"That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9 (NIV).
When we ask Jesus to forgive our sins and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are considered saved. Sometimes saved is referred to by other names such as: Born Again, New Believer, and baby Christians. While each of these phrases have a similar meanings, one really stood out to me. I am currently reading "Free Book" by Brian Tome and on page 37 he calls this "A Fresh New Start".
What is "A Fresh New Start"? How does this relate to "Being Saved"? Well, when we accept Jesus to live in our heart, He takes all the sin away from our past. This is shedding away the old sinful you and beginning a fresh new start. This is our clean slate in life and we should not continue to make the same mistakes or sins from the past.
"Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." John 3:3 (NIV).
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV).
"No man is ever the same after God has laid His hand upon him." A. W. Tozer
Reference: "Free Book" by Brian Tome, page 37, paragraph 3: Thomas Nelson publishing, 2010.
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