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FAQ # 41
QUESTION 41 : What should happen after I’m born again?
You’ll actually be a new person even though
you might not see a new body, well, not until Christ returns.
For instance, a butterfly
while in his cocoon has ceased to be a caterpillar, though it is not readily
seen. Likewise, a born again believer is completely new, though it is
not readily seen until “corruptible must
put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality” (1 Cor 15:53-54). Salvation “is sown a natural body;
it is raised a spiritual body” (1 Cor 15:44).
When Christ returns and he take us to paradise, we’ll see it. Believe
you me that’s worth more than being wealthy, famous or educated.
The word of God affirms this
newness, “if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things
are passed away; behold, they are become new” (2 Cor 5:17).
However, they are also visible
changes; between the time of caterpillar and a butterfly, the insect is
still alive and undergo changes. Paul adds,
“Even when we were dead in
sins, hath quicken us together with Christ” (Eph 2:5).
You should especially see
the mark of love.
“We know that we have passed
from death unto life, because we love the brethren, he that loveth not
his brother abideth in death” ( 1 John 3:14).
A person that possesses love
by becoming born again will produce righteous acts, being righteous. The
scripture tells us that, “If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that
everyone that doeth righteousness is born of him” (1 John 2:29).
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God” (1 John 2:29, 4:7).
You should also become so
warm, peaceful, gentle, loving and always at ease; because of the fact
that God keeps you and you have a hope that is worth more than all the
planets and its natural resources combine. In fact, the bible tells us
that, “the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness
quietness and assurance for ever” (Isa 32:17).
In other words, possessing salvation brings peace and another effect
of it is quietness, tranquil and a steadfast hope, ahhhhhh.
That is much to be desired today.
Here is what you will never find a born again believer doing - repeatedly
sinning. We are assured of this in the word of God.
“We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is
begotten of God keepeth himself and that wicked one toucheth him not”
(1 John 5:18).
In fact, “whosoever is born of God doeth not commit sin, for his
seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God” (1
John 3:9).
Being born again has a lot to offer, more than what meets the eye
or what is spoken or is written by anyone in any office of the church.
Believe you me, it can’t be explained in its fullest extent by any human
innovation. It has to be experienced!
“Taste and see that the Lord he is good.”
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