[BORN ONCE]
What is this guy talking about? You probably have heard this saying sometime in your life. But do you know what they are talking about here? We all know that we were born once from our mothers womb, so how is a person born twice? When we are born from our mother, we are born with blood and water. All of us have been born this way. This is being born once.
[BORN SECOND TIME]
When you are born again, your soul is washed by the Holy Spirit, and purification of your soul takes place. At this point, you have been born twice. Born of water and blood, and also born of Spirit.
John;3:3
(Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.")
So we need to be born of the Spirit as well as of the water and blood.
1Corinthians;15:50
(Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.)
So if we aren't born of the Spirit, we cannot even please God, because we live by the flesh and not by the Spirit.
Romans;8:7-8
(Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.)
Carnally, means of the flesh. When a person lives carnally, they are spiritually dead, not having the Holy Spirit in them. So their mind will be on fleshly things.
Romans;7:5
(For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death.)
[DIE ONCE]
Hebrews;9:27
(And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.)
We are all going to die once, all you have to do is look at history. We don't see three hundred year old people running around this world. God tells us that we will die because of sin in the world.
For the born again Christian, this is their physical death. Their spirit goes to heaven to be with the Lord. We don't have to worry about the second death
Romans;8:1
(There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.)
Once again, being born again, you are born of the Spirit and walk according to the Spirit. We are not condemned, because our sins are forgiven. Jesus has paid the price for us when He took our place on the cross and died for our sins.
[SECOND DEATH]
If a person isn't born again, they will experience the second death. What is meant by the second death?
{{{THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT}}}
This is the judgment throne, elevated, pure, and holy. God sits on it as judge in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Revelation;20:11-15
(Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and the books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.)
NOW YOU SEE WHAT THE SECOND DEATH IS ALL ABOUT!
Continuous, unrelieved torment will be the final state of Satan, fallen angels, and unredeemed people.
Revelation;21:8
(But the cowardly, unbelieveing, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.)
[HOW DO I AVOID THE SECOND DEATH?]
I pray that all who read this blog will ask Jesus into their life and have their name written in the Book of Life. You don't want to experience the second death. You want to be born again. Call on the name of the Lord and ask Him to save you.
God Bless You!
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