What happens to a person when he or she becomes born again? This question really isn't new to many, right? But my focus is a closer look at what we became after being born again. Of course, when anyone becomes born again, he or she becomes a brand new person that has never existed before (ref.: 2 Corinthians 5:17), and the life the person lives is the life of Christ Jesus because the person lives by the faith OF the Son of God (ref.: Galatians 2:20). And this is verse is where I draw my focus from.
Galatians 2:20 says, "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Jesus said He didn't come to destroy the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them. He was the only man who was perfect, and having the Spirit of God, God redeemed mankind through the death and resurrection of Jesus, thus making Jesus the last Adam. And for Jesus to be the last Adam implies that whoever is born again is born of Christ Jesus, just the way man was born of the first Adam into sin, likewise, those born of God are born of Christ Jesus (ref.: Romans 5:1-2).
Now, Jesus has the Spirit of God, which implies anyone born again has the Spirit of God. Galatians 2:20 says we live by the faith of the Son of God, which means that our existence rests on the very essence of Jesus Christ, in other words, Jesus is our source of life, who is God.
The point here is that the person who becomes a new creation becomes another person, and this is by having a new Spirit. And this Spirit is the Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is what 1 Corinthians 2:16 means when it says we have the mind of God.
In a very strange but real way, what happens the moment a person becomes born again is that the person's consciousness moves from the old body into the body of Christ Jesus. This way we understand better what 1 John 4:17 says, which is that as Jesus is, so are we.
The Spirit we got when we became born again was the fullness of Christ Jesus and not a baby Spirit that needs to be developed. All we need to do is to take the leap of faith by knowing that all Jesus is right now is who we are, through the knowledge of the word of God which we can get through the meditation of the word of God.
This is what the word of God looks like, the letters in the Bible may look like words that we don't understand, but as we meditate on the words, the true words and meaning of these words are revealed to us through the Holy Spirit, this is what we call revelation.
The life of anyone born again is a leap of faith because we don't live "our lives", but the life of Christ, because we are Jesus on earth being led by the Holy Spirit. We meditate on who Jesus is, through the meditation on the word of God, and we receive the revelation and are led and guided by the Holy Spirit.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are obtained from New King James Version (NKJV)
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