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John 3:5-7  (NKJV)
5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’



Some people believe that if you are born physically you are a child of God and are automatically going to heaven. 


Jesus did not teach this.  He taught that you have to have a second birth by God's Spirit.  




John 8:44 (NKJV)
44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. 






Jesus taught that there are actually two families on the earth.  Those who belong to God, and those who belong to the devil.  




How do you get into a family?   


You get born into it. 


To get into God's family, your spirit has to be born again through God's Spirit.




John 4:20-21  (NKJV)
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.



This woman thought that the geographics of the location was extremely important; however, Jesus said that's not true.




God is seeking authentic worshipers to worship Him.  





John 4:24 (NKJV)
24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”




God is a spirit.  The Bible calls God the Father of spirits (Hebrews 12:9).


You are a spirit like God is a spirit.  However, your spirit lives in a body.


Your spirit does not age like your body.  It is eternal.



To God a 1000 years is like a moment. To our spirits, a 1000 years is like a moment.




Psalm 90:4 (NKJV)
4 For a thousand years in Your sight
Are like yesterday when it is past,
And like a watch in the night.





God has planted his family into the earth like a farmer plants seed (James 5:7). 




John 4:23 (NKJV)
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.






God is not looking for memorized stuff and rituals.  


He is seeking those who want to have an authentic relationship with Him.
  



John 6:63 (NKJV)
63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. 


The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.






The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Life.  He is the Spirit of Resurrection.  


If we've asked Jesus to come into us, the Holy Spirit is in us.  We need to be more mindful of that. 




1 John 4:4  (NKJV)
... He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.




Galatians 5:25 (NKJV)
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.






Galatians 5:16  (NKJV)
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.



We must be aware of God's Holy Spirit within us.




John 6:63 (NKJV)
63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.



God's words are like food to our spirits.  They are life giving.  We should read His Word, the Bible daily.



Your spirit can know things that your head does not know. 
  



You can have God's Holy Spirit by inviting Him in.  It's by recognizing His desire to come in, and inviting Him to do so.  






Revelation 3:20  (NKJV)
20 Behold, I (Jesus) stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.



Keith Moore, Faith Life Church

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