Have you been born again?

John 3:3
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."

The question isn’t do you believe in Jesus Christ.

Nor is it have you said the sinner’s prayer.

Rather, have you been born again?

Being born again is the transforming work of the Holy Spirit. It is a miracle. When a person is born again, they are made into a new creation.

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
he is a new creation;
old things have passed away;
behold, all things have become new.

Have you passed from your old self, which was a slave to the world, to a new self in Christ?

Some call it regeneration. It is the difference between a religious person believing in Christ and being a saved child of God.

It is totally a work of God! It’s the moment He opens a person’s eyes to faith in His Son. The blind now sees! Because the individual now sees, they are now able to repent of their sins and place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ. It truly is God's great miracle in man!!!

Has this happened to you? Are you “in Christ”? Does His Holy Spirit reside in you? You’ll know by the fruit you produce (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control). Do you desire to know Him more, grow in His Word, fellowship with other Christians and follow His lead and instruction?

A person who has been born of God now desires the things of God. On the other hand, it is impossible for the those without God's Spirit to crave these things because the darkness of man does not comprehend the light of Christ (John 3:19). That is why we must be born again to enter His Kingdom.

Also, though not perfect, the regenerated man or woman grows to despise sin. All of this is the work of the Holy Spirit that indwells them. Do you hate the sin in your life?

All of this what it means to be a new creation and not just a professing Christian.

Ezek. 36:26-27
A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.

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God bless.