in
the paddles and they sent
00:17:57.23\00:17:59.85
me out of the room.
I've been in intensive
00:17:59.86\00:18:02.36
care with her for
five days when this
00:18:02.37\00:18:03.88
happened, they sent
me out the room and you
00:18:03.89\00:18:06.29
could hear them
going charge, you know and
00:18:06.30\00:18:08.36
you hear this and
they did it several times.
00:18:08.37\00:18:10.54
The doctor walked out
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and he said, we converted her,
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now isn't that an interest,
00:18:16.39\00:18:17.48
that's what they call
it. When they put those
00:18:17.49\00:18:19.63
paddles to a heart
that's stop beating and they
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get it beating again
or even a heart that's
00:18:23.48\00:18:25.88
skipping beats, they
put those paddles on it.
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And they convert it,
they change it, they turn
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it around to get it
into a normal rhythm of life.
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This is what God does
to us, he reaches down
00:18:35.12\00:18:38.26
with loving hands like
the paddles, he touches
00:18:38.27\00:18:41.57
our heart and when
he touches the heart and
00:18:41.58\00:18:45.08
helps us to
circumcise the heart.
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He gets that heart
going again and that's the
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experience of
being born again when you
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start, you're
converted the initial time.
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Now, since
conversion is actually a
00:18:56.69\00:19:01.08
synonymous term with repentance,
00:19:01.09\00:19:03.23
is conversion something we need
00:19:03.60\00:19:05.30
more than one experience with?
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How often do you think
we ought to be converted?
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Daily, we've got to, and
we've got to repent daily.
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Some people think of conversion,
00:19:15.41\00:19:17.10
they confuse it with
the born again experience.
00:19:17.83\00:19:20.63
It's part of the
born again experience,
00:19:21.41\00:19:23.06
but it's not all,
when you're born again you
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become a new creation in Christ.
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You're born from
above, you become a
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child of God, a child
of light, your position in
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Christ, you're
grafted in and we find our new
00:19:34.75\00:19:38.12
life in Christ.
Let me read a passage
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if you wanna turn there
it's Ephesians chapter 2,
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we are made spiritually
alive when you're born
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again, listen to
Ephesians chapter 2
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verse 1: You He
made alive, you who were
00:19:53.18\00:19:58.20
dead in trespasses and sins.
00:19:58.38\00:20:00.94
He made your life
through the born again
00:20:01.68\00:20:03.42
experience, you were
dead in trespasses and
00:20:03.43\00:20:06.47
sins, in which you
once walked according to the
00:20:06.48\00:20:09.29
course of this world,
according to the prince
00:20:09.30\00:20:11.58
of the power of the
air, the spirit who now
00:20:11.59\00:20:14.45
works in the
sons of disobedience.
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So, those who are
being disobedient to God
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what spirit is working in them?
00:20:21.65\00:20:23.05
The spirit of the prince of the
00:20:23.79\00:20:24.83
power of the air, the devil.
00:20:24.84\00:20:27.13
Among whom also
we all once conducted
00:20:27.95\00:20:30.76
ourselves in the lusts
of our flesh, fulfilling the
00:20:30.77\00:20:32.94
desires of the
flesh and of the mind,
00:20:32.95\00:20:34.69
and we're by
nature children of wrath,
00:20:34.88\00:20:37.54
just as the others.
But God, who is rich
00:20:37.89\00:20:40.76
in mercy, because
of His great love with
00:20:40.77\00:20:43.80
which He loved
us, even when we were
00:20:43.81\00:20:45.52
dead in trespasses,
he made us alive together
00:20:45.53\00:20:49.38
with Christ, by
grace you have been saved,
00:20:49.39\00:20:53.65
there's only one
thing that you need to do
00:20:54.10\00:20:56.56
to be born again that
is to welcome it and to
00:20:56.77\00:20:59.69
receive it and to
just surrender it to God.
00:20:59.70\00:21:02.27
He says even when we
were dead in trespasses,
00:21:03.13\00:21:07.74
he made us alive
together with Christ,
00:21:07.75\00:21:11.40
therefore the Bible
says, Paul goes on in 2nd
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Corinthians 5:17 and
says that anyone who is
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in Christ is a new
creation, the old is gone
00:21:18.04\00:21:22.70
and the new has
come. Now, I can tell I'm
00:21:23.00\00:21:27.62
watching the clock
and thinking O Lord,
00:21:27.63\00:21:29.35
I need three hours
to do this teaching.
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In John chapter 1,
this is what John wrote:
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to as many as did
receive and welcome
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Him, welcome Jesus,
He gave the authority,
00:21:41.88\00:21:46.81
is this gift? He gave
the authority and that word
00:21:46.82\00:21:51.70
authority is
'exusia' which means power or
00:21:51.71\00:21:56.15
privilege or the
right. He gave us the power,
00:21:56.16\00:21:59.18
the privilege and
right to become the children
00:21:59.19\00:22:02.22
of God that is to
those who believe in His
00:22:02.23\00:22:06.03
name, who owe their
birth neither to bloods
00:22:06.04\00:22:09.46
nor to the will of the
flesh nor to the will of
00:22:09.67\00:22:12.61
man but to God,
we are born by God.
00:22:12.62\00:22:17.51
Now, I'm gonna have
to skip a lot of this,
00:22:18.16\00:22:20.55
let me get over here,
how are we born again?
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Do you know the answer to that?
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How are we born again?
We're born by the spirit
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and by the word.
In First Peter, let's
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look at First Peter
chapter 1, I do want you
00:22:35.40\00:22:38.19
to turn there, because
it is so important for us to
00:22:38.20\00:22:41.67
understand the transforming
00:22:41.68\00:22:44.30
power of the word of God.
00:22:44.31\00:22:46.02
I use a little illustration
and I'll tell people if
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I've got a handful
of corn over here and a
00:22:49.89\00:22:52.60
handful of wheat here
and I plant to my right,
00:22:52.61\00:22:56.72
your left if I'm
planting corn on this field and
00:22:56.73\00:23:00.06
I'm planting wheat
over in this field.
00:23:00.14\00:23:02.14
Once the harvest
comes what am I gonna get
00:23:02.49\00:23:04.55
over here, corn why?
You planted it, what am
00:23:04.56\00:23:09.04
I gonna get over
here? Wheat, why?
00:23:09.05\00:23:11.82
Because you planted
it. The potential of any
00:23:12.88\00:23:16.38
harvest is in the
seed. In the Bible Jesus says
00:23:16.54\00:23:22.72
that the seed when he's
talking about parable of
00:23:22.73\00:23:25.52
the seed, he
says the seed is what?
00:23:25.53\00:23:28.37
The word of God,
and you are born again
00:23:28.99\00:23:33.53
by the word of God,
look at this all of your
00:23:33.97\00:23:37.40
potential, listen to
what I'm saying, all of your
00:23:37.41\00:23:40.58
potential is
wrapped up in His seed.
