Are you familiar with the Parable of the GATES? It is in Mat. 7:13-14, and BOTH GROUPS THINK THEY are disciples. ONLY THOSE ON THE NARROW ROAD, have entered the NARROW GATE are Born Again. I believe that with my WHOLE BEING.
No, I have not seen any evidence, Because he has the OPPOSITE.
Galatians 5:19-21 (HCSB)
19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,
21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and anything similar. I tell you about these things in advance—as I told you before—that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Also, I believe a spiritually mature Christian can sense a kindred spirit with a Born Again Christian, but I do not sense that with Dave-L.
In POST #571, he posted a Deliberate Lie, MAYBE UNWITTINGLY, but he perpetuated that LIE about Evangelicals. THAT IS A TOTAL LIE, and How do I know? We moved a lot in my younger years, all the way from NEBRASKA, to several towns in California, to North central Nevada, and after my wife passed away, I moved back to Nebraska. In all that moving, I have been involved in 15 Evangelical style of CHURCHES. NONE TAUGHT ANY THING LIKE HIS HEADLINE LIE. Millions of Evangelical Christians Want to Start World War III … to Speed Up the Second Coming.
My turn to ask a question:
Please explain in your own words How a Person is Born Again ?
I am thinking you will probably get this right, but I have to be sure.[/QUO
The confessing and turning you life over to Christ is a must. But the condition of the heart is where the importance lies. One can confess all day long and not mean it in their heart. They cam also get baptized 10,000 times but if their heart is not correct they wasted their time. But they looked good in front of the congregation.
For me I when into the water full of shame and sorrow and when I came out I loved everybody. I was filled with the Holy Spirit instantly.