Deeper Life #315

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

—2 Corinthians 5:17

EVERY PERSON—GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT—MUST be born from above by the Spirit of God.

At the point of being born again, one who has been a wild and externally wicked sinner will be conscious of God’s forgiveness of sins. On the other hand, one who has been naturally good and religious will sense the spiritual poverty of the past. Both will realize their need to be born anew by the sovereign grace of God.

Supernatural signs will accompany those saved by the grace of God. (The opening of this question will produce much confusion; that cannot be helped.) We must proclaim the one thing the New Testament demands, which is right relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer Thought: Oh, the bliss of knowing that all my sins are forgiven! Help me today to tell someone else how to become a new person in Christ.

SUGGESTED READING: 2 Corinthians 5:17–21