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Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by delishpot: 9:30pm On Dec 18, 2017
analize701:



Very sad how we claim Christianity but do not even know its tenets . A House fellowship is a church in the House. It's call a Cell Unite, meaning a unite of the whole. In a large group, we won't know each other to the base, with the intent of offering help and assistance for each other in times of need, hence the Cell Unit. It is a Church.

In my Church, Living Faith, there's nothing that is done in the main Church that does not happen in the splinter Units. So, yes, when i go the Home Cell, i go to Church, for, When two are gathered in His name, He is there.

You are obviously an outsider not to know these things. Anywhere brethren gather in the name of Christ, His presence is present. And, those gathering are individual churches Sir.

You are yet to know what a Church is. A Church is not a building, it's the gathering of the brethren who may be two or three people.

If that's what you think, then carry on, i can't help you with that.

The mind of God is in His Words, but if you think the Bible is a mere book written and edited by men, hence, can not convey the true mind of God, then wait to get the real insight into God's mind when Jesus comes.

The Holy Spirit can not give any revelation outside the written Word, if it happens be sure to know that satan is in the details.

Are you checking the Spirit twice becos you doubt that what He says at first is false or that it doesn't come from YHWH?

Let us humble ourselves and kill this pride. With this, we can never walk with, for and God.



You are still asleep.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Achorise: 9:55pm On Dec 18, 2017
analize701:

Where did you see boasting?

Is working to be transformed and be renewed boasting? Guy, if you do nothing to bear fruits as a branch in Christ, He will cut you off.

Salvation empowers you to work out your salvation which is bearing spiritual fruits.

And, Yes, grace has been given to you to resist and overcome sin. You don't say because Grace has come you continue in your sins since resisting it will amount to you working out your salvation.

Pls get knowledge.
I doubt if you are a Christian, cos I can see anger in your tone, mere bible explanation with a fellow Christian with soon turn to insult from you.
Thanks for the advice, I will get knowledge.
Thank God you have and know it all.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by analize701: 9:59pm On Dec 18, 2017
Achorise:
I doubt if you are a Christian, cos I can see anger in your tone, mere bible explanation with a fellow Christian with soon turn to insult from you.
Thanks for the advice, I will get knowledge.
Thank God you have and know it all.
.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by analize701: 10:04pm On Dec 18, 2017
delishpot:



You are still asleep.
You have said this the second time. By being 'asleep' i guess you mean i have not allowed rebellion to come into me(?).

Asleep because i follow the Word the way it's presented to me without doubts abi? lol.

Bros, like i said before, Very soon, we all shall stand before the White Throne Judgement seat and then, we shall know who has been sleeping.

Shalom. I love you.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by analize701: 10:06pm On Dec 18, 2017
Achorise:
I doubt if you are a Christian, cos I can see anger in your tone, mere bible explanation with a fellow Christian with soon turn to insult from you.
Thanks for the advice, I will get knowledge.
Thank God you have and know it all.
Where did i insult you? Have you ran out of what to say and wants to use this as a cop out? No issues, but note that, when you come out to spread falsehood, we shall be here to debunk you.

Godbless.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by JSMMUYIWA(m): 10:36pm On Dec 18, 2017
Hi Everyone.
There is a way,we should rapport when talking about GOD'S Words to fellow Christian Brothers,which must be much of humility and respect.That's what we call fellowship.You might be right, but don't force it on others,you can readily communicate your understanding of the word to one another without elements of ego or rudeness, so that everything we do and say is in the manner of CHRIST himself. We can't judge each other for we have only one Judge who judge by the hearts and not looks.
Let us convey our fellowship talks to eachother without malice,for we have only one LORD, One Holy Spirit,One Body which is CHRIST. Let brotherly love reign in our members.
GOD Bless Us Together.Amen.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by JSMMUYIWA(m): 10:43pm On Dec 18, 2017
tayooluwole:
I don't know if any body here is in my shoe... Since I was born I have attended many crusade and church services. During any of the services, any time the instruction is prescribed that all who wish to denounce sin and become born again should come out to receive prayers, me no they carry last to follow go out to be born again at that moment. The issue is, my being born again at any point in time doesn't take much time before it expires. Just at the moment I decide to be born again the holyholy will be there but by the time the holyholy run into 2 to 3 days it begins to desolve till I go back to the status quo. The logic behind this is that, if Jesus is to come withing the shortest time that follows the moment of my being born again that means heaven sure me die but if na after it has expired OYO is my case but Jesus will surely consider my seriousness by looking at the number of times I have come to him...

