Expert: Susan Milillo - 11/15/2009

Question
dear Susan would you like to tell me that waht is born again christian?? is it something related to spirituality or what is this concept i am confused.

Answer
Dear Anmol,

  I would love to tell you!

It is a word picture, for what happens to a person when he or she personally encounters Jesus Christ.

The Bible says, 'If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have gone, the new has come.'  

So, it's LIKE being born all over again.   And in a very concrete sense, spiritually is IS all new.

When someone first meets Jesus Christ, we call them a 'baby Christian'. That's because everything is new to them, and they are not yet very experienced at living for Christ.

You might be wondering how you know if you have had a 'personal encounter' with Jesus Christ, too!?

It's simply this:
We are all sinners, next to God's holy righteous standard of moral perfection.
God is holy, and can't have sin in His presence, and be alright with that.
Because of our sinfulness, we are on our way to an eternity in a place where God will not be, a place where all the beauty and joy and truth of God will not exist.
God didn't want this, because He loves us like crazy!!
We were not good enough to clean up our act, or strong enough to be who He wants us to be
God's solution: He sent His son Jesus, into the world as a baby. He lived a sinless life, then died a dreadful death on a Roman cross.
His death was for all of us, to die and face all the horrors of sin and separation from God, so we would not have to, IF we accept His gift personally.

If you haven't already accepted His costly gift of our salvation, please do now!!

Just call out to Him, He's listening.

Then you too will be 'born again'!

"Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved!"  - Romans 10:13


Sincerely and earnestly,
Susan M.