2 Cor 5:17(NKJV)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
John 3:3(NKJV)
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born [a]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
- If anyone is IN CHRIST
-new beginnings
-to have a second birth
-if you are only born once in the natural and never in the spiritual you will die twice- once in the natural and then the eternal death separated from God
- BUT if you are born twice, once in the natural but then once again as a new creation sealed with the Holy Spirit, you may die once in this temporal body this temporal world- but you will never die again and live eternally with your Creator
`to be in the Kingdom you have to be a Child of GOD
John 1:11-13(NKJV)
11 He came to His [c]own, and His [d]own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the [e]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Romans 8:16-17(NKJV)
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
Ephesians 1:3-7(NKJV)
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
- you are BLESSED
4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
-you are CHOSEN
-you are HOLY
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
-you are SONS and DAUGHTERS of the MOST HIGH
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He [a]made us accepted in the Beloved.
-you are ACCEPTED
7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
-you are REDEEMED
2 Cor 5:20-21(NKJV)
20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Ephesians 2:10(NKJV)
10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
1 Peter 2:9-10(NKJV)
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
1 Cor 12:26-27(NKJV)
26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.