00:23:40.59\00:23:44.45
Every promise of
God that you speak over
00:23:45.47\00:23:48.37
your life that you put
into practice in your life
00:23:48.38\00:23:50.60
that's how God is going
to change you, and he is
00:23:50.92\00:23:55.30
going to get His power in you.
00:23:55.31\00:23:57.08
First Peter 1:22 and
23, First Peter 1:22 is
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where we're gonna
begin. He says: Since you
00:24:03.97\00:24:06.30
have purified your
souls, that's interesting,
00:24:06.31\00:24:09.47
you have purified
your souls, you know when
00:24:09.87\00:24:12.12
you study through the
Bible, the Bible tells us
00:24:12.13\00:24:15.39
the word
sanctifies us, the Holy Spirit
00:24:15.40\00:24:17.51
sanctifies us, Jesus
sanctifies us, the God
00:24:17.52\00:24:20.77
Father sanctifies us, it
is His job to sanctify us,
00:24:20.78\00:24:25.57
to set us apart, to change us.
00:24:25.58\00:24:27.44
But we've got a part in
it, because it says since
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you have
purified your souls, how?
00:24:30.15\00:24:32.38
In obeying the truth through
00:24:33.21\00:24:35.30
the spirit in sincere love.
00:24:35.31\00:24:37.86
Jesus said, if you
love me you will obey my
00:24:38.66\00:24:42.43
commandments, but
notice here the only
00:24:42.44\00:24:45.48
way that you can obey
is through the spirit,
00:24:45.49\00:24:49.90
obedience is by grace as well.
00:24:51.06\00:24:54.03
It is something
that you have to come and
00:24:54.91\00:24:56.70
surrender to God and
ask for the will and ask
00:24:56.71\00:25:00.03
for the power to
walk in obedience.
00:25:00.04\00:25:02.56
So, he says in
verse 23: Having been born
00:25:03.17\00:25:06.61
again, not of corruptible
seed but incorruptible,
00:25:06.62\00:25:11.31
what is this incorruptible seed?
00:25:11.72\00:25:13.81
Through the word
of God which lives and
00:25:14.60\00:25:18.27
abides forever,
you know James says in
00:25:18.28\00:25:22.04
James 1:18 that it was
out of His will that God
00:25:22.05\00:25:26.32
brought us forth
by His word of truth.
00:25:26.33\00:25:30.78
How did God create the world?
00:25:31.68\00:25:33.34
He spoke it, there is
such power in the word
00:25:34.41\00:25:37.97
of God there is
transforming power
00:25:37.98\00:25:40.42
in the word of God.
And after James says in
00:25:40.66\00:25:43.73
1:18 that God brought
us forth by His will and
00:25:43.74\00:25:48.65
by the word of
truth, he says in verse 21,
00:25:48.66\00:25:51.83
get rid of all
uncleanness and the
00:25:52.25\00:25:55.22
rampant outgrowth of wickedness,
00:25:55.23\00:25:57.02
and in a humble
spirit receive and welcome
00:25:57.03\00:25:59.92
the word which
implanted and rooted in your
00:25:59.93\00:26:02.68
hearts contains the
power to save your souls.
00:26:02.69\00:26:08.30
Did you hear that,
the word of God planted
00:26:08.74\00:26:12.42
and rooted in your
heart contains power,
00:26:13.08\00:26:17.06
now this is
dunamis, this is not just the
00:26:17.28\00:26:20.10
'exusia' power
alright, but this is dunamis
00:26:20.11\00:26:23.35
power of the Holy
Spirit, that's why it's so
00:26:23.36\00:26:26.18
important for us
to get into the word,
00:26:26.19\00:26:28.21
faith comes by
hearing and hearing
00:26:28.22\00:26:30.93
by the word of
God. So, we need to get
00:26:30.94\00:26:33.89
into the word and
speak this word over our life
00:26:33.90\00:26:36.94
claim it, pray it back
to the Lord in, in prayer
00:26:36.95\00:26:40.34
and recognize that
there is divine, divine power.
00:26:41.09\00:26:45.63
Now, turn to Second
Peter, because I want
00:26:45.95\00:26:48.59
just to spend one
more minute on this being
00:26:48.60\00:26:50.77
born of the word,
I've really like this been
00:26:50.78\00:26:54.62
about ten more minutes but.
00:26:54.63\00:26:55.83
Second Peter chapter
1 and verse 2, the Bible
00:26:57.51\00:27:03.35
tells us that we
partake of the divine nature of
00:27:03.36\00:27:07.09
God through the
word, through His promises,
00:27:07.10\00:27:12.11
lets look at verse 2,
Second Peter chapter 1
00:27:12.46\00:27:15.71
and verse 2, actually
let's start with verse 3:
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As His divine
power, this is God's divine
00:27:18.85\00:27:22.22
power has given to
us how many things?
00:27:22.23\00:27:25.70
All things, God has
given us all things that
00:27:26.58\00:27:29.50
pertain to life and
godliness, through the
00:27:29.51\00:27:32.26
knowledge of Him who
called us by his glory
00:27:32.27\00:27:35.37
and virtue, you
cannot murmur and complain
00:27:35.38\00:27:39.59
that God hasn't
given you everything that
00:27:40.27\00:27:42.92
you need to live a
powerful Christian life.
00:27:42.93\00:27:46.54
If you're not living a
powerful Christian life,
00:27:47.73\00:27:50.02
I can tell you right
now because you're trying to
00:27:50.03\00:27:51.79
do it under your own
power. And I would say to you
00:27:51.80\00:27:55.37
the same thing the Lord
reminds me Galatians 3:3:
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You foolish thing.
Having begun in the
00:27:57.91\00:27:59.91
Spirit, are you now trying
to perfect it in the flesh?
00:27:59.92\00:28:02.93
Don't we do that? But
look at this, he says:
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By which, by His
glory and virtue have been
00:28:08.63\00:28:11.90
given to us
exceedingly great and precious
00:28:11.91\00:28:16.32
promises, that
through these, through what?
00:28:16.33\00:28:19.99
Through these promises
you may be partakers of
00:28:21.06\00:28:26.04
the divine nature,
and having escaped the
00:28:26.05\00:28:30.73
corruption that is in
the world through lust.
00:28:30.74\00:28:32.81
Do you see the
direct correlation here
00:28:33.65\00:28:36.41
between receiving?