Pls how can someone be permanently born again without much sin ?

Note: he get some things wey Christians go count as sin and wey if ah no do na hunger go kill me...

Christian brothers over to you...
Mr.Tayooluwole.
The fact that you brought discourse here is plausible, it shows you have the willingness to do that Which GOD wants,to be CHRIST-Like.
First of,I will congratulate you,for GOD loves you.
Know this for sure Brother, you are a great man.
One which will go places,accomplish and great in deed.
The fact, that you feel sober and forsaking your sins at preaching is exonerative, and shows how much you love GOD,you surely know GOD loves you more.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by JSMMUYIWA(m): 11:02pm On Dec 18, 2017
tayooluwole:
I don't know if any body here is in my shoe... Since I was born I have attended many crusade and church services. During any of the services, any time the instruction is prescribed that all who wish to denounce sin and become born again should come out to receive prayers, me no they carry last to follow go out to be born again at that moment. The issue is, my being born again at any point in time doesn't take much time before it expires. Just at the moment I decide to be born again the holyholy will be there but by the time the holyholy run into 2 to 3 days it begins to desolve till I go back to the status quo. The logic behind this is that, if Jesus is to come withing the shortest time that follows the moment of my being born again that means heaven sure me die but if na after it has expired OYO is my case but Jesus will surely consider my seriousness by looking at the number of times I have come to him...

Pls how can someone be permanently born again without much sin ?

Note: he get some things wey Christians go count as sin and wey if ah no do na hunger go kill me...

Christian brothers over to you...
However Brother, When forsaking your sins after repenting,do not let depression creep into you for those sins of the past as you just repented. Let go of the just immediate sin and all those of the past which would want to be recalled to you,to make you look depressed. Let go of them once!!You know why?
If you don't let go quickly the present sins,having repent,and you get depression in,trying to be sober to please,GOD or make GOD understand how sorry you are,Satan comes around,it makes you start remembering various types and countless numbers of sins of such you had committed,but here you are nothing happens after all?That's the devil style,then gradually you feel sober but unsure if you are truly ready,though you are there wanting to please GOD because you really love HIM,which you can relate how good a Christian you used to be.
At this point, of depression, two things are involved, three maybe.1)Though GOD wasn't impressed by your deed,but is eagerly ready to forgive you and immediately you repent had forgiven you,hoping you won't go back to those sins again.
2)You want to impress GOD by being depressed and sober for too long than necessary.
3)The devil is not too far, though it seems away.
You dealing with the 2) there for too long and reminiscencing on your numerous past sins,will create a gap,even though you are depressed to the call,which the devil,very,cunning might not attack immediately to lure you back to those sins.It will be the one however making you remember so many sins which you thought you were remembering yourself to present yourself sober before GOD.Before you know it,it makes the depression and repentance look like a bit of a too much work,though you don't want to give in real quickly, but he had created a hole already.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by JSMMUYIWA(m): 11:12pm On Dec 18, 2017
JSMMUYIWA:

