In the first two parts of this articles; I have laid a sure foundation that must be in place
and if this understanding has been planted in the fleshly tables of our hearts as God's children; our reasoning and the
word's that are coming out of our mouth will be anointed and the power we have in Christ will give us the know how to
lock and unlock areas in peoples lives where they are in bondage to fleshly attitudes and carnal thinking. I have been in places where I have done spiritual warfare trying to set people free who are still
unsaved and heading to hell and with God's children who are born again and have the Holy Ghost living in them however;
totally ignorant of not knowing who they really are in Christ Jesus.
The senses
of opinion in most born again churches is to win the lost and when this takes place through out the world it will usher in
the return of Jesus Christ back to this earth. There has also been every possible idea planned by the born again churches
to win the lost. And that is excellent for the bible tells us that all of God's kids need to be doing the work of an Evangelist
in their areas of life. In the last twenty five years in my arena of life I must say with much amazement and sorrow; I have
not had one person come up to me in the market place and ask me if I knew Jesus as my Savior.
Being born again at twenty five years of age; I had a man come into the bar and restaurant that my family
owned and flat out asked me if I had asked to become my savior. I was religious and attended the Catholic Church and had a
love for God but not according to the living reality of knowing Him personally. It was his tenacity and pursuit of me for
nine months of conversations during the lunch hour that won me to Christ. I had a Holy Ghost wind experience in my automobile
taking my wife to the doctor as she was pregnant with our second son.
For me
my conversion was a physical manifestation. I had never read the bible up until that time and knew there was such a thing
as the Holy Ghost being a rushing wind or breath. After my born again experience; and starting to read and meditate on God's
word; the ink on the pages became so alive that to this day it's as if the ink is still wet and God talks to me daily.
However; whether your conversion was that real or not; a born again believer must have an inner witness that God is alive
and living in them or I would doubt their conversion.
This term being born again
has over the years been taken so for granted that the movies have picked up on this phrase as if any thing that happens in
life that's strange; people can become born again through some weird resolve and be changed to what ever the movie theme
is.
In John chapter three; Jesus made it very clear to Nicodemus a devout religious
Jewish leader who came to Jesus during the night time hours so he was not seen by the other Jewish leaders to ask Jesus: "what
must I do to get eternal life" and Jesus answer was, "Unless a man is born again from above he can not see or be
acquainted with and experience the kingdom of God."
Jesus went on to say,
"Except a man be born of water and the spirit; he can not enter the kingdom of God. What is born in the flesh is flesh
(our physical womb birth) and what is born of the spirit is spirit (our accepting Jesus in the power of the Holy Ghost birth
from above.) The wind blows where it blows and though you hear its sound yet you neither know where it comes from nor where
it goes. So that is the way it is to every one who has been born again of the Spirit." It is my prayer that you come
into agreement with this encounter that Nicodemus had with Jesus.
Over the years;
I have seen the good news gospel become more maligned, distorted and misunderstood with people adding and subtracting from
its meaning. I have never met as many people and heard from so called Christian's leaders that there is another way to
get to heaven by some others means then by being born again by asking Christ Jesus to come into your heart and confess that
you have had the reality of this miracle of faith taking place. When and if it gets to the point that we begin to mess with
the main foundation of what Christianity represents; there is no greater falling away from Christ Jesus of truly knowing the
life of His person.
It is difficult enough to see and meet born again believers
who love the Lord and have the Holy Ghost living in them even though they don't realize what their position in Christ
represents. That happens because; they have been sitting under teachings as I have said that makes them feel obligated and
not complete with their new nature. But as of lately I have met people who tell me that they have the spirit of God in them
or that they have been God seekers for years and that God would not send any one to hell because; He is merciful and all peoples
whether born again or not will eventually earn their way to heaven. This truly disturbs me and with every ounce of spiritual
empowerment; I try to persuade them to change their mind and let go of traditional un-god like views that either is going
to send them to hell because they are not born again or if they are God's children; they will live as spiritual cripples
the rest of their life because of their ignorance of not knowing the true love that God their Father has for them.
You are either going to use God's last will and testament which is the bible as the standard
for your life or because of your fallen flesh at birth; your carnal thinking will make up some standard and make the God of
the universe into your own image. You are either going to have a spiritual walk with God or; your earthly flesh and senses
will try to measure up to get God's approval however; they can not be trusted to understand God.
King Solomon with all his wisdom proclaims that; mankind with out God is nothing but a beast. When God made
mankind; scripture tells us that He breathed into the red clay of the earth formed Adam and he became a living soul. Being
ignorant of God's word causes us to not allow the breath of God's spirit to flow threw our heart and mind daily and
in turn; our soul can not be nourished and remain pure and uncontaminated from un-god like reasoning. Satan is doing all he
can to put a wedge between God and His children to rob them of a living vital knowing relationship that causes a person to
rest from their labors and learn to let go and let God have full control over all areas of their lives.
In Romans 10:9 -11 tells us. "If a person acknowledges and confess with his mouth that Jesus
is Lord and in his heart believes that God raised Him from the dead; he will be saved. For with the heart a person believes
and relies on Christ and so is justified (declared righteous and acceptable to God), and with his mouth he confesses and speaks
out freely his faith and gets a confirmation that he has become born again. No one who puts their faith and trust in Him will
ever be disappointed."
There is no other way to receive your righteous nature
except through this miracle encounter with God. I know that the reasoning carnal mind that we were born with has a hard time
believing that people can be raised from the dead. However; this word faith is interpreted in scripture as the "substance
of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen."
The substance of faith is the living reality of Christ revealing
Him self to you in your inner man because; you asked Christ Jesus to come into your heart and make Him self real to you. As
a person speaks out of his mouth what Christ is telling him in the inner man; the evidence to our natural senses or areas
where we need a inner healing of our soul and our capacity to mature begins to materialize to our mind, will and emotions.
Our born again experience is the first encounter that a person must have to operate in faith because faith is empowered and
comes from Christ whose nature we have now taken on by our born again spiritual encounter with God.
Mankind was made to have this type relationship with God and there is no other way for mankind to be restored
to a place of intimate wholeness and awareness of being a child of God and enjoy His Company and know your rightful place
at His side as His friend AMEN! (So be it.)
