Being a Christian and Being Born Again!

Being a Christian and being Born Again!

It's impossible in spiritual technical terms to be a Christian when you aren't born again.

And that's important particularly in our days. Moreso because righteousness which God approves stems out of a heart that's born again...and being born again is a result of total submission to the teachings of Jesus Christ, who taught us that we must be born again by the word and the Spirit of God. Total submission to the Lordship of Jesus in daily practical practice and absolute faith in His death and resurrection for salvation is what it means to be a disciple of Christ, total submission to His words and His ways isn't negotiable in becoming a disciple...and only such disciples whose life has been conformed were called Christians...

But the issue here is the mammoth of people who because they prefer the church building religion to other religions are called Christians without being submissive to Christ's teachings or lifestyle.

They are still Christians while they also embrace the world's philosophies and practices that are contrary and contradictory to the thoughts and teachings of Christ.

These are permitted in churches not that they shouldn't be allowed but they are left without adequate teachings of Christ, being pampered with permissive doctrines that won't show them the demands of Christ.

Jesus said, You must be born again! And I love the word 'MUST' , because if it is a must we must not assume...we must make sure that everyone who patronizes us obeys that to the letter....

From over 30 years of walking with God and doing church work actively, I've realized that being born again is enough to turn people's lives totally around, I've realised that change is possible in anyone through the new birth, I've realised that a truly born again person needs only little proddings to grow from carnality to spirituality...but when people are yet to be born again, there won't be follow-up enough to change them, though enough follow-up will make them committed church members, there won't be enough prayer meetings to make them committed to Christ, there won't be enough Bible studies to make them grow...they must be born again first before anything else can bring any spiritual development towards becoming conformed to the image of Christ....they must be born again first before becoming Christians, anything short is playing church and playing mere religion!