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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:41:06 GMT
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:44:54 -0800, MichaellikeGod@heaven wrote
(in article <0ssqo1133oedfjgei1s8lbkdssn2eojbda@4ax.com>):
> NEW CREATIONS
>
> Those who become Christians become new persons. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
>
> Last night I saw a new baby just a few weeks old. His mother cradled
> him carefully in her arms as those around doted on the fragile little
> angel. Everyone wanted to hold him for just a moment. It was a
> precious sight. And seeing his tiny hands and feet made me long for
> the days that my children were little. I'm glad that they are growing
> so strong and tall, but I've always had a soft spot for babies.
>
> Childbirth is one of God's greatest miracles. In a sense it is God's
> way of sharing the joy of creation with the people that he created. It
> is the one time in life when we can feel what it's like to hold in our
> arms a person made in our own image.
>
> But even that doesn't compare with the miracle that happens at our
> second birth-the moment that we are born again. The second that God
> re-creates what he has already created. The process that happens to us
> when we give our life to Jesus. Paul describes it well: "What this
> means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are
> not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!"
> (2 Corinthians 5:17).
>
> When we trust in Jesus, he gives us new eyes. We no longer see things
> through worldly vision but through heavenly faith. We begin to see
> people the way that God sees them-as helpless and hurting souls in
> need of a Savior.
>
> He gives us new hands. Hands of compassion, not selfish ambition.
> Hands that help, instead of hinder. Hands that build up, instead of
> tear down. Hands of hope and strength and character.
>
> He gives us new feet. Feet of purpose and persistence. Feet that
> suddenly have a path to follow and a destination to aim for. Feet that
> lead others away from death and dead-end lifestyles and toward a
> glorious future with Christ.
>
> He gives us renewed strength so that we will no longer grow weary. New
> hope so that our life has purpose. New love so that his love can flow
> through us. New joy so that others will see his face.
>
> Most important, he gives us a new heart. A heart that beats to his
> will, not our own. A heart that longs for heaven and leaves earthly
> worries far behind. A heart that yearns for God's nearness.
>
> Today's Reading
> Ezekiel 36:26;
> I will teach you to respect me completely. I will put a new way to
> think inside you. I will take out the stubborn heart like stone from
> your bodies. And I will give you an obedient heart of flesh.
>
> 2 Corinthians 5:17
> If anyone belongs to Christ, then he is made new. The old things have
> gone; everything is made new!
>
> Call 1-888-NEED-HIM or 1-888-633-3446.
>
> t Michael t
>
> P.S. A journalist, lecturer, and writer named Hendrick Van Loon, on
> his first visit to the Grand Canyon exclaimed, "I came an atheist; I
> leave a believer."
>
>
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1. There is nothing inconsistent between being a scientist and a belief in a
higher power. That is a false choice laid before us by humans with a wide
variety of motives. Einstein believed in God.
2. Any experience that people have of being "Re-born" is expressed largely as
you describe. It happens in all traditions, and is not the exclusive
experience of so-called 'born again' Christians. "Seeing the world with new
eyes" is a common description of an epiphanic experience.
3. You anthropomorphize God. When you say, "...it's God's way of sharing",
you are attributing human qualities to God.
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