However Brother, When forsaking your sins after repenting,do not let depression creep into you for those sins of the past as you just repented. Let go of the just immediate sin and all those of the past which would want to be recalled to you,to make you look depressed. Let go of them once!!You know why?
If you don't let go quickly the present sins,having repent,and you get depression in,trying to be sober to please,GOD or make GOD understand how sorry you are,Satan comes around,it makes you start remembering various types and countless numbers of sins of such you had committed,but here you are nothing happens after all?That's the devil style,then gradually you feel sober but unsure if you are truly ready,though you are there wanting to please GOD because you really love HIM,which you can relate how good a Christian you used to be.
At this point, of depression, two things are involved, three maybe.1)Though GOD wasn't impressed by your deed,but is eagerly ready to forgive you and immediately you repent had forgiven you,hoping you won't go back to those sins again.
2)You want to impress GOD by being depressed and sober for too long than necessary.
3)The devil is not too far, though it seems away.
You dealing with the 2) there for too long and reminiscencing on your numerous past sins,will create a gap,even though you are depressed to the call,which the devil,very,cunning might not attack immediately to lure you back to those sins.It will be the one however making you remember so many sins which you thought you were remembering yourself to present yourself sober before GOD.Before you know it,it makes the depression and repentance look like a bit of a too much work,though you don't want to give in real quickly, but he had created a hole already.
Just with interval of time,you know,the devil is very calculative, seeing depression has taken over you to realize you had been forgiven by GOD,in which you are unhappy with yourself and trying hard to please GOD by depression, and you need to enchant your self over depression.At this point, of time space,you become vulnerable and susceptible.
The devil will using the next chance, even though you know what you are about to do is not GODly,yet you know right there,the choice is yours,but for the gap Satan created from your remembrance, during your depression to show GOD how sober you are,it telling you you escaped and nothing happens after all,so cunning,it might make you compare yourself to some others that are swimming in such similar sins and nothing happens. You have a quick choice to make,it hastens you,before you know it.You and Satan are on same page,you give in.You know it is wrong, the gentle voice of the Holy Spirit speaks,but you count it faint.You feel you can't help it,oh you feel you will repent afterwards,Satan encourage you,of course,after all you will he tells you.And there you go again,you just commit another sin!
Thereafter, you hate yourself, Satan comes tease you with you just do it again unbelievable, see you,calling yourself born again of GOD.
You realized what you just did and so regretting and sober,fully understanding you just disappointed GOD hates yourself more,you start questioning yourself can you ever get out of this!But you were never like this!?
Satan comes around tease you,paint you bad.Ask you do you think you can ever get it right?Tells you no,you are a disgrace to GOD.You can't ever be consistent,in fact you can't be accepted by GOD.
Then the cycle continues into depression,repentance,depression, soberness, hole,time space,hole,temptation, devil,delimma,choice,devil encourage,sin again,tease,regret, and the cycle continues!
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by JSMMUYIWA(m): 11:41pm On Dec 18, 2017
tayooluwole:
I don't know if any body here is in my shoe... Since I was born I have attended many crusade and church services. During any of the services, any time the instruction is prescribed that all who wish to denounce sin and become born again should come out to receive prayers, me no they carry last to follow go out to be born again at that moment. The issue is, my being born again at any point in time doesn't take much time before it expires. Just at the moment I decide to be born again the holyholy will be there but by the time the holyholy run into 2 to 3 days it begins to desolve till I go back to the status quo. The logic behind this is that, if Jesus is to come withing the shortest time that follows the moment of my being born again that means heaven sure me die but if na after it has expired OYO is my case but Jesus will surely consider my seriousness by looking at the number of times I have come to him...

Pls how can someone be permanently born again without much sin ?

Note: he get some things wey Christians go count as sin and wey if ah no do na hunger go kill me...

Christian brothers over to you...
The point to notes here are:
1)The devil know you are going to be great but wants to create a stumbling block,which repercussion you might and may know by relating to the sin in kinds.
2)You can't impressed GOD after repentance by Depression.
Depression only allows devil penetrate your thought.It makes staying with GOD after trying to impress GOD by hurting your self in mind,saying you are determine, saying you are correcting this by yourself, creating unhappiness.
Trying to find solace in your depression mood,if the chance of temptation comes you will fall for it.
You can't impress GOD.Just let go immediately you repent.Don't get emotionally depressed.Don't all it a bit.Just let go.Don't give a thought about the sin again.Don't create room to remember the so many pasts sins,saying you are sober and making GOD to understand you are getting depress to impress HIM.
Say this,if possibly loudly,beat your chest if possible that you have been forgiven by GOD simply by your confession.Be happy.Say it happily and with confidence. Declare it loudly this time,"I have been forgiven all my sins by GOD and am no longer go there again! Yes, I will do it no more!!"
Be happy doing this,allow no room for depression, don't remember the last sin or the myriad past ones.Just confidently declare,Am not doing this again! Yes am determined, am not remembering, no room for you devil,am not,not remembering,I won't do it again,no room for depression,I have been forgiven by CHRIST.I just confessed To GOD not to man.I am not going to repeat this!Oh am at liberty! Stay Happy!!Do everything happily, don't allow room for remembrance of the past.Say old things are passed away.I am for GOD not for the world. I am great and the devil won't stop me,not by this!I shall not fall into sin again. I shall watch,I shall rejoice in the LORD,I shall start from my appearance and choices,I shall accomplish the mission sent me by GOD.I shall be happy!And yes JESUS dwells in me,no room for the world not,an iota of the devil allowed.And there you go.Stay happy and confident that GOD has forgiven you all the sins just by mere confession. I know you GOD.But that's it.It is as easy as that by just confession to reconciliation to CHRIST you are saved.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by JSMMUYIWA(m): 11:55pm On Dec 18, 2017
tayooluwole:
I don't know if any body here is in my shoe... Since I was born I have attended many crusade and church services. During any of the services, any time the instruction is prescribed that all who wish to denounce sin and become born again should come out to receive prayers, me no they carry last to follow go out to be born again at that moment. The issue is, my being born again at any point in time doesn't take much time before it expires. Just at the moment I decide to be born again the holyholy will be there but by the time the holyholy run into 2 to 3 days it begins to desolve till I go back to the status quo. The logic behind this is that, if Jesus is to come withing the shortest time that follows the moment of my being born again that means heaven sure me die but if na after it has expired OYO is my case but Jesus will surely consider my seriousness by looking at the number of times I have come to him...

