August 14, 2013 Born Again

Philippians 3:20-22 Born Again 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. WHEN you hear someone say, “I’m a born again Christian.” Or they say, “I’m born again in Jesus.” (Maybe you have said that.) What do you think? Do you get excited? Do you celebrate, rejoicing in Jesus? You do realize “born again” speaks of God birthing you out of a life dead in sin into your eternal life in heaven, don’t you? Oh, to be born again is a joyous occurrence! You have gained, as Paul says, “citizenship in heaven”. You are birthed through the power of the Holy Spirit into a new life covered in Jesus’ sacrificial blood from the cross. You have risen from your death in sin to a resurrection of new life in Jesus’ salvation. Born again, you have the right to send out new birth announcements proclaiming God’s creative and resurrection power. Just as you had no choice to be born, God has chosen you to be His own, and it, indeed, is time to celebrate. As a father takes his child home from the hospital, one day your Father in heaven will send Jesus to take you to your eternal home. You are secure in God’s home as your name is written in the book of life. Your body one day will be transformed to a spiritual body, and you will take your place in the Kingdom of God forever. Have you been “born again”? Have you confessed your sins to Jesus? Have you said to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!” A Moment’s Thought: Give thanks to God that you are born again.