How many promises are
00:28:37.44\00:28:40.36
ours in Christ
Jesus? All, all, Second
00:28:40.37\00:28:42.94
Corinthians 1:20, all
of God's promises are ours
00:28:42.95\00:28:46.07
in Christ, but there is
a direct correlation to the
00:28:46.72\00:28:49.77
number of promises
that you are receiving,
00:28:49.78\00:28:53.87
planting in your
heart that you're speaking
00:28:53.88\00:28:56.33
over your life, that
you're praying back to
00:28:56.34\00:28:58.30
God there is a
direct correlation to how
00:28:58.31\00:29:01.98
much of the
divine nature you are a
00:29:01.99\00:29:06.50
partaker of that
now, is that I'm not sure
00:29:06.51\00:29:09.58
I said that
right. The more promises
00:29:09.59\00:29:12.30
that you have in
your heart, the word I had
00:29:12.31\00:29:15.87
hidden in my heart
that I might not sin against
00:29:15.88\00:29:18.41
you, the more you
will escape the corruption
00:29:18.42\00:29:22.08
of the world. The
more of the promises
00:29:22.31\00:29:25.02
of God that you have
in your heart, that you're
00:29:25.03\00:29:27.01
praying back to Him,
that you're accepting as
00:29:27.02\00:29:30.44
being the
identification of who you
00:29:30.45\00:29:33.00
are in Christ Jesus.
If you look at this is my
00:29:33.01\00:29:36.39
identity I'm not who I
think I am, I'm not who
00:29:36.40\00:29:39.76
you think I am. I'm
who God says I am in His
00:29:39.77\00:29:42.87
word and he says in
Romans 4:17 that he is
00:29:42.88\00:29:45.56
a God that gives life
to the dead born again and
00:29:45.57\00:29:48.57
calls thing that are
not as though they already
00:29:48.58\00:29:50.70
were because He knows
the end from the beginning.
00:29:50.71\00:29:53.37
He knows exactly
what you're destiny is and
00:29:53.75\00:29:56.01
you know what you're destiny is?
00:29:56.02\00:29:57.25
To be conformed to
the image of Jesus, amen,
00:29:57.52\00:29:59.74
hallelujah, that's what
He tells us in Romans 8:29.
00:29:59.87\00:30:03.00
So, what we want to do
then is let's look at born
00:30:03.65\00:30:07.07
of the water, to
be born of the water
00:30:07.08\00:30:10.28
Titus chapter 3 verse 4
through 7, Titus chapter
00:30:11.03\00:30:15.57
3 beginning with verse
4: When the kindness and
00:30:15.58\00:30:19.87
the love of God our
Savior appeared toward
00:30:19.88\00:30:22.38
man, not by works of
righteousness which we
00:30:22.39\00:30:25.60
have done, did you catch that?
00:30:25.61\00:30:27.06
God's kindness and
his mercy and the love of,
00:30:27.66\00:30:30.40
and His love, he
didn't send the Jesus down to
00:30:30.41\00:30:34.13
save us by works of
righteousness which we
00:30:34.14\00:30:36.16
have done, but
according to His mercy
00:30:36.17\00:30:38.49
He saved us,
through the washing of
00:30:38.50\00:30:41.14
regeneration and
renewing of the Holy
00:30:41.15\00:30:43.96
Spirit, regeneration
that's that born again
00:30:43.97\00:30:47.28
experience it's the new birth.
00:30:47.29\00:30:49.29
And this washing in
the Greek that word is
00:30:50.00\00:30:52.47
"lutron" it's a laver or bath.
00:30:52.62\00:30:55.96
Now, I wanna show you
where that word is used
00:30:56.44\00:30:59.65
in different tense,
but where that word is used
00:30:59.82\00:31:03.61
also, listen to
this, stay there in Titus,
00:31:03.62\00:31:06.81
because we're
gonna come back but in
00:31:06.82\00:31:08.40
Ephesians 5 verse
25: Christ also loved the
00:31:08.41\00:31:12.80
church and gave Himself to her,
00:31:12.81\00:31:15.18
that He might
sanctify and cleanse her with
00:31:15.45\00:31:18.07
the washing, we just
read in Titus that He
00:31:18.08\00:31:21.48
saved us through the washing of
00:31:21.49\00:31:23.29
regeneration, how
are we born again by the
00:31:23.30\00:31:26.11
word of God through
His spirit and it says,
00:31:26.12\00:31:28.86
the washing of
the water by the word,
00:31:29.39\00:31:33.17
that He might
present her to Himself a
00:31:33.88\00:31:37.04
glorious church, not
having a spot or wrinkle
00:31:37.05\00:31:39.64
or any such thing, but
that she should be holy
00:31:39.78\00:31:42.87
and without
blemish. The washing of the
00:31:42.88\00:31:46.21
water of the word,
it's the same verb different
00:31:46.22\00:31:50.36
tense of the
washing of regeneration,
00:31:50.37\00:31:53.75
we are born again and
you know I believe that
00:31:54.21\00:31:56.77
there is a duel illusion here.
00:31:56.78\00:31:58.41
I believe that when
he says, that he saved us
00:31:58.63\00:32:01.28
through the washing of
the water that there is,
00:32:01.29\00:32:04.05
first the application
is to the word of God,
00:32:04.53\00:32:06.87
because that's how we're born
00:32:06.88\00:32:07.89
again into regeneration.
But there's also the
00:32:07.90\00:32:10.93
application of
baptism which is, what is
00:32:10.94\00:32:14.85
baptism it simply
symbolic, it is an
00:32:14.86\00:32:19.04
outward public proclamation of
00:32:19.05\00:32:21.71
something that God
has done inside of us.
00:32:21.72\00:32:23.93
So, now, I'm gonna
return to Titus, he says
00:32:24.50\00:32:27.18
he washed us
according to His mercy He saved
00:32:27.36\00:32:29.82
us through the
washing of regeneration and
00:32:29.83\00:32:32.79
renewing of the Holy Spirit,
00:32:32.80\00:32:35.22
who does the renewing?
00:32:35.74\00:32:37.10
The Holy Spirit is the one who's
00:32:38.83\00:32:40.36
doing the renewing
in us. Whom He poured
00:32:40.37\00:32:43.26
out on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ our
00:32:43.27\00:32:47.70
Savior, that having
been justified by His grace,
00:32:47.71\00:32:52.30
how are we
justified? By grace, we should
00:32:52.74\00:32:56.04
become heirs according to the
00:32:56.05\00:32:57.86
hope of eternal
life. Now, when we're
00:32:57.87\00:33:03.00
baptized and in Romans
chapter 6 is the perfect,
00:33:03.01\00:33:07.52
we don't have time
to turn there but in
00:33:08.45\00:33:09.68
Romans chapter 6 it
says that baptism is a
00:33:09.69\00:33:13.77
burial, it's a
symbolic thing that we are being
00:33:13.93\00:33:17.06
buried, being baptized
into the death of Jesus
00:33:17.07\00:33:20.40
Christ and then being
raised again to new life.
00:33:20.41\00:33:24.24
So, that's why I believe baptism
00:33:24.65\00:33:26.35
by immersion is
critical. Because it is symbolic
00:33:26.36\00:33:29.74
that you're dying to
self and being raised again
00:33:30.11\00:33:33.55
to new life, a resurrected life.
00:33:33.87\00:33:36.10
So, now how can we,
skipping over much of
00:33:36.50\00:33:39.39
this teaching, how can we know
00:33:39.40\00:33:41.91
that we are born
again? How many of you know
00:33:41.92\00:33:45.11
that you know that you
know you're born again?
