Are You Born Again?

Imagine you have only 24 hours to live. What will you do in those last 24 hours? Will you make up for lost time with your family? Will you check and recheck to make sure your finances are in order? Will you even take the time to make peace with those who have hurt you? Or will you take the time to ask yourself,"What is the value of my soul?" What have I done to contribute to this world? What will be my legacy?"

Your soul should be our first priority. We will not take our bank accounts, our education, nor our belongings. In fact, when we die, nobody talks about those things anyway. All we talk about is what kind of person you were or what legacy we would leave behind. In fact, God cares about your heart more so than our loved ones do.

You see, God loves us. After all, He is our Creator. He came in the flesh, preached amongst the Gentiles, and sacrificed the life of his very Son so that we might have eternal life. In fact, God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One.

There are only two places each of us will end up when we die because there are only two decisions for us to make. Christianity is not a complex religion, nor is it a religion of hypocrites. Religion makes what is true hard; it is full of rules to follow. In other words, religion says that good works will save us.

That is not so. You can be religious and contribute to thousands of charities and still end up in Hell. Jesus is the only way to eternal life. We are saved by faith, but faith involves action and that action is repentance.

Repentance involves changing your heart and mind towards God (turning away from sinful deeds) and being remorseful for what we have done and knowing that all of us are sinners, including yourself. In other words, being born-again involves being humble and turning our lives over to God.

If you have never repented of your sins or have never been born again, then make this first step and pray this prayer, or one similar in your own words:
"Lord Jesus Christ, I am a sinner in need of a Savior. Forgive me of all my sins. I turn my life and my will over to you. I ask that my name be written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Thank you for saving me, in your name, Jesus, Amen."

Congratulations, you have made the most important decision in your life. Tell someone about this decision. Don't be ashamed of God or His words. Water baptism is not necessary for salvation; it is because of the remission of one's sins that he or she is baptized. John 3 says those who are born again are born of water and of spirit. Let it be noted that baptism alone does not save us; only Jesus Christ does.

John 3:5
"I tell you the truth"; replied Jesus, "that no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit."