672. Proofs of the New Birth<\/p>\n
The evidences of being \u201cborn of God\u201d are brought out in the First Epistle of John, where we find gennao occurring ten times. Let us briefly look at some of these results.<\/p>\n
1. Righteousness of Life. \u201cEvery one that doeth righteousness is begotten of Him\u201d (1Jn_2:29, R.V.). Generally speaking, righteousness is conformity to the standard of right. The standard of right is the ten commandments in the Old Testament, as Arnold says, \u201cRighteousness is the master-word in the Old Testament;\u201d and the standard of right in the New Testament is Christ, hence, the Christian says, \u201cWhat would my Lord do?\u201d<\/p>\n
2. Separation from Sin. \u201cWhosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him, and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God\u201d (1Jn_3:9, R.V.). Those who have Divine life do not make it a practice to sin. They are not sinless, nor not liable to fall through temptation, but sinning is no longer a habit of their life.<\/p>\n
3. Love to Others. \u201cEvery one that loveth is begotten of God\u201d (1Jn_4:7, R.V.). Love is not the empty effervescence of animal desire, but the pure flame of an ardent affection, which expresses itself in sacrifice, help, co-operation, sympathy, devotion, thoughtfulness, and service.<\/p>\n
4. Faith in Christ. \u201cWhosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God\u201d (1Jn_5:1, R.V.). The tense of the verb to believe, is the key to the understanding of these words\u2014\u201dBelieveth.\u201d Faith is the hand that links us on to Christ, and it is the coupling which keeps us one with Him, even as the couplings of the carriages keep them coupled to the engine. The world wonders we make so much of faith, but the believer knows its worth and power. We know that the \u201cJesus\u201d of humanity is the Christ of Deity.<\/p>\n
5. Loving the Lord. \u201cEvery one that loveth Him that begat\u201d (1Jn_5:1, R.V.). The next verse tells us that we show our love to Him by doing His commandments. The love of God is like the sun to the flowers, it causes them to turn to it; the love of God is like the electric current which moves the needle and sends a message from one operator to another.<\/p>\n
6. Victory. \u201cWhatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world\u201d (1Jn_5:4, R.V.). God has made no provision for His children to be overcome by the Devil of temptation, the syren of the world, and the whirlpool of the flesh. Victory shows our relationship. Thomas Manton says: \u201cIt would be monstrous for the eggs of one creature to bring forth the brood of another kind, for a crow or a kite to come from the egg of a hen. It is as unnatural a production for a new creature to sin.\u201d Spurgeon comments on this quotation: \u201cEach creature brings forth after its own kind. Out of a dove\u2019s nest we expect only doves to fly. The heavenly life breeds birds of paradise, such as holy thoughts, desires, and acts; and it cannot bring forth such unclean birds as lust, envy, and malice. The life of God infused in the new birth is as pure as the Lord by whom it was begotten, and can never be otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
672. Proofs of the New Birth The evidences of being \u201cborn of God\u201d are brought out in the First Epistle of John, where we find gennao occurring ten times. Let us briefly look at some of these results. 1. Righteousness of Life. \u201cEvery one that doeth righteousness is begotten of Him\u201d (1Jn_2:29, R.V.). Generally speaking, … Continue reading “0687. 672. Proofs of the New Birth”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}