00:33:45.12\00:33:46.98
Let me see your
hands, if you know that you
00:33:47.29\00:33:48.83
know you have no
doubt, alright it's a good
00:33:48.84\00:33:51.73
portion of you, but
there's some of you in
00:33:51.74\00:33:53.22
here that are not
sure. So, here's how you can
00:33:53.23\00:33:55.66
know, I'm gonna give
you eight reasons then
00:33:55.67\00:33:58.43
we're gonna look
at the scriptures.
00:33:58.44\00:33:59.70
If we are born
again there is going to be
00:34:00.65\00:34:03.25
evidence, amen, and
the evidence is number one
00:34:03.26\00:34:06.30
we will demonstrate God's love,
00:34:06.31\00:34:08.12
number two, we
will cooperate with the
00:34:09.31\00:34:11.32
Holy Spirit, number
three we will crucify
00:34:11.33\00:34:14.82
our flesh, number
four sin will not be our
00:34:14.83\00:34:18.80
habit, amen, number
five, we will practice
00:34:18.81\00:34:21.71
righteousness,
number six we will have
00:34:21.72\00:34:24.79
overcoming faith,
number seven we will
00:34:25.07\00:34:28.08
be trained by God's
discipline and number
00:34:28.09\00:34:30.93
eight, we will be
kept by the power of God.
00:34:30.94\00:34:34.57
This is the meat of the
teaching so lets turn to
00:34:35.36\00:34:37.89
First John chapter 4,
if you want to know what
00:34:37.90\00:34:42.59
it means to be
born again, we've got to
00:34:42.60\00:34:45.80
understand what the Bible says.
00:34:46.16\00:34:48.19
First John
chapter 4 and verse 7,
00:34:48.58\00:34:50.92
First John
chapter 4 and verse 7:
00:34:52.04\00:34:54.08
Beloved, let us love
one another, for love is of
00:34:54.55\00:34:59.40
God; and everyone
who loves is born of God
00:34:59.41\00:35:05.43
and knows God. So,
if you're born again
00:35:05.44\00:35:08.41
the outward manifestation is you
00:35:09.44\00:35:11.16
will, gonna be a loving person,
00:35:11.17\00:35:12.83
He who does not
love does not know God,
00:35:13.16\00:35:15.11
for God is love. In
this the love of God
00:35:15.12\00:35:18.66
was manifested toward
us that God has sent His
00:35:18.67\00:35:20.99
only begotten son
into the world, that we
00:35:21.00\00:35:23.33
might live through Him.
In this is love not that
00:35:23.34\00:35:26.77
we loved God, but
that he loved us and sent
00:35:26.78\00:35:29.65
His son to be the
propitiation for our sins.
00:35:29.66\00:35:32.51
Beloved, if God so
loved us, we also ought
00:35:33.16\00:35:37.19
to love one
another. No one has seen God
00:35:37.20\00:35:40.28
at any time; if
we love one another,
00:35:40.29\00:35:43.37
God abides in us,
and His love has been
00:35:43.38\00:35:46.99
perfected in us.
By this we know that
00:35:47.00\00:35:49.90
we abide in Him and
He in us, because He has
00:35:49.91\00:35:53.77
given us of His
Spirit. The Holy Spirit is more
00:35:53.78\00:35:57.52
than just the Spirit
of Holiness, God is love,
00:35:57.53\00:36:00.71
the Holy Spirit is
the spirit of love.
00:36:00.72\00:36:04.37
And listen very
carefully to what I'm
00:36:04.92\00:36:06.51
about to say, because
if you don't hear anything
00:36:06.52\00:36:08.37
else today, hear
this anything that you do
00:36:08.38\00:36:11.33
that is not motivated
by love is not of God.
00:36:11.81\00:36:15.38
Let me repeat that,
anything that you do
00:36:16.35\00:36:19.87
that is not motivated
by love is not of God,
00:36:20.58\00:36:24.78
you maybe the
biggest donor in the
00:36:25.40\00:36:27.60
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:36:27.61\00:36:29.11
But if you're doing
it to draw attention to
00:36:29.84\00:36:31.92
yourself, to gain
power or to gain recognition
00:36:31.93\00:36:34.48
you know what?
You've got your full
00:36:35.06\00:36:36.74
reward right here,
amen, then the Bible
00:36:36.75\00:36:39.34
say don't let your
left hand know what your
00:36:39.35\00:36:41.02
right hand is
doing. And if you're doing
00:36:41.03\00:36:43.21
this because it's not out
of the love for the saints
00:36:43.22\00:36:46.30
and love for God, it
has, it's not of God.
00:36:46.31\00:36:49.69
It may sound like a
good work, but it's not
00:36:50.26\00:36:52.35
of God, so what we
need is to know that
00:36:52.36\00:36:57.45
when we're born
again we will demonstrate
00:36:57.46\00:37:00.39
God's love. Number 2,
turn to Romans chapter
00:37:00.40\00:37:04.94
8, Romans
chapter 8 and verse 13,
00:37:04.95\00:37:10.07
I should have timed
this teaching, I'm skipping
00:37:11.97\00:37:14.92
more than half of
it and I had already
00:37:15.43\00:37:16.96
reduced it to half.
But Romans chapter 8
00:37:16.97\00:37:20.53
and verse 13, you know
that's what I like about
00:37:20.54\00:37:23.72
teaching live you can
get on a roll and just
00:37:23.73\00:37:25.80
keep going, yeah.
But I meant live not
00:37:25.81\00:37:29.33
on television
live, Romans 8:13, if you
00:37:29.34\00:37:33.56
have been born
again you are going to
00:37:33.57\00:37:35.31
cooperate with the Holy
Spirit, let's look at this,
00:37:35.32\00:37:39.03
Romans 8:13 says:
If you live according
00:37:39.76\00:37:42.32
to the flesh
what's going to happen?
00:37:42.33\00:37:43.94
You will die; but
if by whom? The Spirit,
00:37:44.56\00:37:48.36
if by the spirit you
put to death the misdeeds
00:37:48.37\00:37:51.61
of the flesh, you
will live, who's working
00:37:51.62\00:37:55.88
together there. If
by the spirit you put
00:37:55.89\00:38:00.27
to death, it's got be
you and the Holy Spirit
00:38:00.28\00:38:03.16
working together,
amen, you will live.
00:38:03.17\00:38:06.59
Verse 14 for as many as
are led by the spirit of
00:38:07.67\00:38:11.72
God, these are
the children of God.
00:38:11.73\00:38:15.53
For you did not
receive the spirit of bondage
00:38:16.92\00:38:19.14
again to fear, but
you received the spirit of
00:38:19.15\00:38:22.31
adoption by whom we
cry out "Abba, Father."
00:38:22.32\00:38:27.79
Every day we've
talked about the born again
00:38:29.13\00:38:32.66
experience is
not something that is
00:38:32.67\00:38:34.59
repeated daily,
let me explain why.
