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BORN AGAIN BY GOD AND HIS WORD
MONDAY, JULY 3
John 1:1-13

1 Peter 1:23-25

 

“being born again…

by the word of God.”

 

BORN AGAIN BY GOD AND HIS WORD
 
How can we be born again? The Bible confirms, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (v 12-13), and “Being born again,… by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever” (1 Pet 1:23). We must be born of God and by God’s Word to “be partakers of the divine nature” (2 Pet 1:4). There is no other way. We are not born again of “blood” or by our relation to our Christian parents. Our parents cannot give us that “divine nature,” God’s nature, or eternal life. Many deceive themselves by thinking that they are saints by their own efforts and merits or by their strict religious practices while their hearts are still sinful and corrupt because they can never produce that “divine nature.” Knowing this, we parents or pastors will teach God’s Word to our children and members and pray hard for them until they are born of God.
 
Thank God and praise the Lord for His gracious work in us by the Holy Spirit and His Word, helping us repent of our sins and receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour (Titus 3:5). When Jesus says, “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,” we understand that the Holy Spirit uses God’s Word, “the washing of water by the word” (Eph 5:26) to regenerate those who submit themselves to the Lord and His Word like the clay in the porter’s hand. Can we be born again if we still doubt, question or criticise God’s Word? May God help us read, study, and meditate on His Word with our faith, trust, reverence and submission so that the Holy Spirit may freely do His gracious work in our hearts and lives and transform us unto the image of our Lord Jesus Christ day by day till He comes.
 
THOUGHT: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6).
PRAYER: O Father, help me to submit myself to Thee and Thy Word so that I may be born again and be partakers of Thy divine nature.

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