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MickinEngland · 12-02-2006, 08:35 PM

BORN AGAIN by Mick
Although the term "born again" is bandied around a tad too much for my liking, its a good description of how Jesus changes us from the inside out.
Non-christians can't understand the concept because they think Christianity is simply choosing to live like robots by a set of rules in the Bible; they can't understand that being a Christian is a LIFE-CHANGING THING !

Jesus's words in the 4 gospels can be comfortably read inside a week,the words are like seeds sown in our minds but whether they take root or not depends on the individual, it could take a day or many years,as the seeds must be watered with Jesus's words as he said -
"Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst again" (John 4:14)
As the seeds take root, they grow and send out "spiritual tendrils" through the brain, evolving us into a new super life-form, and we see things in a new way,as if we've been reborn,and it feels good!
"We look at things unseen rather than the seen,for the seen are temporary,but the unseen are eternal" (2 Cor 4:18 )

Then as the seeds begin to take root and grow, we feel Jesus himself growing in us, making us feel stronger and more powerful:-
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power.." (2 Timothy 1:7)

I was brought up by my parents and society to be a wimp and always do what the world told me to do.
I tried but i was very unhappy because the world was crazy and i wanted nothing to do with it.
Then in my mid-teens i looked at the Bible and discovered that Jesus was on my side because he said the world was no good, so i followed him ever since:-
"Jesus saved you from the empty way of life handed you by your forefathers" (1 Peter 1:18 )
So i changed from that young wimp i used to be, into one of the toughest people i know, and it feels great!
If that's what being born again means,then so be it :)

12-02-2006, 08:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
MickinEngland Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 298	Born again BORN AGAIN by Mick Although the term "born again" is bandied around a tad too much for my liking, its a good description of how Jesus changes us *from the inside out*. Non-christians can't understand the concept because they think Christianity is simply choosing to live like robots by a set of rules in the Bible; they can't understand that being a Christian is a LIFE-CHANGING THING ! Jesus's words in the 4 gospels can be comfortably read inside a week,the words are like seeds sown in our minds but whether they take root or not depends on the individual, it could take a day or many years,as the seeds must be watered with Jesus's words as he said - "Whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst again" (John 4:14) As the seeds take root, they grow and send out "spiritual tendrils" through the brain, evolving us into a new super life-form, and we see things in a new way,as if we've been reborn,and it feels good! "We look at things unseen rather than the seen,for the seen are temporary,but the unseen are eternal" (2 Cor 4:18 ) Then as the seeds begin to take root and grow, we feel Jesus himself growing in us, making us feel stronger and more powerful:- "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power.." (2 Timothy 1:7) I was brought up by my parents and society to be a wimp and always do what the world told me to do. I tried but i was very unhappy because the world was crazy and i wanted nothing to do with it. Then in my mid-teens i looked at the Bible and discovered that Jesus was on my side because he said the world was no good, so i followed him ever since:- "Jesus saved you from the empty way of life handed you by your forefathers" (1 Peter 1:18 ) So i changed from that young wimp i used to be, into one of the toughest people i know, and it feels great! If that's what being born again means,then so be it :)