00:38:34.60\00:38:36.82
Paul said in
First Corinthians 15:31:
00:38:37.22\00:38:39.02
I die daily,
brothers I mean it, does that
00:38:39.50\00:38:42.44
mean you have to
be born again daily.
00:38:42.45\00:38:43.71
No, because you need
to be born again as if
00:38:43.97\00:38:47.25
you are spiritually dead, amen.
00:38:47.26\00:38:50.48
So, you could be
born, can you be born again
00:38:50.61\00:38:53.72
more than once I
believe you could if
00:38:53.73\00:38:55.40
you total, if
you'd been born again.
00:38:55.41\00:38:56.97
And for some
reason you apostatized and
00:38:56.98\00:38:59.37
walked away from the
Lord or denouced the Lord.
00:38:59.38\00:39:01.58
If you're coming back
to him, you need to be
00:39:01.92\00:39:03.72
born again again, but it
is not a daily experience
00:39:03.73\00:39:08.51
of rebirth. The daily experience
00:39:08.52\00:39:11.01
is conversion, it's
the repentance and when
00:39:11.02\00:39:13.84
Paul says I die
daily brothers I mean it,
00:39:13.85\00:39:16.24
he is saying you know what?
00:39:16.53\00:39:17.89
Even though I'm
now spiritually alive,
00:39:18.36\00:39:20.66
my carnal nature pops
up its ugly little head;
00:39:20.99\00:39:23.48
it rears its ugly head,
every now and then daily.
00:39:23.49\00:39:26.92
And so I've got to
die daily and pick up my
00:39:27.23\00:39:29.55
cross and die to
self every day, so we have
00:39:29.56\00:39:34.15
crucified the flesh.
Number three if you're
00:39:34.33\00:39:36.92
born again you've got
to crucify the flesh that's
00:39:36.93\00:39:40.89
what it's all about
that burial and resurrection
00:39:40.90\00:39:44.54
that's what baptism is about.
00:39:44.55\00:39:46.26
It's symbolic that
you've buried that old way of
00:39:46.52\00:39:49.04
life and you're
raising up to walk in
00:39:49.05\00:39:52.06
resurrection power.
Galatians 5:24 says:
00:39:52.07\00:39:56.36
Those who are Christ's
have crucified the flesh
00:39:56.90\00:40:00.48
with its passions and desires.
00:40:00.49\00:40:02.53
Do you belong to
Jesus? Then by the power of
00:40:03.39\00:40:07.11
the Holy Spirit you
have to crucify that
00:40:07.12\00:40:10.36
flesh, pick up that
cross daily and ask to be
00:40:10.37\00:40:14.38
filled with the Holy Spirit.
00:40:14.39\00:40:16.18
And he says in verse
25: If we live in the
00:40:16.75\00:40:20.26
Spirit, let us
also walk in the Spirit.
00:40:20.41\00:40:23.58
What does it mean,
we looked at Romans 8:14
00:40:24.30\00:40:26.94
says: If you're led by
the Holy Spirit you are
00:40:26.95\00:40:30.44
a child of God, I
would say that if you are not
00:40:30.45\00:40:33.74
led by the Holy Spirit
then you're not a child
00:40:33.75\00:40:36.01
of God, isn't
that correct? Amen.
00:40:36.02\00:40:38.66
What does that mean
to walk in the spirit?
00:40:38.80\00:40:41.36
If the spirit, and we
know the spirit is going
00:40:42.68\00:40:46.58
along the narrow
path and few there are who
00:40:46.59\00:40:49.88
find it, but as he is
going in this direction.
00:40:49.89\00:40:52.79
If you start even
once you're born again you
00:40:53.10\00:40:55.22
might actually
turn around for a moment
00:40:55.23\00:40:57.19
and God says oops.
You know you got that
00:40:57.20\00:40:59.78
word hidden in your
heart and you're saying
00:40:59.79\00:41:01.28
oh man this is not
right. Lord, grand me
00:41:01.29\00:41:03.71
repentance, you're
converted, now you're
00:41:03.72\00:41:06.24
supposed to be
walking with the spirit,
00:41:06.25\00:41:08.05
in the spirit that means
you don't run ahead of Him.
00:41:08.57\00:41:11.29
And you don't led
behind him, you've got
00:41:11.66\00:41:14.40
to let Him be
leading all the way.
00:41:14.41\00:41:17.49
Now number four, sin
is not our habit turned
00:41:18.38\00:41:21.97
to First John chapter 5
and verse 18, First John
00:41:21.98\00:41:27.23
chapter 5 and
verse 18. If we are born
00:41:27.24\00:41:30.42
again sin is not our habit,
00:41:30.43\00:41:33.12
First John 5:18: We
know that whoever is
00:41:35.02\00:41:41.15
born of God does not
sin; man you read that
00:41:41.49\00:41:45.95
and you can come under some
00:41:45.96\00:41:46.93
condemnation and
say have I been born
00:41:46.94\00:41:49.42
of God, amen, I
don't know about you but
00:41:49.43\00:41:52.52
I fell short of God's
glory every single day.
00:41:52.53\00:41:56.09
God's glory is
his character I've not
00:41:57.93\00:41:59.65
attained it yet,
I fall short in some
00:41:59.66\00:42:01.96
area everyday I
can find a reason to
00:42:01.97\00:42:04.21
repent every single
day. So, you read this and
00:42:05.30\00:42:08.32
you say well how
can the Bible isn't that
00:42:08.33\00:42:11.17
contradictory, if it
says that you know if we say
00:42:11.18\00:42:13.65
that we're without sin
we're layers and yet it
00:42:13.66\00:42:15.79
says whoever born
of God does not sin,
00:42:15.80\00:42:18.16
the verb text is what
is all important here.
00:42:18.64\00:42:21.56
Because when it says
it does not, he does not
00:42:21.57\00:42:23.79
sin it means in the
verb text it's a linear verb
00:42:23.80\00:42:28.79
and it means it keeps
on going and going and
00:42:29.34\00:42:31.56
going, so what it's
really saying here is
00:42:31.57\00:42:33.94
you're not in if you're born
00:42:33.95\00:42:35.87
you're not
walking in habitual sin.
00:42:36.67\00:42:39.35
It is not your habit to
sin; it doesn't mean that
00:42:39.72\00:42:43.58
you won't sin occasionally.
It says he who is born
00:42:43.59\00:42:47.57
of God keeps
himself and the wicked one
00:42:47.58\00:42:51.63
does not touch him.
So, we've got to keep
00:42:51.64\00:42:56.54
ourselves, what does that mean?
00:42:56.55\00:42:58.28
We've got to keep
ourselves under the
00:42:58.98\00:43:00.53
wings of the Lord and
know that if we are not
00:43:00.54\00:43:05.20
totally depended upon
him we are going to fall
00:43:05.21\00:43:08.53
flat on our face,
yes. Turn back a couple of
00:43:08.54\00:43:11.46
chapters in First
John chapter 3, because
00:43:11.47\00:43:13.38
I wanna show you one
more. In First John chapter 3
00:43:13.39\00:43:16.60
and verse 7:
"Little children, let no one
00:43:17.76\00:43:22.41
deceive you. He who
practices righteousness
00:43:22.42\00:43:26.62
is righteous, just
as He is righteous."
