YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN

BORN AGAIN TODAY'S SCRIPTURE: “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). DAILY FIRE! There are limitless wonders to be learned and experienced through the Holy Spirit. When Christ Jesus bridged the gulf between the natural world and the spiritual, one of the possibilities He opened up for us was to be “born again.”  This Greek expression can also be translated “born from above.”  Men and women can be made new—new creatures—by the power of heaven, the kingdom power of God, as the Bible tells us.  Obviously, people “born from above” would never be satisfied with a world that was only material. They need spiritual links as well as physical ones.  The present world, with its limited scientific laws, is not big enough for a converted Christian any more than a cage is for an eagle.  It needs extending, and that extension goes beyond our three-dimensional world into the fourth dimension of the Spirit. We “walk in the Spirit” (Galatians 5:16), and we “sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:6). The book of Acts shows the disciples drawing upon new resources as they moved through the world blessing the people with salvation and healing. The first new people in Christ, these new creatures of the kingdom, were sent out to bring others into the same kingdom order with new instincts, new powers, and new laws written on their hearts. After I was baptized in the Spirit and spoke with tongues, it did not take me long to realize that this gift opened up new possibilities. If I spoke with tongues through the Spirit, then there could be other wonders through the Spirit.  I have learned to live in the Spirit. I am on new ground where signs and wonders happen. Praise God! If it were not for that, nothing could happen as it does.  Vast multitudes come to my meetings. They represent an intimidating accumulation of needs.  But I am baptized in the Holy Spirit. I know the powers of the coming age and how to tap those resources. A great conviction grips me that God has something for them.  That is not only my secret, but it is also the conviction of hundreds of millions today. If I have any other “secret,” it is the message itself. I am confident of its effectiveness. It is “the power of God to salvation” (Romans 1:16). You too can be confident in this. Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com

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