Sunday Service (2)

Sunday Service: Not Once But Twice

(10-17-2021) Ptr. Lynard Molo

=Not Once But Twice=

New Birth
-brings us into family of God.
-the only way to become a Christian.
-is the door to salvation and passport to heaven.

Who needs to be born again?
*John 3:3,7
"3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'

+To fail to be born again is to be lost.

*Jeremiah 17:9
"9 The heart is deceitful above all things  beyond cure. Who can understand it?

+Only God can give a new and clean pure heart; this is the NEW BIRTH.

The Agents Used in the New Birth:
1. Word of God
*James 1:18
"18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

*1 John 5:13
"13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

*1 Peter 1:23
"23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God."

*Galatians 3:2
"2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?

2. The Holy Spirit
*John 3:6
"6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit."

+The works of the Holy Spirit to a new birth:
   > Conviction
   > Conversion
   > Convey

SALVATION
Author: God the Father
Channel: Jesus Christ
Representative: Holy Spirit
Our Part: Receive Christ and Believe the Word of God

THE EVIDENCE OF THE NEW BIRTH:
1. They live a righteous life.
*1 John 2:29
"29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him."

2 They are not continuing and living in sin.
*1 John 3:9
"9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

3. The love of God manifests in their lives.
*1 John 4:7
"7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

*1 Corinthians 13:5-7
"5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

4. They live an overcoming life.
*1 John 5:4
"4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

*John 7:38
"38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."