01/28/2024 The season of spring is approaching and I am so thrilled because of the fact the season of “new life in nature” is two-fold for me. I was born again in the Spring 2005 and it’s been around 20 years. I cannot get over it! I remember seeing with spiritual eyes, and how good it felt to feel the validity of the Lord’s spirit working with mine. I would say mostly it was illuminating to read the Scriptures, to hear fresh testimonies of God’s moving in the lives of dear saints, and to see that the kingdom of light was indeed being barraded with evil and wickedness.

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)

It wasn’t that I didn’t have a conscience before being born again; but it was suddenly that I was somehow activated by God’s spirit and knew that God also bore witness with me, that I belonged to Him, the Christ.

“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.” (Romans 8:16)

It felt good to have that attestation, and so when I can elaborate on being “born-again”, I am so happy! When I explain how to protect the idea of “new birth in Christ” – I am elated, and glory in the attempt! The notion of Jesus being hung on a cross was not a new thing to me, as I had remembered I wept before because of it. I knew he died for me, but I didn’t understand the chasm that was crossed, and it took a while for me to process that I was so wicked in fact, previously. Because of that dark wickedness, it required Jesus dying for me.

“Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.” (Psalms 51:5)

I thought upon this verse more than a few times: “Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again” (John 3:3).

A huge other factor in my conversion was seeing movies that had really good messages; even though they were not perfect, they portrayed many truths that I needed in a new walk with the Lord: “Time Changers, Brother Sun, Sister Moon; The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom); China Cry”, and many others. I knew they were righteous movies, but there was now a living element for me to hear, read, watch, or participate in praise. I felt like I had access to God suddenly and became overly-zealous in the calmest way that I could!

“For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit,” (Romans 14:17).

That renewal that comes with Springtime when the flowers bloom and the woodlands turn green again; but it is pronounced to me in a spiritual way. I think that its for that reason, the ability to see a spiritual truth and to also perceive the Lord of the truth, that I want to promote the idea of the “born-again experience”, because it is a elemental teaching of the Christian faith, and I fear that without it, many people may still be in the confusion of not having spiritual clarity of Jesus as their own Lord, to really see Him as the Messiah. This is referred to I think in Hebrews 6: “Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance form acts that lead to death, and of faith in God.” (Hebrews 6:1)

I was speaking with my husband about these things, and He said, I think the two main combative ideas to the concept of being born-again are those ideas of Darwinism, and Anti-nomianism. So, in an article related even to being posted this day, my husband has blogged/pod-casted on some of these ideas, and how the idea of “Darwinism” led to the promotion of Nazi Germany. See here at Link for Darwinism Influence Podcast.