00:43:26.77\00:43:29.30
Now wait a minute
did you know there is no
00:43:29.58\00:43:33.37
righteous,
somebody asked me, do you
00:43:33.38\00:43:34.70
believe in
righteousness by faith?
00:43:34.71\00:43:36.10
I say yes it's the only
righteousness that there
00:43:36.70\00:43:39.00
is, so God imputes
His righteousness to us,
00:43:39.01\00:43:44.98
Christ righteousness.
First Corinthians 1:30:
00:43:46.19\00:43:49.51
He becomes our wisdom from God,
00:43:50.33\00:43:53.18
our sanctification,
our righteousness and our
00:43:53.33\00:43:55.78
redemption, that's imputed.
00:43:55.79\00:43:57.21
But He imparts righteousness
00:43:58.52\00:44:00.05
to us on a day by
day basis, we get all the
00:44:00.06\00:44:03.34
grace that we
need, the power of God,
00:44:03.35\00:44:05.39
the divine assistance, the power
00:44:05.91\00:44:08.05
of God unto salvation.
And it says here he who
00:44:08.06\00:44:12.06
practices righteousness
is righteous, if we have
00:44:12.23\00:44:16.18
accepted by faith,
the gift of salvation,
00:44:16.19\00:44:19.62
it is only in Jesus
that we are saved, amen.
00:44:20.61\00:44:24.35
So, that means when
you accept this gift you
00:44:24.36\00:44:26.64
cannot disconnect
the gift of salvation
00:44:26.65\00:44:29.16
from Jesus
Christ. He yokes you to
00:44:29.17\00:44:32.06
Himself, so you're
headed in this direction
00:44:32.07\00:44:34.71
the wrong way, when
Jesus gives you that gift
00:44:34.72\00:44:38.03
as he's passing by and
he says will you receive
00:44:38.04\00:44:40.09
that gift and you say
yes. That gift is connected to
00:44:40.10\00:44:42.84
Him and he's gonna
turn you around and get
00:44:42.85\00:44:45.22
you going in this
direction, it doesn't
00:44:45.23\00:44:47.47
mean you're gonna
backslide occasionally,
00:44:47.48\00:44:49.47
it doesn't mean
that you're gonna misstep
00:44:49.48\00:44:51.39
but by grace he
keeps you connected to Him.
00:44:51.85\00:44:55.95
No one can snatch
you from his hand, look,
00:44:56.27\00:44:59.20
jump down to verse
9: Whoever has been born
00:44:59.21\00:45:02.88
of God does not sin,
for His seed remains in
00:45:02.89\00:45:06.86
him; and he cannot
sin, because he has been
00:45:06.87\00:45:10.21
born of God. This means you did
00:45:10.22\00:45:12.81
not sin on
habitual basis, you can't.
00:45:12.82\00:45:16.70
Because you're
connected to Jesus
00:45:17.34\00:45:19.28
Christ and he says: In
this the children of God
00:45:19.29\00:45:23.43
and the children of
the devil are manifest:
00:45:23.44\00:45:25.48
Whoever does not
practice righteousness
00:45:25.79\00:45:28.28
is not of God,
nor is he who does
00:45:28.29\00:45:31.05
not love his brother.
So, that's the number 5
00:45:31.06\00:45:35.32
if you're born again
you're gonna practice
00:45:35.33\00:45:37.06
righteousness, lets
look at First John chapter 2
00:45:37.07\00:45:40.24
and verse 27, I know
we're rushing through
00:45:40.25\00:45:43.38
this and I hope
you're taking notes and it's
00:45:43.39\00:45:45.16
sinking in a
little, because you probably
00:45:45.17\00:45:47.44
have friends who
run around say I'm born
00:45:47.45\00:45:49.87
again and they
don't keep any of the
00:45:49.88\00:45:51.27
commandments of God,
amen. And they, they think
00:45:51.28\00:45:54.21
that this is an
experience that gives
00:45:54.22\00:45:55.94
them all the
spiritual freedom; you only find
00:45:55.95\00:45:58.62
spiritual
freedom in Christ Jesus.
00:45:58.63\00:46:00.97
You got to be a
connected to Him,
00:46:01.30\00:46:03.24
depending on Him.
So, First John chapter 5
00:46:03.25\00:46:06.44
we practice
righteousness if we've been born
00:46:07.21\00:46:09.77
again verse 27, our
First John chapter 2 excuse
00:46:09.78\00:46:13.48
me and verse 27,
First John chapter 2 and 27:
00:46:13.49\00:46:18.68
"The anointing which
you have received from
00:46:20.14\00:46:22.01
Him abides in you,
and you do not need that
00:46:22.02\00:46:24.69
anyone teach you;
but as the same anointing
00:46:24.70\00:46:26.89
teaches you concerning
all things, and is true,
00:46:26.90\00:46:29.05
and is not a lie, and
just as it has taught you, you
00:46:29.06\00:46:31.53
will abide in
Him." "And now, little
00:46:31.54\00:46:34.16
children, abide in
Him, that when He appears
00:46:34.17\00:46:36.92
we may have
confidence and not be
00:46:36.93\00:46:39.10
ashamed before
Him at His coming."
00:46:39.11\00:46:40.99
Don't you want
confidence at His coming?
00:46:41.43\00:46:43.79
Look at verse 29:
"If you know that He is
00:46:44.58\00:46:48.66
righteous, you
know that everyone who
00:46:48.67\00:46:52.55
practices righteousness
is what? Born of Him."
00:46:52.56\00:46:58.00
If you are born
again, you will practice
00:46:58.95\00:47:02.34
righteousness what
does that mean, what does
00:47:02.35\00:47:04.90
righteousness mean?
It means God's right
00:47:04.91\00:47:08.20
way of doing all things, amen.
00:47:08.21\00:47:10.89
God has, there is a
right way and a wrong way.
00:47:11.35\00:47:13.82
God's way is the right
way, and if you're going
00:47:14.38\00:47:17.15
to practice righteousness you're
00:47:17.16\00:47:18.52
gonna be
practicing God's way, amen.
00:47:18.53\00:47:22.28
Now number 6, the
Bible says in First John
00:47:22.41\00:47:27.30
chapter 5, First
John chapter 5 verse 1:
00:47:27.31\00:47:35.29
Whoever believes
that Jesus is the Christ
00:47:37.98\00:47:41.27
is born of God. You
have to have that oath,
00:47:42.16\00:47:47.08
that faith that believes
in Jesus Christ and what
00:47:47.09\00:47:50.40
he can accomplish.
