When we see the term “born again” in the Bible, how are we to understand it? There has been a great deal of misunderstanding about this term. In the first of three parts in this series, pastor Rod Reynolds discusses in detail what it means to be born again.
“What is the Meaning of Born Again? Part 1” by Messenger Church of God released under a Creative Commons [CC BY-ND 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)]License:
Rod Reynolds explores the subject of Christian fellowship. What does the Bible say about the proper foundation for Christian fellowship, and how may godly fellowship be practiced?
Have you ever stopped to think why God–an eternal Being who existed before time began (as we count time)–would become flesh and blood? Does that not seem a bit peculiar, when you think about it, that the very Creator, the Being whose power sustains the entire vast Universe, would be changed into a mere human, infinitely weaker and limited by comparison?
Yet, the Bible tells us not only that such a thing actually happened, but it reveals why it happened. Why did God become flesh?
God intends that we learn spiritual lessons from his commanded festivals. What does keeping the Feast of Unleavened Bread with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (I Corinthians 5:8) teach us about how our corrupt fleshly nature may be replaced by a new and different nature — the Divine nature of God?