Devot. The New Birth

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a super week!  The devot. today is on being spiritually born.  

Just as a human is only birthed once, when we receive the Lord Jesus as our Saviour and way to Heaven, we are spiritually "re-born" and only have to receive Jesus in our lives once to be saved from an eternity in hell.   

Example:  Christ only had to die ONCE for the sins of all mankind.  We only have to receive Him and what He did for us ONCE to go to Heaven.

2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

God gives us a brand new slate to work off of when we become of His Kids, though faith in the Lord Jesus (Galatians 3:26). It's like we are "born again" to start  brand new life!

 

The day you received Jesus is your Spiritual Birthday and just as special as your physical birthday, even more so because your eternity was settled the day you accepted Jesus!

 I wanted to share this particular devot. with you is because today, Sept. 22nd, is my spiritual birthday!    17 years ago I received the Lord Jesus as my way to Heaven and received assurance from God's Word that the gift of salvation was permanent. 

This was after years of doubting if I ever had received Jesus and where I would spend eternity.

 The peace of God that came after accepting the free gift of salvation has never left me, as God's Word promises never will ( John 14:27, Philippians 4:7).

I pray that this devot. reminds you of the day you trusted Jesus as you way to Heaven!  

 

Or if you have never received Jesus into your life as the ONLY WAY to get to Heaven, as the Bible states, click here:http://thejourneyheavenward.blogspot.com/p/are-you-100-sure.html

 

Or if you have but need assurance that your decision to receive Jesus was permanent, click here:  http://thejourneyheavenward.blogspot.com/p/assurance-of-salvation.html

 

Always feel free to email me at the address in this tab: http://thejourneyheavenward.blogspot.com/p/contact.html

 

Lord bless you and yours this weekend!

 

Devot. http://www.icr.org/article/new-birth  (Used by permission.   Taken from http://www.icr.org/) 

Note: Paragraph 3 of the devot. says that a sign of a Christian is that we don't actively practice sin. I.E. You

don't continue to actively do things that you know are wrong and hurt God's heart.  This doesn't mean that we never sin though, as we still have to fight sin in our lives and ask for the Lord's forgiveness on a daily basis).