the new
birth: SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE (Part II)
The
new birth in Christ is much more than a momentary decision or a singular
experience. It requires continuing
commitment, dedication, diligence, faith and obedience to nurture and sustain
that which has been brought to life in us by the operations of the Holy
Spirit. Jesus is more than our
Savior. JESUS IS LORD! Once again, let’s allow the Word to speak for
itself. Ultimately, all personal
opinions about what is right and what is wrong must come into alignment with
the eternal and immutable Word of God.
By this all will know that
you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.
II Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit.
HEBREWS 12:14
Follow peace with all men, and
holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
Titus 2:11-14
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation
has appeared to all men,12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present
age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our
great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every
lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good
works.
I Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Do
you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not
be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were
sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the
Spirit of our God.
Ephesians 4:21-32
21 if
indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in
Jesus: 22 that
you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the
spirit of your mind, 24 and
that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness. 25 Therefore,
putting away lying, “Let each
one of you speak
truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be
angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor
give place to the devil.28 Let
him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may
have something to give him who has need.29 Let no corrupt word
proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it
may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the
Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let
all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you,
with all malice. 32 And
be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in
Christ forgave you.
Galatians 5:14-26
14 For
all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.” 15 But if you bite and
devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!
16 I
say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.17 For
the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these
are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you
wish. 18 But
if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now
the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry,
sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions,
dissensions, heresies, 21 envy,
murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you
beforehand, just as I also told you in
time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of
God.
22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law.24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified
the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become
conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
John 17:19
19 And
for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the
truth.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
3 For
this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from
sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to
possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in passion of
lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 that no one should
take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the
Lord is the avenger
of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. 7 For God did not call
us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8 Therefore he who
rejects this does not
reject man, but God, who has also given[a] us His Holy Spirit.
I John 1:7-10
7 But
if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If
we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
us. 9 If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. 10 If
we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
I John 3:1-2
1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us,
that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us,
because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been
revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be
like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
GOD’S ROMISES TO OVERCOMING BELIEVERS
He that overcomes…
(2:7) …will I
give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
(2:11) …shall not
be hurt of the second death.
(2:17) …will I
give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and in the
stone a new name written, which no man knows save he that receives it.
(2:26) …to him
will give power over the nations.
(3:5) …shall be
clothed in white raiment and I will confess his name before my Father, and
before his angels.
(3:12) …will I
make a pillar in the temple of my God…and I will write upon him the name of God
and the name of the city of God, New Jerusalem.
(3:21) …will I
grant to sit with me in my throne.
(21:7) …shall inherit
all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
And, behold, I come quickly;
and my reward is with me,
to give every man according as his work shall be.
Sisters and brothers, be continually
blessed, and please (above all else) MAKE SURE YOU ARE READY TO MEET OUR SOON
COMING KING. Maranatha!
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