Pls how can someone be permanently born again without much sin ?

Note: he get some things wey Christians go count as sin and wey if ah no do na hunger go kill me...

Christian brothers over to you...
Now,that you are over depression and repented.What makes you Stay?
You have to first as said earlier be happy and continue to declare you have been forgiven all,the very all of your sins by Confession and you won't go back to it.
Next,work on your character, define how you want to be,but put happiness and decent as a top priority so that doing so won't lead to depression that will allow hole of the devil.
Next, you have to start growing in CHRIST.
This you can do by yourself, study the bible everyday and be prayerful too,be watchful too.Don't hate just be happy and always ensure you make choosing the best decision your character.
Be consistent,be happy.
I emphasized consistency and happiness again.
Preach to yourself and those around you if you have the chance. Understand you are a man of mission delicately and wonderfully created by GOD and you will accomplish it by HIS Grace.
Be Happy, Let your appearance and utterances be guided,be consistent in the Bible study,especially, psalms,proverbs,and the New Testaments.
Enjoy the stories of Old Testaments at leisure too.
I will recommend hard copy of Bible for daily study.
If you can study a chapter in at least three of those books a day and pray as the spirit request you,fully focused on the Kingdom of GOD as our reward.
You shall be encourage to do more and GOD Bless you Sir.Amen.
Kindly Check Matthew 6:33.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Achorise: 5:51am On Dec 19, 2017
analize701:

Where did i insult you? Have you ran out of what to say and wants to use this as a cop out? No issues, but note that, when you come out to spread falsehood, we shall be here to debunk you.

Godbless.
If I have ran Of what to say?? Now I know better.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Smony: 6:37am On Dec 19, 2017
Jesse01:
Religion itself is very confusing, dat's y I chose not to believe in it.
Them wat ar u doin in religion section.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by analize701: 9:21am On Dec 19, 2017
Achorise:
If I have ran Of what to say?? Now I know better.
Exactly. Now you know that when you come out with below knowledge of the Scriptures and try to pass them off as truth, you shall meet us to put you straight.

Unbelievers thinking they are authorities on the Scriptures.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by analize701: 9:36am On Dec 19, 2017
JandyJ:
One that is born again can't sin.
Not true. There's a reason why we are called 'CHILDREN OF GOD'.

Just like a Child gets born and begins to grow into adulthood, that's how we are also born in the spirit and begin to grow into spiritual adults.

In the process of growth, a child, wees and poos and vomits on himself over and over. The parents are always ready to clean up the child . When a child gets to the stage of leaning to use a pooty, he begins to be taught to use, but he will still sometimes poo on himself till he learns fully.

A time comes when, if he poos on himself, the parents gets angry because, he has been taught to do the right thing. But he will be cleaned up again.

A time comes when the child be will be ashamed of himself if he poos on himself hence, makes every effort to stay clean. this is maturity.

It apply in the spiritual just like, it applies in tje physical.

Here is what the Bible says.
1John:2:1
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

New born babes in Christ are fed with what they can carry until they mature.
1 Corinthians:3:2
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able..

So, yes, we fall back into sin, but it just a stage of growth.

Right now, am grown, i can not see myself committing fornication or taking another persons property again. But that doesn't mean, i don't have issues in my life am still fighting to transform and perfect.

I have overcome Lust, what about Pride? Am putting it down now.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by analize701: 9:41am On Dec 19, 2017
bloodofthelamb:


You have just said the gospel truth... Respect!
Na wao for you o. I think you are still a babe in Cbrist.

It is with a mouth that confession is made unto salvation o. I guess you don't know the strength of spoken words.

