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Every product has a procedure for production. When the procedure is altered or in complete, the desired product will not be gotten. In the same way, there is a procedure one must follow to be born again.
The procedures are as follows:
1. You must recognize you are a sinner.
The phrase “you are a sinner” connote that you belong to the kingdom of sin. The scripture refer to this kingdom as the power of darkness in Colossians 1:13:
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Every sinner is a national of the kingdom of darkness. He lives there and as such is controlled by its laws and powers.
Every sinner is a servant of darkness who serves the interest of the kingdom of darkness on earth.
The first step to being born again is to know where you are at the moment.
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art …
Genesis 13:14
You don’t start from where you are not.
Every progress starts from where you are. If you don’t recognize where you are, you will not take the right steps to arrive at your desired destination.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23All have sinned against God and because of that, God had withdrawn His glory from all.
It takes a rebirth to have a restoration of God’s glory.
2. You must recognize that you can’t save yourself.
No slave can save himself from slavery. A servant can’t buy himself out of slavery because whatever he owns is the master’s.
Every sinner is a servant of sin as says Roman 6:20:
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
Every servant of sin is free from the service of righteousness.
You can’t serve sin and serve righteousness at the same time. Our allegiance is to one master at a time. The Bible says in Matthew 6:24:
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon
Every master is committed to keeping his servants in service forever. To do that, he fortifies himself for any eventualities.
When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
Luke 11:21
A breakaway is unlikely in this situation. It takes the service of a stronger than a master to free a servant.
But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
Luke 11:22Only one who is stronger than one’s master that can save him.
3. Engage the service of a savior.
There is a savior waiting for you to call for his help. To save is his purpose for coming to the Earth. The Bible tells us his name in the book of Matthew 1:21:
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins
His name isn’t called Jesus for the fun of it. He is called Jesus in order to save people from their sins.
When you engage his service for your salvation, he gladly accepts and that without cost.
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Romans 5:15
Jesus Christ is the savior that saves from sin.
HOW TO ENGAGE THE SERVICE OF JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR SALVATION
1. You must believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:16-18
You must accept as true that Jesus is the son of God. That is what it means to believe as stated in the above context.
Anyone who doesn’t believe that Jesus is the son of God cannot be saved from his or her sins no matter what he or she does.
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Acts 4:10-12
There is no other means through which any man on earth can be saved. This is the only way God chose to save man. Any other means man employ to get to God is both a waste of time and effort and is sure not taking such person to God.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
2. You must also believe Jesus Christ can save you from sin.
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:21
You must believe Jesus can save you from sin to be saved. You are not going to him to try your luck. You are going to him to save you.
Go to him like one expecting to be saved from sin and its powers.
3. You must believe Jesus Christ died in your place.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-8
Jesus Christ died for all sinners. He exchanged his life for our lives. He took our place as condemned sinners and died so that we would take his place and life as righteous people.
However, it is the man who accepts this offer that lives. The man who rejects this offer still takes his punishment of death.
That is while the book of John 3:18 says, the one who doesn’t accept this offer is already condemned to death.
He has made his choice; there is nothing anyone can do for him.
4. You must believe Jesus christ is risen from the dead.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10:9
You must believe that God has raised Jesus Christ from the dead.
Christ resurrection is the basis for our new life in God.
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life
Romans 5:10
This life of God which we receive at salvation first raised Christ from the death. This eternal life resides in Jesus Christ according to 1stJohn 5:11:
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
5. Confess Jesus Christ as Lord and savior.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-10
Our confession of the Lordship of Jesus Christ is the seal of our acceptance of the life of God which is in Christ.
By our confession of the Lordship of Jesus Christ over our life, we terminate the lordship of satan over our life.
Through this confession, we transfer our allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ who in turn becomes our Lord and savior.
6. You must share Jesus Christ with others.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mark 16:15
When you become born again, you become a member of the family of God. God’s business becomes your business.
And God’s primary business is to see all men saved as stated in 1sttimothy 2:3-6:
For this isgood and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will ha
