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The Once (Flesh-born) and the Twice (Spirit-born)

The Once ( Flesh-born ) and the Twice ( Spirit-born ) CLASSIFICATION IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT of all tasks. Even in the realm of religion there are enough lights and shades to make it injudicious to draw too fine a line between men and men. If the religious world were composed of squares of solid black and solid white classification would be easy; but unfortunately it is not. It is a grave error for us evangelicals to assume that the children of God are all in our communion and that all who are not associated with us are ipso facto enemies of the Lord. The Pharisees made that mistake and crucified Christ as a consequence. With all this in mind, and leaning over backwards to be fair and charitable, there is yet one distinction which we dare make, which indeed we must make if we are to think the thoughts of God after Him and bring our beliefs into harmony with the Holy Scriptures. That distinction is the one which exists between two classes of human beings, the once-born and the t...

Can A Christian Be POSSESSED By An Evil Spirit? What The Bible Truly Says

Can a Christian be possessed by evil spirits? Can a believer be influenced by demons to say and act anyhow? Is there a difference between evil spirits possession and being demonized? We will find answers to all these questions and more as we look in the Bible to study what it has to say about the Christian and evil spirits possession. Before we go further, I will like to point out that the word “Christian” in this study is not in any way referring to “mere” church goers. The kind you see in churches every Sunday morning or 31st night of every December. By a “Christian” here, we are referring to someone who has put his faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour from sin and destruction. Such a fellow is properly called a “believer” or a “saint” biblically. 1Co 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours That he is called ...