The New Birth: A Must For Every Man
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born
again (John 3:7).
Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God.” All
men sinned in Adam and came legally under Satan’s
dominion. How did this happen? Romans 6:16 says,
“Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto
righteousness?” Adam obeyed Satan and became his
servant; he submitted his authority to Satan. That’s the
authority Satan uses today to oppress and keep man
in bondage.
To be free from Satan’s dominion, man has to
be born again, and become a new creature. This
new creation is made possible by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. The Bible calls Him the first begotten of
the dead (Revelation 1:5). He’s the first to rise from
spiritual death, and all those who are born again have
also come out of spiritual death.
This is why we preach the Gospel, so that men
may know they don’t have to be in bondage to Satan
anymore. They don’t have to be cut off or alienated
from the life of God. Consider the description of
those who aren’t born again in Ephesians 2:12: they’re
“...aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no
hope, and without God in the world.”
How could anyone live without God? How could
anyone live in such utter darkness and blindness?
Nothing could be more deplorable and hopelessly
terrible! It’s the reason Jesus said, “Marvel not that I
said…Ye must be born again” (John 3:7). When you’re
born again, you’re at once transferred from the domain
of darkness into the kingdom of God’s dear Son. You’re
immediately separated from death unto life, and you’ll
never perish (John 3:16).
Failure, sickness, defeat, poverty and everything
that’s of darkness aren’t a part of your life now that
you’re born again: “Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature: old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians
5:17).
Confession
I believe that God raised up Jesus from the dead, and boldly affirm
the Lordship of Jesus over my life. Therefore, I’m a partaker
of the divine nature, and I live the life of glory, righteousness,
success, health, prosperity and victory in Christ. Hallelujah!
Further Study
John 3:3-7; Ephesians 2:19; Acts 4:12
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Thessalonians 5:1-28
Isaiah 61-63
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 6:1-14
1 Kings 22