Because let me tell you
00:47:50.41\00:47:52.89
something to be
born again means to be
00:47:52.90\00:47:54.82
connected to
Jesus, you're yoked with
00:47:54.83\00:47:57.37
Jesus, you're positioned
in Christ Jesus who has
00:47:57.38\00:48:00.55
become your wisdom,
your sanctification,
00:48:00.56\00:48:02.67
your redemption and
your righteousness and
00:48:03.11\00:48:06.20
to be in Christ means
that apart from Him you
00:48:06.21\00:48:10.28
are grafted in
branch did you know that?
00:48:10.29\00:48:12.48
That's what Paul
writes, we're grafted into the
00:48:12.49\00:48:15.39
vine and what is
Jesus say in John 15:5,
00:48:15.40\00:48:18.75
Apart, I'm the vine
you're the branches,
00:48:19.47\00:48:22.21
apart from me you
can do nothing, nothing,
00:48:22.22\00:48:25.27
nothing we've got
be grafted into Jesus,
00:48:26.52\00:48:29.83
be part of Jesus
in the body of Jesus,
00:48:29.84\00:48:32.95
connected to him. And
when you're born again,
00:48:32.96\00:48:35.37
you can't keep
walking down this road in the
00:48:35.38\00:48:38.23
wrong way, because he
by grace, he saves you,
00:48:38.24\00:48:42.62
he picks you up,
he's carrying you
00:48:42.92\00:48:44.78
underneath the everlasting arms.
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.86
Deuteronomy 33:27:
And he will thrust out
00:48:46.87\00:48:49.81
the enemy from
before you said destroy.
00:48:49.82\00:48:52.16
You got to learn to
be totally depended upon
00:48:52.58\00:48:54.72
God, but you got
to learn to walk in
00:48:54.73\00:48:57.31
cooperation, because
it does take an effort on
00:48:57.32\00:48:59.44
our part as well.
Now, I'm come back to
00:48:59.45\00:49:01.68
that I hope before
we close here so that
00:49:01.69\00:49:03.61
people I wanna make
it as a balance message.
00:49:03.62\00:49:06.77
First John 5: Whoever
believes that Jesus is
00:49:07.70\00:49:11.55
the Christ is born of
God: and every one who
00:49:11.56\00:49:14.84
loves Him who begot,
that's God, also loves
00:49:14.85\00:49:18.37
Him who is begotten of
Him. If you love the Father
00:49:18.38\00:49:20.79
you're gonna love the
son. By this we know that
00:49:20.80\00:49:23.83
we love the children of God.
00:49:23.84\00:49:25.71
When we love God and keep His
00:49:26.42\00:49:28.48
commandments, that's
an interesting statement.
00:49:28.49\00:49:30.85
Even to love
the children of God,
00:49:32.34\00:49:34.62
I've got a keep the
commandments of God why?
00:49:34.63\00:49:36.87
Now there are six
of those commandments
00:49:37.96\00:49:39.38
that are directly
related to how you and
00:49:39.71\00:49:41.74
I interact with
one another, amen.
00:49:41.89\00:49:44.09
That I'm not gonna
steal or kill, that I'm not
00:49:44.10\00:49:46.86
gonna to covet,
these things are directly
00:49:46.87\00:49:50.33
related, for this is
the love of God that we
00:49:50.34\00:49:53.56
keep His commandments
and His commandments
00:49:53.74\00:49:56.38
are not burdensome,
amen. For whatever is born of
00:49:56.39\00:50:00.14
God, if you've been
born again, whatever is
00:50:00.15\00:50:04.08
born of God overcomes
the world and this is the
00:50:04.09\00:50:09.75
victory that has
overcome the world,
00:50:09.76\00:50:12.24
amen, our faith. This
is the year of victory,
00:50:12.94\00:50:15.84
the beginning place of
victory in your life is if
00:50:16.52\00:50:19.49
you are born again.
And if you're born again,
00:50:19.50\00:50:22.95
you're gonna have this faith.
00:50:22.96\00:50:24.81
Who is he who
overcomes the world,
00:50:25.83\00:50:27.96
but he, that believes
that Jesus is the Son of God?
00:50:28.29\00:50:32.02
Number seven, if
you're born again you are
00:50:32.71\00:50:36.79
going to be trained by
God's discipline, amen.
00:50:36.80\00:50:40.88
Turn to Hebrews
chapter 12, this is the
00:50:41.56\00:50:44.98
one that we don't
like, I often ask people,
00:50:44.99\00:50:49.73
I travel about 2 and
3 weekends out of every
00:50:49.74\00:50:52.86
month and we do
revivals and we do
00:50:52.87\00:50:54.59
camp meetings and
retreats and I often tell
00:50:54.60\00:50:59.10
people or ask how
many of you and I'm
00:50:59.11\00:51:01.81
asking this
question now how many of you
00:51:01.82\00:51:03.71
pray every day that
god will discipline you,
00:51:03.72\00:51:05.93
let me see your
hands. Oh! I heard some
00:51:05.94\00:51:08.34
nervous giggles, you know what?
00:51:08.35\00:51:11.30
They were about six
hands that went up here,
00:51:11.64\00:51:13.57
if, you know
sometimes when I ask this
00:51:14.75\00:51:16.45
I remember SoCal camp
meeting I said there's
00:51:16.46\00:51:18.97
c12,000 people and
I said I ask God every
00:51:18.98\00:51:21.94
day, I pray and say,
Lord discipline me and
00:51:21.95\00:51:23.60
they all go ugh.
This collective gasp,
00:51:23.61\00:51:26.65
if you're afraid to
pray for the discipline of
00:51:26.91\00:51:28.50
God, you don't
understand how loving
00:51:28.51\00:51:30.27
your heavenly father
is. Now, let me show you
00:51:30.28\00:51:32.99
something he's gonna
discipline you whether
00:51:33.00\00:51:34.63
you like it or not so
let's look at verse Hebrews
00:51:34.64\00:51:37.11
chapter 12. A good parent always
00:51:37.12\00:51:41.49
disciplines their
child for their benefit and
00:51:41.50\00:51:44.87
God disciplines us
for our eternal benefit,
00:51:44.88\00:51:47.54
Hebrews 12 verse
7: Endure hardship as
00:51:47.97\00:51:51.72
discipline; how
many times when we have
00:51:51.73\00:51:55.13
hardship are we murmuring and
00:51:55.14\00:51:56.67
complaining and
whining, he said God is
00:51:56.68\00:51:59.71
treating you as
sons. For what son is not
00:51:59.72\00:52:02.64
disciplined by his
father. I was working with a
00:52:02.65\00:52:06.22
young lady
recently and she told me,
00:52:06.23\00:52:09.15
these words came out
of her mouth, my father
00:52:10.12\00:52:12.71
doesn't love me
enough to discipline me,
00:52:12.72\00:52:14.92
he lets me get away with murder
00:52:16.44\00:52:18.26
because he doesn't
care. She did not feel loved
00:52:18.49\00:52:21.18
because her father
did not discipline her,
00:52:21.19\00:52:23.09
isn't that interesting.
