Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Being Born Again and Being Saved, are they different?

I found this question from a friend of mine A.S. that text it to me months ago.

I was also talking to some friends at lunch today and the same topic came up. We are born again only 1 time, to be born again more than that means somethings wrong with our relationship with GOD, it can NOT happen more than once. We can be born twice( remember Christ conversation with Nicodemus)BUT WE DIE ONCE! We do have to DIE one time, remember (Heb. 9:27) It's APPOINTED unto man once to die then the judgment. I can NOT die again, I'll go to sleep in Christ.

During our initial Salvation process we die to ourselves and are reborn (BORN AGAIN) unto the Spirit of GOD through Christ Jesus, we're saved.

The salvation process then becomes something that we need daily! There is a statement we use "I WAS saved, I am BEING saved and I WILL BE saved". What does this mean?

At the moment we're born again we have started a salvation process hence I WAS saved.

As life goes on we are in need of salvation every moment of every day, we are being saved. This is the wonderful and sometimes challenging part of our life in Christ, where we learn to trust him for everything from healing, forgiveness, finances and EVERYTHING else in between. This takes commitment and great TRUST (FAITH) in Christ, it's learned by living it, not reading about it or hearing about it.

What do we need saving from?

It's sad today that in most of our Churches don't teach on sin, they will tell you that sin is breaking the Law of Moses or has to do with drinking, adultery, gambling etc. and it does but lets go a bit deeper into our lives: what about unforgiveness, pride, lust of the eyes and lust of the flesh, this is how sin enters into our lives.

Just curious also how many of us have predetermined thoughts and judgments about homosexuals, prostitutes, drunks, drug addicts, drug dealers or the person of a different color: after all our churches are the most prejudice places on earth? Could you worship with them and LOVE them being an example of Christ LOVE?

Lets get closer to home, how many of us have unforgiveness in our hearts because of something that happened to us, and we just CAN'T forgive them, (Jesus said if we can't forgive then he can't forgive us). Was it RAPE, ABANDONMENT by a parent or spouse, was it abuse mental or physical, was it something that you have even hidden in a room in your heart and won't think about it, Jesus said "Behold I stand at the door and knock, he wants in all the rooms in our lives. Was it something that we're blaming on GOD? What about the LUST in our lives, chasing after the Jones' wanting more of he world more than wanting what GOD has for us in his SON? Is the STUFF in our lives the things that the WORLD has to offer us that has enticed us to go against our Spiritual leading?

To me worst of all could it be the Religious things that have crept up and snared us, these are hard to find?

These are only some of the things we need to be SAVED from and can be ONLY through CHRIST. GOD can and will SAVE, and DELIVER us if we allow him to. We have to abandon ourselves and put complete trust and faith in him.

Yes I do believe there is a difference in Being Born Again and Salvation.

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