Being saved begins with you believing in your heart then, declaring with your mouth o. If you believe and not declare, there won't be any effect.

Read your Bible Son.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Achorise: 12:32pm On Dec 19, 2017
analize701:

Exactly. Now you know that when you come out with below knowledge of the Scriptures and try to pass them off as truth, you shall meet us to put you straight.

Unbelievers thinking they are authorities on the Scriptures.
You are very correct, God bless you.Have a very merry Christmas.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by delishpot: 1:27pm On Dec 19, 2017
analize701:

You have said this the second time. By being 'asleep' i guess you mean i have not allowed rebellion to come into me(?).

Asleep because i follow the Word the way it's presented to me without doubts abi? lol.

Bros, like i said before, Very soon, we all shall stand before the White Throne Judgement seat and then, we shall know who has been sleeping.

Shalom. I love you.


No I said you are asleep because you dont know a drop of truth. You are still worshiping man even though you honestly believe you worship a God. Not your fault tho..... It is very hard to wake up people who are asleep. I appreciate your love. Thank you.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by analize701: 3:42pm On Dec 19, 2017
delishpot:



No I said you are asleep because you dont know a drop of truth. You are still worshiping man even though you honestly believe you worship a God. Not your fault tho..... It is very hard to wake up people who are asleep. I appreciate your love. Thank you.
Following you, i tried to read your mind to know the kind of person you are. So far, i wonder your god, bocos i doubt it is YHWH
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by ogorwyne(f): 1:01pm On Jan 10, 2018
Kennethodinaka:
you need a teaching on assurance of salvation by pastor David ogbueli.search for the cd at any dominion city church near you.tank me later.and som1 will say am marketing my church.
Pastor
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by alolatee(m): 1:14pm On Jan 10, 2018
tayooluwole:
I don't know if any body here is in my shoe... Since I was born I have attended many crusade and church services. During any of the services, any time the instruction is prescribed that all who wish to denounce sin and become born again should come out to receive prayers, me no they carry last to follow go out to be born again at that moment. The issue is, my being born again at any point in time doesn't take much time before it expires. Just at the moment I decide to be born again the holyholy will be there but by the time the holyholy run into 2 to 3 days it begins to desolve till I go back to the status quo. The logic behind this is that, if Jesus is to come withing the shortest time that follows the moment of my being born again that means heaven sure me die but if na after it has expired OYO is my case but Jesus will surely consider my seriousness by looking at the number of times I have come to him...

Pls how can someone be permanently born again without much sin ?

Note: he get some things wey Christians go count as sin and wey if ah no do na hunger go kill me...

Christian brothers over to you...
Next time you are going out be excited about it as if you just got a Shell or NNPC job, built a house or bought a car.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by alolatee(m): 1:20pm On Jan 10, 2018
MhizzAJ:
You are simply confused

I guess Fornication is your major stumbling block
judgemental brother...he who is withot sin should throw the first stone....remove the beam in ur eye before helping a friend remove his speck.Even the one who preach to convert many will still go to Jesus for forgiveness.Hw about that?
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by alolatee(m): 1:23pm On Jan 10, 2018
ayourbamie:
You are born again, just that u r still living in sin.
thanks.Wisdom
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Kennethodinaka(m): 10:57am On Feb 12, 2018
ogorwyne:
Pastor
pastors wife grin
ogorwyne:
Pastor
pastors wife
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Kobojunkie: 5:03am On Apr 25, 2023
JandyJ:
One that is born again can't sin.
That is untrue. All those who will end up in eternal damnation at the end are all also born-agains. undecided
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Kobojunkie: 5:04am On Apr 25, 2023
mixratio:
■ The above steps may take time depending on your level of sincerity. If you are not sincere , you will just be praying for a long time and may not receive anything but if you are genuinly sincere, within minutes you can receive SALVATION.
I am a living witness, it is REAL.
God bless you Sir
1. I am afraid if this is what you did, you are not born-again or Jesus Christ is a liar. undecided
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by MaxInDHouse(m): 6:32am On Apr 25, 2023
You have been misinformed!

