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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

THE BORN-AGAIN EXPERIENCE

Being born again is a birthing process that is not based on natural laws but is spiritual in nature. Our spirits get born again (reborn) at the point of salvation but our souls and bodies do not. If you are born again, this means that at the point of salvation, the creator of the universe gave birth to you by His Spirit. James 1:18 AMPC - [18] And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].

The fact is that, when you got born again, your natural man, carnal sinful spirit died unto sin and you received a new life, a new spirit that cannot sin in Christ Jesus, a new life created spiritually in the image of God’s righteousness and holiness. That is now who you are in Christ.

Ephesians 4:24 AMPC - And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness.

God made a way of escape for us by giving birth to us by the Word. James 1:18 AMPC - [18] And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself].

If you are born again, this means that at the point of salvation, the creator of the universe gave birth to you by His Spirit. John 1:13 AMPC -Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father], but to God. [They are born of God!]

Confession: I am the redeemed of the Lord, I am blessed, I am redeemed to God as a king on the earth therefore I rule and reign in the affairs of life. I am born again, I am the carrier of God’s spirit, I am blessed of the Lord.

Further Reading: Colossians 1:27 (NASU) “To whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

Galatians 3:13-14 (TEV) “But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, "Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse." Christ did this in order that the blessing which God promised to Abraham might be given to the Gentiles by means of Christ Jesus, so that through faith we might receive the Spirit promised by God.”

Read through the Bible: Songs of Solomon 2 & Hebrews 2