Spring House Cleaning

 

Spring House Cleaning

Praying to accept Christ, as well as water baptism will Not save your soul unless you are Born Again. If there is no change in your life and you continue to live in the darkness of sin, you have never been truly saved. God gives the new believer Grace to grow in him. We come to Christ as we are and then allow his Holy Spirit to change us from the inside out. To be born again is to be born of the water and of the Spirit. Water Baptism is symbolic of dying to sin and being raised with Christ as a new creation washed clean by his blood. Salvation begins with true repentance of sins.

2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Truly saved believers are those who walk in the light of Jesus saving grace and not in darkness. Scripture states that God's Word is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path. (1 John 2:1-12) states that if you claim to know Christ and keep not his commandments you are a liar, and the truth is not in you.

However, those who keep his word the love of God is perfected, and we know we are his. To walk in the Spirit is to walk away from sin through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Unless you yield to the transforming power of the Holy Spirit you will remain in darkness. Living in obedience to scripture is necessary for spiritual growth. You must be indwelt/baptized/filled with the Holy Spirit to be truly saved. The Kingdom of God dwells within us. If you are not filled with the Holy Spirit, you are not part of the Kingdom of God.

(1 John 2: 1-12) My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:  And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.