Paul
N. F. (13 Sep 2010)
"Create in Me a Clean Heart, 0 God"
- This is
VERY IMPORTANT
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Our Saviour said
that if we come to Him and are not born again, we cannot enter the
kingdom of God - - that we must be born from
above.
THIS IS VITAL
(Urgently needed; absolutely necessary)
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“Create in Me a Clean Heart, 0 God”
By A. W. Tozer
Jesus answered and
said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
again,
he cannot see the kingdom of
God. --John 3:3
The miracle of the new birth was foreshadowed in the
Old Testament record: “Create in me a clean heart, 0 God; and renew a
right spirit within me.”
There was at least a hint of miracle within the
human breastnot the reasoning of yourself into a position, but something
happening that could not be explained!
Coming into the New Testament, there is no longer any
hinting or suggesting about the miracle of the new birth - - it is boldly
and openly declared. Our Saviour said that if we come to Him
and are not born again, we cannot enter the kingdom of God - - that we
must be born from above.
Paul told the Corinthians: “If any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.”
You couldn’t make it any stronger than that!
Some-thing happens in a man’s nature that no man can explain!
Just the moment that a man’s experience in Christ can
be broken down and explained by the psychologists, we have a church
member on our hands - - and not a Christian!
For that which must happen in the new birth can never
be explained by psychology or psychiatry. The professional can only stand
off respectfully and say, “Behold the works of the Lord.” He
can never explain it!
And in that great and terrible day to come, many
will be shocked when they find that they depended upon a mental assent to
Christianity instead of upon the miracle of the new birth!
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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.