Authentic:: Am I Born Again?
The Point: True authentic followers of Jesus have been born again.
Passage: 1 John 5:1-5
What does it mean to be born again?
Passage: 1 John 5:1, 4; 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Corinthians 5:17; John 3:3-8; John 1:12-13; Ephesians 2:1-9
What are the evidences that we are born again?
1) Faith
Passages: 1 John 5:1; Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 5:4-5
"Our present, continuing activity of believing is the result, and therefore the evidence, of our past experience of new birth by which we became and remain God’s children." -John Stott
"Show me someone, says John, who believe that Jesus is the Christ, and I say there is a person who has been born of God." -Martyn Llyod-Jones
4) Desire to Obey
Passages: 1 John 5:2-3
"Let me put that in our contemporary church context. To obey God is better than preaching about obeying God. To obey God is better than singing about obeying God. To obey God is better than having a Bible study lesson taught about obeying God. To obey God is better than bringing a tithe to church. To obey God is to do what God says. Ask yourself a simple question: Am I doing what God says?"
Takeaways:
Am I born again?
- Faith that Overcomes
- Love for God
- Love for God's kids
- Desire to obey
Scripture: Romans 10:9-13
