0086. The Life Is a Spiritual Birth

The Life Is a Spiritual Birth

"As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His Name:

"Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" (Joh_1:12-13).

Regeneration implants within the believer, the Divine nature. When we are born again, we become children of God. We are children in no mere theoretical or ethical sense; we are children by birth. When Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, He was begotten by the Holy Ghost. When we, who believe, are born, we too are begotten of the Holy Ghost. The new life, which Christians possess, is a life wholly distinct from the life which they received in their natural birth.

Those who are saved, are members of Christ; they are one body in Christ. When we are born into an earthly family; it is impossible to be unborn. When we are born into the Heavenly family, it is equally impossible to be unborn. In the first birth, we were joined to the first Adam and we can never lose that life. In the second birth, we are born to the Last Adam and we can never lose that life.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR