This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Being born again does not equal being good. And being good does not make you born again.
We accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and follow Him forever. Our spirit is transported instantly heavenward and merged with the spirit of Christ and then sent back to us. Our spirit and Holy Spirit are one; a unique combination. We are saved.
This is the first salvation. The kingdom of God is within. Heaven is here on earth.
To this world we are aliens. Our old man is dead. We are no longer who we were and the enemy works hard to keep our thinking back where it was before our salvation.
Who are we to believe, our old thoughts or the word of God in our spirit? As a new person in Christ, we must stop walking in the flesh and walk in the spirit.
In the spirit, we are pure goodness. In the flesh, we are on a transformation walk to be gooder and gooder.
Just because we are saved does not mean we walk out in pure goodness. The enemy consistently finds ways to bring our thinking back to who we were and that may not have been all good.
Just because we see goodness in someone else does not mean they are saved. Their upbringing may have been good. They may have had godly examples in their life. Reach out to them and tell them your story. The story of Jesus.
Let's listen to that voice inside. Let's listen to Holy Spirit guiding us, teaching us. Let's walkout in who we are in Christ and not who we used to be in this earthly realm.
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