born again

Each morning we are born again. What we do toay is what matters most. Buddha on being born again.

Dear TumbleWeed,


Welcome to these eHarmony Advice boards and thanks for posting. Salvation, i. e., being born again, is something that people often wonder about but usually choose to reject.


And you're right, it's often when a person is at their very lowest in life that they realize their need of our Savior - the Lord Jesus Christ.


I was saved when I was very young (a preschooler) so didn't have the dramatic conversion like some that have been involved in desires of the flesh, though I do know some who had fallen into the depths of despair before realizing their need for salvation. It's sad that some choose to go through so much before coming to the Lord to save them from their sins.


What's important is that one does decide to make the choice to be saved before it's too late. We can only make the choice during this brief time we're on earth and after that it's too late. None of us know when we will die and so it's best not to wait and run the risk of spending eternity separated from God and away from Heaven.


There is nothing a person can do in and of him or herself that would ever merit salvation. Salvation is God's free gift to us through His son, Jesus', redemptive work on the Cross for YOU and for me. In God's grace, He made a way for us, whereby through faith, we can accept His precious gift.


More specifically, one can only be saved through confessing he or she is a sinner, believing that God made provision for their sin through Jesus' dying on the Cross just for him or her sins, and rising again thereby overcoming sin, and accepting Jesus as their Savior.


It's very simple and very easy. There's nothing at all hard about it. One comes in simple, child-like faith. It's as effortless as praying a prayer like this:


"O Father, forgive me my sins. I am a sinner in need of salvation and I believe Jesus died on the cross and rose again so that my sins would be forgiven and is now seated at the right-hand of God. I repent of my sins and accept Jesus into my heart as my Savior. Thank you for your free gift of eternal life in Heaven. In Jesus' name, Amen."


Why does a person need to be saved? Because our God is a holy and righteous God who cannot tolerate sin. Sin entered the world through Adam and Eve and that's why we all have a sin nature. God made a provision for our sin through His perfect son. Jesus, both fully God and fully man, to be our propitiation i.e., sin sacrifice, who came to this earth as an infant, who died on the Cross for our sins, who rose again, and who is now in Heaven.


All we have to do is accept, through faith, God's free gift to us.


Now, we know from the Bible that once a person is indeed saved, he or she does not lose their salvation. For those who do not know what being saved means, please be advised that a person is NOT saved:


1. By being a good person - you can be the very best person in the world and still not be saved. Salvation is not based on being a good person!


2. Through any good work or anything you can do in and / or of yourself,


3. By going to church,


4. By giving money,


5. By anyone you know, even if it's the President of the United States,


6. By being baptized, or any such thing.


There's a group you may want to visit and look around that might suit you. It's called, A Peaceful Oasis and is located here: http://www.advice.eharmony.com/?page=groups/view&GRID=766


Another way to get to it is to click on the green tab "Groups" at the top of your screen and look for it there.


JavaJava5