Psalms 2:7 says, ".... Thou art my son this day I have begotten thee."
Acts 13:30-33 says that this was a prophecy of the Resurrection.
Jesus was born in a stable and was born again in a garden tomb.
Prior to the crucifixion he could have been overcome by the sophistry of Satan.
After the resurrection Satan was a defeated foe. The fallen nature of Adam was destroyed and he was a new creature.
He was given all power in heaven and earth, and was raised up to sit in heavenly places.
So, how does this affect us?
Romans 6 states that we were crucified, buried and resurrected with Christ. verse 6 says that our old man was crucified that the body of sin might be destroyed.
I take that to mean that our fallen nature, the nature we received from Adam was destroyed. God has declared that we are dead and our life is hidden with Christ in God.
To walk by faith or to live by faith simply means that we believe what God believes and it will flow out of our life. We too are new creatures.
We have been translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. Col. 1:13
We have been raised up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Eph. 2:6.
By faith we can walk in these powerful promises. We can face all temptation when we live by every word that has been spoken by the mouth of God.
The result:
"Whosoever is born of God [in the garden tomb] doth not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1 John 3:9
Born into a new existence. No longer a member of Adam's race but children of the second Adam.
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 Peter 4:1,2 "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God."
Jude 24 "Unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and present you faultless..."
To be born again is to have eternal life and to be controlled by God, living a life of continual obedience.
Acts 13:30-33 says that this was a prophecy of the Resurrection.
Jesus was born in a stable and was born again in a garden tomb.
Prior to the crucifixion he could have been overcome by the sophistry of Satan.
After the resurrection Satan was a defeated foe. The fallen nature of Adam was destroyed and he was a new creature.
He was given all power in heaven and earth, and was raised up to sit in heavenly places.
So, how does this affect us?
Romans 6 states that we were crucified, buried and resurrected with Christ. verse 6 says that our old man was crucified that the body of sin might be destroyed.
I take that to mean that our fallen nature, the nature we received from Adam was destroyed. God has declared that we are dead and our life is hidden with Christ in God.
To walk by faith or to live by faith simply means that we believe what God believes and it will flow out of our life. We too are new creatures.
We have been translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. Col. 1:13
We have been raised up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Eph. 2:6.
By faith we can walk in these powerful promises. We can face all temptation when we live by every word that has been spoken by the mouth of God.
The result:
"Whosoever is born of God [in the garden tomb] doth not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 1 John 3:9
Born into a new existence. No longer a member of Adam's race but children of the second Adam.
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 Peter 4:1,2 "Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God."
Jude 24 "Unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and present you faultless..."
To be born again is to have eternal life and to be controlled by God, living a life of continual obedience.