I Will Make Sure I Have Been Born Of The Holy Spirit In Order To Enter God’s Kingdom

From: June 2 - 8, 2009 Study: # 594 Church in the Houses

TOPIC: “I Will Make Sure I Have Been Born Of The Holy Spirit In Order To Enter God’s Kingdom “ John 3:5,6 God has done a lot of good on Earth. He was not just another man. The kind of life that God lives is eternal life. But, God doesn't want to make us eternal now because this would be exhausting to the flesh, He will make us eternal when we are lifted in the rapture and in the resurrection. We congregate seeking eternal life which we will have in Him that great day. However, we can say that since we have believed we are already participants of God’s calling to be eternal. To enter eternal life is to participate of the life that is in God. He is eternal and all those who have been born again should also be. We should struggle and fight to see the things such as they are. We can decide if we will remain without it or if we want to have eternity with the Lord. It is to be on top of everything that is human and temporary to have the joy and peace that is in God. Everything here passes and will no longer exist. Let us seek to participate of eternal life. We cannot have intimate communion with God unless we offer Him the love and obedience that we owe Him. All humans owe that submissiveness, devotion and obedience to God. But, we don’t like to be obedient to God because we have many arguments that oppose it. If we love eternal life we know that to be introduced in it we have to demonstrate our love, devotion and obedience to God. Eternal life came as a gift because we were born again when we recognized our sin. By being born again we are free of condemnation and this has been offered through the love of God. Let us repeat, to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, to be a child of God and to participate of the eternal life depends on and is the product of our obedience towards God, but for this we must be born again. We can view the church as a style of life, but we belong to the Kingdom only if we are born again. We are in church because we have been born again and a change has taken place in us. Water is proper for baptisms, which is our duty. Mark 16: 16 We are cleansed from head to toe, that is to be born again. When we convert we change completely, but it is "too bad" for those who don’t struggle for this new life that God has offered them. When Jesus takes possession of our life and we love Him with all our heart we change; He is the author of the radical change in our lives. We have been born again, but from above, by the work of the Holy Spirit which is the symbol of power. There is no weakness in Him, but rather there is a manifestation on Earth with power. After all, we should fight for eternal life. Not only does He take possession of our past sins but rather He comes with such power that He allows us to be what we cannot be by ourselves. We are only capable of destroying our own lives. Our carnal nature serves only to ruin us. The water and the Spirit represent the cleanliness and the strength of the power of Christ who erases our past life. If we live in the flesh we will harvest flesh, but if we live in the Spirit we will be spiritual people. When we live in the Spirit our flesh is not important. We have decided to live in the Spirit and we leave our carnal nature on the cross, because we have crucified it together with Christ. Human beings are nothing else but flesh and for this reason all the possibilities are limited. Our flesh by itself cannot come out of so many frustrations and failures.

The world lives under desire and desperation; it is not capable of speaking about eternal life. The essence of the Spirit is a power and a life that is above life and human power. When the Spirit possesses us, our defeated life turns into victory. The nature of failure, which is the flesh, destroys everything. The Spirit is power and we must be born of the Spirit. To be born again is to experience a change, a rebirth. The flesh only takes us to embarrassing situations. This change takes place as we learn to love the Lord more and we let Him come into our heart. Sometimes, as the years go by, the love in some decrease instead of growing and the flesh gets out of hand. If our past has been forgiven and the Spirit enables us for the future, then we can accept the will of God in our lives. Those who live in the Spirit know that the future doesn't belong to them. It is the Spirit who wants to guide us. The Spirit knows what the Father wants to give us in the present and in the future. As time goes by we must be able to reach the perfection in our lives. We decide if we are born of the Spirit, and if we have, then we have become citizens of Heaven and have entered the same life of God. When we live in the Spirit we can accept the will of God in us. It is guided by the Spirit, the will of God is known in our lives and that produces peace. Sometimes, we want the will of God comfortably, but in many occasions there are tears, pain, betrayal and lies. Those who are not born of the water and of the Spirit cannot be born in the Kingdom of God. To enter it is necessary to be born again; “childbirth pains” take place. He makes us walk with His power to guide us, direct us and form us, step by step, day by day, however He wants. He knows and understands everything, and He makes us understands. He knows what is convenient for us. He retorts us and makes us understand so that we will become persons of much better quality. When someone is born again, he/she receives a new nature and is made capable for the Kingdom of God. When we have been born again we no longer touch sin. To be spiritual it is necessary to be born of the Spirit. The soul is a spiritual substance, but very dominated by the carnal will since the fall of men. Our soul has to die in order to be born of the Spirit. We would never return to our past life if we were full with the Spirit. What communion can there be between God that is Spirit and a soul that is corrupted? None. The regeneration for the Holy Spirit is an operation in life. The Holy Spirit regenerates, makes us new again, it reforms, improves, and doesn't come from behind but upfront. It is obvious that the spiritual man, a son of God is born of the Spirit. The nature of this change is to be made spiritual; it is produced by the Spirit in those that are regenerated. We are implanted in Christ; made new only by the Spirit. Romans 6:12, 8:17 and 2 Peter 1:4 One should walk in the Spirit and not satisfy the desires of the flesh because now we are of a divine nature. The church is something more than a lifestyle. The Holy Spirit is deep inside of us, it is there in our intentions, and it is there when we speak with our loved ones. We must not let our flesh govern us, because what we cannot dominate will dominate us, and then there will be sadness and gnashing of teeth. Let us live in the Spirit and obtain the power of God, the peace and the joy of God. Amen.