It doesn't matter how many good works we do. We must be born again to see the kingdom of God, and being born again is not something we can do. God chooses those He gives new birth too. You have to want it. I have found that four attitudes seem to help a person's chances of being born again: believing in the gospel, repenting of our sins, humbling ourselves to God and to one another, and being grateful for what God's Son suffered to make the gift of new birth possible.
Pope John Paul II was not born again. Even if he had nothing to do with the pedophilia scandal, he failed to excommunicate first accessories to murder by abortion. This caused half of the Catholics to make themselves second accessories to murder by abortion. When they see that a first accessory is not being excommunicated, then they think that it's OK to be a second accessory. If Pope John Paul II had been born again, then he would have excommunicated first accessories to murder by abortion.
The key is to be born again BEFORE you die. It's spiritual of course. Your old self has to be put to death first. This is death to sin. Once you're born again, you have shared in the death, burial, an resurrection of Christ. You're not the same person that you were before.
SusannaChelcias 1 year ago
Will he be a baby after he is born again ?
SIaveboy 1 year ago