TULIP GEMS

“But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.”  (2 Peter 3:18)

They believe in Christ because they have ALREADY BEEN BORN of the Spirit.  Most preachers today put the cart before the horse.  They teach just the opposite of what Christ taught.  They claim a person is born again BECAUSE he believes.

But Christ says that it is impossible for someone to SEE (perceive) or ENTER into the kingdom without FIRST being born again.  Spiritual understanding is a gift from God.  Without it, no fallen, sinful man will ever repent of sin and savingly believe in Christ. 

A NEW NATURE

The Devil and demons would have to be sovereignly changed by God if they were ever to be saved.  The sinful principles that actuate fallen men are of the same nature, though not yet so intense, as those that actuate fallen angels. 

Fallen men are, at heart, ENEMIES of God.  To overcome this enmity, they must receive a new nature.  The Spirit of God produces this change through the new birth. 

And because this change is produced by divine power, it is the living spring of a new, re-created, spiritual life, which is IRRESISTIBLE and PERMANENT.  A newborn baby will instinctively cling to its mother.

So too, the one who is born of the Spirit will instinctively cling to Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Christ) as his Lord and Saviour, by faith.  He hears the voice of the Good Shepherd and follows Him in obedience to His Word.

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