You be surprised how
00:52:23.73\00:52:26.11
many teenagers
feel that way, verse 8:
00:52:26.12\00:52:28.49
If you are not disciplined and
00:52:28.81\00:52:31.33
everyone undergoes
discipline, then you are
00:52:31.34\00:52:34.03
illegitimate
children and not true sons.
00:52:34.04\00:52:37.64
You know sometimes
we think of everything
00:52:39.08\00:52:40.58
is just going peachy
for somebody that they've
00:52:40.59\00:52:43.12
got a special relationship
with the Lord and if
00:52:43.13\00:52:45.40
things get bad we
think oh! What have they
00:52:45.41\00:52:48.00
done that things are so bad.
00:52:48.01\00:52:49.42
Let me tell you something,
00:52:49.57\00:52:50.55
you ought to work
here at 3ABN, it is so
00:52:50.56\00:52:53.72
interesting what happens here,
00:52:53.73\00:52:56.53
especially like before
a great event, before the
00:52:57.29\00:52:59.18
Ten Commandments
weekend, before camp
00:52:59.19\00:53:01.62
meeting, you know this
is one of the first camp
00:53:01.63\00:53:03.61
meeting that I've
actually been healthy
00:53:03.62\00:53:05.24
in a long time because
the devils always attacking.
00:53:05.40\00:53:07.96
We had someone fall
and break their arm,
00:53:08.28\00:53:10.05
break the wrist,
break their elbow, we have
00:53:10.48\00:53:12.16
someone that came down
with pneumonia and fell.
00:53:12.17\00:53:15.18
Another person, we
get attacked like you
00:53:15.69\00:53:17.55
wouldn't believe
before camp meeting and it
00:53:17.56\00:53:19.92
doesn't mean that
you're not doing the right
00:53:19.93\00:53:21.61
thing; the devil is
just trying to discourage you
00:53:21.62\00:53:23.88
from going on to
do the right thing.
00:53:23.89\00:53:25.93
He says: Moreover we,
this is verse 9, Hebrews
00:53:26.42\00:53:29.46
12:9: Moreover,
we have all had human
00:53:29.47\00:53:32.68
fathers who
disciplined us and we respected
00:53:32.69\00:53:35.45
them for it. How
much more should we
00:53:35.46\00:53:37.91
submit to the Father
of our spirits, the one by
00:53:37.92\00:53:41.61
whom we are born again and live.
00:53:41.62\00:53:44.28
Our fathers disciplined
us for a little while as
00:53:44.90\00:53:47.65
they thought best;
but God disciplines us
00:53:47.66\00:53:50.93
for our good, that we
may share in his holiness.
00:53:51.12\00:53:56.12
God is disciplining you
for your eternal benefit.
00:53:56.69\00:54:00.42
No discipline seems
pleasant at the time,
00:54:01.33\00:54:03.05
but painful. Later on,
however, it produces what?
00:54:03.06\00:54:05.96
A harvest of
righteousness for those
00:54:06.73\00:54:10.08
who have been trained by it.
00:54:10.09\00:54:12.41
If God is your
Father, if you are
00:54:12.96\00:54:14.98
born again of above.
He will discipline you,
00:54:14.99\00:54:18.84
you might as well
say Lord discipline me,
00:54:19.07\00:54:21.16
because then you're
gonna be ready for it
00:54:21.65\00:54:23.33
and all he has to
do is correct you,
00:54:23.34\00:54:25.57
if you've got a child
that's easy to discipline.
00:54:25.58\00:54:27.54
It's just a correction
by a word, don't do that
00:54:27.83\00:54:30.56
okay, but if you've got
a child that won't listen,
00:54:30.71\00:54:33.60
that puts their little
fingers in their ears and
00:54:33.61\00:54:35.40
they go, I'm gonna get my way.
00:54:35.41\00:54:36.90
What do you
have to do sometimes?
00:54:38.08\00:54:39.53
Get a little rougher,
that's what God has to
00:54:39.54\00:54:41.50
do with us.
Okay, the eighth reason
00:54:41.51\00:54:44.52
or eighth evidence
of being born again,
00:54:44.78\00:54:46.55
First Peter 1,
First Peter 1 verse 3,
00:54:46.56\00:54:49.77
Peter is writing to
the elect according to the
00:54:51.73\00:54:53.64
foreknowledge of God the Father,
00:54:53.65\00:54:55.43
in sanctification of
the Spirit for obedience,
00:54:55.95\00:54:59.46
in sanctification
of the Holy Spirit for
00:55:00.98\00:55:02.70
obedience, that's the
purpose for sanctifying
00:55:02.71\00:55:04.70
us, and sprinkling of
the blood of Jesus Christ:
00:55:04.88\00:55:07.87
Grace to you, and
peace be multiplied.
00:55:08.18\00:55:11.06
Verse 3: Blessed be
the God and Father of our
00:55:11.53\00:55:14.83
Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to his
00:55:14.84\00:55:17.76
abundant mercy
hath begotten us again,
00:55:17.99\00:55:21.73
he has give us a new
birth, a way to start
00:55:22.40\00:55:26.08
over to a living hope,
through the resurrection
00:55:26.09\00:55:29.07
of Jesus Christ from
the dead, we are born anew
00:55:29.08\00:55:32.26
he is saying: To an inheritance
00:55:32.27\00:55:34.02
incorruptible, and
undefined that does not
00:55:34.35\00:55:37.63
fade away,
reserved in heaven for you.
00:55:37.77\00:55:41.66
For you, who are what? Kept how?
00:55:42.51\00:55:47.42
By the power of
God through faith for
00:55:48.28\00:55:51.55
salvation ready to be
revealed in the last time.
00:55:51.56\00:55:55.80
We have to know that
God is the one who is
00:55:56.75\00:56:01.51
going to complete
the good work in us,
00:56:01.52\00:56:04.04
he is working in us to
will and to do according
00:56:04.05\00:56:06.77
to His good
pleasure. It is our dependence
00:56:06.78\00:56:09.32
upon God that knows
that we have the power
00:56:09.33\00:56:15.21
from Him, His grace
is sufficient, His powers
00:56:15.22\00:56:17.82
made perfect in our weakness.
00:56:17.83\00:56:19.31
Let's look at these
eight reasons just to recap,
00:56:19.77\00:56:22.44
eight evidences
that we are born again.
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We will
demonstrate God's love, we will
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cooperate with the
Holy Spirit, we will have a
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crucified flesh, sin
will not be our habit,
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we will practice righteousness,
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we will have overcoming faith,
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we'll be trained by
God's discipline and
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and kept by the power of God.
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Are you born again?
This is something that
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you've got to ask
yourself and I want to
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talk to those at home right now.
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If you have not yet
experienced this born
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again, love of God
then I want to ask you today
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to go to the Lord and
say, I welcome your gift
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of Salvation, I welcome
your son Jesus Christ as
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my savior and Lord,
let me receive all that you
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have to give me. May God bless
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you in everything that you do.
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