"There are a large number of professing Christians who miss the point. To
hear some tell it, you would think Jesus merely said, “You must be well
again.” According to many, we are not spiritually dead but are simply
sick. We are on our death beds, and Jesus offers us the cure. All we
have to do is reach out and take it. Or we are drowning and Jesus offers
us a life buoy, and all we have to do is grab it to save our lives. The
picture painted by Jesus and the apostles, however, is much more bleak.
In our natural Adamic state, we are not on our sick beds. We are in the
grave. We are not flailing about on the surface of the sea. We are
lifeless at the bottom of the ocean. We are dead."
"We do not believe in order to be regenerated; we must be regenerated in
order that we might believe. Regeneration precedes faith."
Read the rest of this excellent short article by Keith Mathison on being "born again" HERE.
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