Self motivation and improvement

BORN AGAIN

The word Born Again is a language common among Christians and non-Christians nowadays because it is seen as a prerequisite, in Christendom, to be considered as an ardent follower of Christ, who is the founder of the Christian faith. As a matter of fact, Our Lord Jesus Christ was the first to use the word BORN AGAIN while addressing one of the teachers of the Jewish laws by name Nicodemus.

According to the Biblical account taken from John 3:1-21, Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, which implies that he met Him secretly to confide in him that he believes that He is truly sent by God by virtue of the miracles Jesus performed, even though the Jewish leaders condemns His teachings owing to the fact that they consider them contrariwise to the laws given by Moses.

Jesus in His reply said that except a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus apparently thought that Jesus was talking about being born a second time by a woman. Jesus replied that a man must be born of water and of the spirit in order to see the kingdom of God. The kingdom literarily means the glory of God (i.e. power, wealth, influence, wisdom etc). In short our Lord Jesus said that you shall also receive power after the Holy Ghost is come upon you.

Once a man accepts Christ as his Lord and saviour by confession, the next thing is for the man to be baptized in water by complete immersion and then to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It is when these two conditions are fulfilled that a man can be called a Born Again.

The importance of being Born Again as a Christian cannot be over emphasized as the following will begging to happen to such a person, distinguishing him from an ordinary nominal Christian or a fake:
The gift of speaking in tongues – This experience edifies (Uplifts the man’s spirit, emboldens the man) as can be seen in Apostle Peter after the Pentecost experience. Hitherto, he was afraid of the Jewish leaders and even denied Christ thrice, but when he received the Holy Ghost, he was emboldened to preach the gospel.
The Gift of Power – This is one of the things that Jesus said that you shall receive after the Holy Ghost has come upon you. This power can heal a sick person, raise the dead, decree a thing and it shall be established, strengthen you physically like Samson, to accomplish difficult tasks etc.
The gift of Financial Empowerment – The Holy Ghost gives you wisdom and directs your steps on what to do and where to go to. He even speaks to people before you get there to favour you. He represents you in places you are striving to gain entrance. He makes you disappear, just like in the case of Stephen. He carries you from one place to the other, just like He carried Elijah and Jesus to the top of the mountain.

The thing a Christian accomplishes when he is Born Again is inexhaustible. Hence, a Christian must be Born Again.

I intentionally listed a few of the benefits of being Born Again because it is becoming worrisome to see professed preachers begging for money in commercial buses, in market places, among politicians in the guise that they are preaching as if they don’t know that God has even promised to give the wealth of the heathen to the Born again Christian. This is what King Solomon wrote many years ago that he has seen a great evil under the sun: kings trekking while beggars are on horse backs.

Christians, note and beware

posted by ANDREW CHUKWUEMEKA UKAUWA @ 11:32