You don't know what being born again means! smiley
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Kobojunkie: 6:54am On Apr 25, 2023
tayooluwole:
Pls how can someone be permanently born again without much sin ?
tayooluwole , Are you certain you are born again? It is nothing like playing mental assent games with God. Jesus Christ gives evidence to each one who is born of His own spirit to prove that indeed one is born again. If you don't know what the evidence is, it means you are not born again. If you incorrectly identify the evidence, it also means you are not born-again. And if you have to take a guess as to what it is, it definitely means you are not born-again. undecided

Man was born flesh and blood from his mother's womb. Jesus Christ told you this in His Gospel, affirming what God said in the beginning when He pointed out that man was made from the clay of this earth, not spirit - Genesis 2 vs 6 - 7. So in order to become a citizen of the Kingdom of God, a Kingdom where only those who are born of spirit can gain access, a first step in becoming a Son of God and eventually a partaker in the blessings and rewards of the Kingdom of God, one must first be born-again. And as broken down carefully in His Gospel by Jesus Christ, one must first be born-again before one can then become a citizen of the Kingdom of God.
1 There was a man named Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees. He was an important Jewish leader.
2 One night he came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a teacher sent from God. No one can do these miraculous signs that you do unless they have God’s help.”
3 Jesus answered, “I assure you, everyone must be born again. Anyone who is not born again cannot be in God’s kingdom.”
4 Nicodemus said, “How can a man who is already old be born again? Can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born a second time?”
5 Jesus answered, “Believe me when I say that everyone must be born from water and the Spirit. Anyone who is not born from water and the Spirit cannot enter God’s kingdom.
6 The only life people get from their human parents is physical. But the new life that the Spirit gives a person is spiritual.
7 Don’t be surprised that I told you, ‘You must be born again.’
8 The wind blows wherever it wants to. You hear it, but you don’t know where it is coming from or where it is going. It is the same with everyone who is born from the Spirit.” - John 3 vs 5 - 8
Born of Water — Is an acknowledgment of the message spread by John the Baptist whose call for repentance as found in Matthew 3 vs 2 Jesus Christ was reiterated beginning at the start of His own Kingdom mission, "Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand" found in Matthew 4 vs 7 & Mark 1 vs 15.

As John explained in his conversation with the Pharisees, to be born of water — baptized — there is a need for repentance, a visible transition from following God's Old Law of Moses to following God's New agreement of peace —Jesus Christ. In verse 8 of the passage below, John instructs the Pharisees to change their hearts and show by the way that they live that they have in fact changed from following the Old Way to following the New way — Jesus Christ. undecided
7 Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run from God’s judgment that is coming?
8 Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed.
9 I know what you are thinking. You want to say, ‘but Abraham is our father!’ That means nothing. I tell you, God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.
10 The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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“I baptize you with water to show that you have changed your hearts and lives. But there is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough to be the slave who takes off his sandals. - Matthew 3 vs 7 - 11
Suffice to say, the kind of repentance God desires is not simply an abandoning of one's sinful ways but more importantly, an abandoning of the hold the Old Law had on one to embrace instead a full commitment to following and abiding by the direct teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ alone. Once one is baptized in water after this, one is said to have concluded the work of obedience necessary for one to be Born of water. undecided
Born of Spirit(Eternal Life) - In John 3 vs 16, Jesus Christ elucidated that all those who believe in Him will receive Eternal Life in place of the condemnation of Death which they formerly lived under as a result of God's judgment against sinners of Old - Deuteronomy 30 vs 15 - 20. The Spirit of Eternal life, the spirit those who are in fact born again are born of, as described by Jesus Christ in the context of John 3 vs 1 - 21 is not a passive spirit. Rather, He is an uncontrollable invasion of those of the individual who is born of Him — a possession so to speak. This can be vividly seen in what Jesus Christ said of those who are born of the Spirit of Life in John 3 vs 5 - 8 undecided
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered, “You don’t know what God can give you. And you don’t know who I am, the one who asked you for a drink. If you knew, you would have asked me, and I would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said, “Sir, where will you get that living water? The well is very deep, and you have nothing to get water with.
12 Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob? He is the one who gave us this well. He drank from it himself, and his sons and all his animals drank from it too.”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
14 But anyone who drinks the water I give will never be thirsty again. The water I give people will be like a spring flowing inside them. It will bring them eternal life.”
15 The woman said to Jesus, “Sir, give me this water. Then I will never be thirsty again and won’t have to come back here to get more water.” - John 4 vs 7 - 15
In the above passage, Jesus Christ equally describes the Spirit of Eternal life as living water on the inside of those who drink from Him again implying that one does not get a passive spirit but a conscious spirit wielding power inside of them when born of Spirit.

