You must be born again

Have you been born again?

Jesus told us in the Bible that we must be born again if we want to see the kingdom of God.

Many people grow up hearing stories about heaven. Even if you did not come from a religious family, humanity is regularly conversing about what happens to us after we die.

Some people believe we become nothing. Others believe we turn into energy. Some believe that we are reincarnated just to live life again on earth (sometimes in a better state, other times in a worse state).

Some people believe that there is some paradise or heaven that people can go to after life on earth is over. 

The Bible teaches just such a reality. 

When we breathe our last here on earth, we will stand before God and then either be allowed and invited into His heavenly kingdom or turned away.

According to the Bible these are the only two possibilities.

And Jesus told us that the only way to see heaven is to be born again.

So I ask you: Have you been born again?

You might say, “what does that mean?” You might tell me that you have gone to church, read your Bible, given money to the poor and to the church, you might even tell me that you were baptized in a certain church or have membership in a specific church. 

But the question about heaven is not based on these, it is only based on whether or not we have been born again.

I have asked people this question (or something like it) for many years. Some of the people have been children while others were teens. Some of the adults I have asked were young and new to church, others were old and had been in church for many, many years. 

Yet I asked them the question: “Have you been born again?”

And the reason I ask, is because I don’t want any to spend eternity away from the Lord and His faithful, loving, righteous presence. 

And this is how you are born again: 

• You must confess with your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is the Son of God, who came to earth, was crucified, killed and resurrected for the forgiveness of your sins
• You must humbly surrender your life to the Lord admitting that you are a sinner and that you need a Savior
• You must believe that His grace is sufficient to forgive you of sins and save your soul
• You must deny yourself and follow Jesus, faithfully listening to Him and obeying His Word

God Himself is the one who gives us salvation and new birth. But we must acknowledge our sins and our need for a Savior. 

And it’s not enough to simply agree in our mind that God exists and that Jesus died on the cross and that we have sinned. Instead we must acknowledge it to God and begin a relationship and a journey with Him, where He changes us from the inside out.

This is how we get to see heaven one day!

And the other cool thing is that even before we die, when we are born again we will begin to see heaven even here on earth by the work of God in us and in our lives.

Will you pray with me to be born again today?

“Dear Jesus,

Thank you for coming to earth and dying on the cross for my sins and rising again for my eternal life. Please forgive me of my sins and come and live in my heart. Help me to live daily for you. Please get me ready for heaven and thank you for loving me and saving me!

In Jesus’ name we pray

AMEN!”

If you prayed this prayer (with all sincerity and faith) God has given you new birth and you will go to heaven one day! In the meantime, He has much to teach you and amazing things He wants to do in you and through you.

So please, find a church, a Godly pastor/teacher/friend who will help you learn the Bible and grow and I even encourage you to reach out to me to tell me you have been born again and see what help I can give you on your journey of faith.