The born-again process is clearly not of the mind but of acts of obedience and also of invasion by the controlling power of the Spirit of Eternal Life who then guides one into the Kingdom of God where eventually — if one continues in submission and obedience — one is able to become a son of God, moving on to attain righteous by seeking first the Kingdom of God(holiness) and God's righteousness as commanded by Jesus Christ. However, none of this will be possible if one is not first born-again. So, ask yourself today, are you born-again? Can you confirm today that the Spirit of Eternal life has invaded your person and is actively working in you pushing you in whichever direction He chooses? or are you pretending to be born again in order to fit into the religious circles of men? undecided
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Kobojunkie: 8:40am On Apr 25, 2023
tayooluwole:
■ Note: he get some things wey Christians go count as sin and wey if ah no do na hunger go kill me... Christian brothers over to you...
1. If you want to become born-again, you have to adopt the Gospels as the Law by which you will live your life from that point on. The Gospels contain all the details of what constitutes sin in the Kingdom of God and there are less than 100 definitions of sin for you to know and live by detailed in it— it is the only Law you are called by Jesus Christ to live by. undecided
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Ken4Christ: 9:09am On Apr 25, 2023
tayooluwole:
I don't know if any body here is in my shoe... Since I was born I have attended many crusade and church services. During any of the services, any time the instruction is prescribed that all who wish to denounce sin and become born again should come out to receive prayers, me no they carry last to follow go out to be born again at that moment. The issue is, my being born again at any point in time doesn't take much time before it expires. Just at the moment I decide to be born again the holyholy will be there but by the time the holyholy run into 2 to 3 days it begins to desolve till I go back to the status quo. The logic behind this is that, if Jesus is to come withing the shortest time that follows the moment of my being born again that means heaven sure me die but if na after it has expired OYO is my case but Jesus will surely consider my seriousness by looking at the number of times I have come to him...

Pls how can someone be permanently born again without much sin ?

Note: he get some things wey Christians go count as sin and wey if ah no do na hunger go kill me...

Christian brothers over to you...

You got the concept of born again wrong. Being born again does not mean that you will not make a mistake or commit sin. But it does mean that you will not make a practice out of sin.

If you feel guilt when you do something wrong, then you are born again.

Those who are not born again hardly feel guilty of their sins.

So, what you need to learn is how to put your flesh under control.

There is still sin in your flesh because it's still the same old flesh. Your flesh was not saved when you got born again. It still loves to sin.

But your spirit is born again. You are a new man on the inside.

But there is a battle between the spirit and the flesh.

So, how do you put your flesh under?

1. Through prayer especially backed up with fasting from time to time.

2. By dwelling on the right thoughts. Most of the sin we commit begins in our mind. If you can cut the suggestion off before it takes deep root in you, it's possible not to yield to the temptation. Philippians 4:8 tells us what to dwell our thoughts on.

3. Keep the right company of friends. 1st Corinthians 15:33 says that evil communicate corrupt good manners. Friends can lure you to do the wrong things.

4. Be in fellowship all the time. You receive grace to overcome sin each time you are in God's presence.

5. Study your Bible always. It supplies grace also.

6. Avoid phonograph and movies full of sex scenes.

7. Avoid reading books that are full of sex acts.

Above all, you must make a quality decision not to permit sin reign over you. Because if you do, you will end up in burning hell.

Again, you only get born again once. But you can rededicate your life to Christ if you backslide from the faith.

If you sin, just ask God to forgive you and repent of it. And he will.

Place order for my ebook, Now That You Are Born Again. It will help you in your new walk with Christ.
Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Kobojunkie: 3:26pm On Apr 26, 2023
MhizzAJ:
You are simply confused

I guess Fornication is your major stumbling block
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Re: I Have Been Born Again For Over 100 Times... Pls Help A Brother by Kobojunkie: 3:47pm On Apr 27, 2023
Pierohandsome:
Judging by ur response to that brother, u are not really ready to repent. Repentance is not 'Lord i am sorry' . Repentance is the willingness to turn away frm sin permanently, that is whn u receive the grace and power to live right. Until u are ready to forsake ur sins and turn a new leaf u wil never be saved because righteousness cannot be achieved by the energy of the flesh but by the Spirit of the Lord.
Repentance is not from sin but instead a switching of contracts from following the Old Law of Moses to following instead the New Law of The Kingdom of God, Jesus Christ. That is the repentance preached by John the Baptist, the message Jesus Christ took up and began preaching as well. undecided

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