Who is a child of The Light ?

[Bethel]

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Let me show you something interesting.

When a person is born again......they are "translated from Darkness.....TO LIGHT"
See that?
See ...." TO Light" ? ????

"Translated INTO"........>"TO LIGHT.........= to become a part of...........

This is why the born again are "The Children of THE LIGHT"........and Jesus is the ""THE LIGHT Of the World".

So, to be born again, is to become a part of THE LIGHT..........This is the Kingdom of God, Hekuran.
So, if you are a Child of the Light, in the Kingdom of God, you are already BECOME a part of God's family......which means you exist already where God is........and that is Heaven.
This is why the New Testament, says of all the born again......>"we are seated in HEAVENLY PLACES......>.in Christ".

To be "in Christ" is to be in "Heavenly Places" as that is where He is........ Hekuran.........and that is where all the born again exist, AS BORN AGAIN SPIRITUALLY.

Do you want to go there?
Then do what Jesus the LIGHT told you to do, so that you can become a Child of the LIGHT.........= born again.

Jesus told you...."YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN" TO ENTER .....HEAVEN....THE KINGDOM OF GOT, AS A CHILD OF THE LIGHT.

 

[Waggles]

Jesus told you...."YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN" TO ENTER .....HEAVEN....THE KINGDOM OF GOT, AS A CHILD OF THE LIGHT.

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Amen, Amen, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
3:6 What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
3:7 Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born from above.
3:8 The Spirit breatheth where he willeth, and thou hearest his voice, but knowest not whence he cometh, and whither he goeth: so is every one born of the Spirit.

 

[Bethel]

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Amen, Amen, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
3:6 What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
3:7 Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born from above.
3:8 The Spirit breatheth where he willeth, and thou hearest his voice, but knowest not whence he cometh, and whither he goeth: so is every one born of the Spirit.

Born of water, and you enter the world as a baby. Your mother's water breaks, and out you came into this world.....born of water.

Born of the Spirit, birth's you into the Spirit of God......and you become a citizen of heaven, having received eternal life, as you are now born again.

 

[Waggles]

Born of water, and you enter the world as a baby. Your mother's water breaks, and out you came into this world.....born of water.

The NT teaches water baptism by full immersion for the forgiveness of your sins - a sign of a good conscience to God and the gospel.

 

[Bethel]

The NT teaches water baptism by full immersion for the forgiveness of your sins - a sign of a good conscience to God and the gospel.

No, as being immersed does not forgive sin, as you are teaching.

Its the Blood of Jesus, that forgives sins......not water immersion.

If you have a bible, read the "Acts of the Apostles"...... there are many water baptisms........and every one, has the same situation.
THe person BELIEVES, as "faith is counted as righteousness"........."as many as BELIEVE .. I (Jesus) give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish".
So, believing, is required, .....or as your NT teaches you.....>"the will of GOD is that you BELIEVE ON JESUS Whom God Sent".
If you will, then God will give you the new birth, by the HOLY SPIRIT.......not by water, not by works.
WORKS, are any thing you do.....such as getting into a baptismal.

Read about Phillip and the Eunuch, in Acts 8. The Eunuch asks Phillip ....."there is water may i be water baptized"........and Phillip says.....>"IF you have truly believed in Christ in your heart FIRST........then you may".

See that?

Look closely, as you have not understood..........."faith is counted as righteousness". "justification BY Faith without works".

 

[Waggles]

Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, [Men] Brethren, what shall we do?
2:38 And Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized each of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 10:47 Can anyone forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then asked they him to tarry certain days.

Acts 19:3 And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into the baptism of John.
19:4 And Paul said, John baptized a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe unto him that should come after him, that is, unto Jesus.
19:5 And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

Romans 6:3 Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
6:4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, thus we also might walk in newness of life.
6:5 For if we have become like-natured with him in the likeness of his death, we shall yet be also in the likeness of the resurrection;

Colossians 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, wherein ye were also raised with him through the faith of the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
2:13 And you, being dead by the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you did he make alive together with him, having forgiven us all trespasses;

1Peter 3:20 that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in Noah’s days, while the ark was a preparing, into which few, that is, eight souls, were brought safely through water:
3:21 which also in the antitype doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through Jesus Christ’s resurrection;

 

[Waggles]

Even Jesus himself fulfills what he teaches Nicodemus in John 3

Matthew 3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John to be baptized of him.
3:14 But he would fain hinder him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and THOU comest unto me?
3:15 But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
3:16 And Jesus, when baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened, and he saw God’s Spirit descending as if a dove coming upon him;
3:17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my son the beloved in whom I am well pleased.

 

[Bethel]

Even Jesus himself fulfills what he teaches Nicodemus in John 3

Matthew 3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John to be baptized of him.
3:14 But he would fain hinder him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and THOU comest unto me?
3:15 But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
3:16 And Jesus, when baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened, and he saw God’s Spirit descending as if a dove coming upon him;
3:17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens saying, This is my son the beloved in whom I am well pleased.

You are not Jesus, in the Old Testament, fulfilling the Law. So, you dont need to see John The Baptist about that water.

Instead, do the will of God......."in the time of the Gentiles"..........which is.....>"The will of God is that you BELIEVE ON JESUS, whom GOD Sent".
If you do that, and not worry about and waste time with water baptism and law keeping obsession, then Jesus says this to you. '"All who believe in Me, I give unto you eternal life, and you shall never perish".
So, if you want that, then do the will of God........"Believe on Jesus, whom God SENT as this is the WILL of GOD"...... and you will be born again as a "Child of The Light".
If you dont want that, then keep worrying about water baptism, law, and commandments.

Its really all up to you.

 

[Waggles]

Instead, do the will of God.

So then go and get baptized in water confessing your faith and ask for the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the Bible evidence of speaking in tongues.
Just do it God's way.

 

[Bethel]

So then go and get baptized in water confessing your faith and ask for the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the Bible evidence of speaking in tongues.
Just do it God's way.

Jesus didnt speak in tongues.

I have a teaching on this Forum.........i think i posted it here ???? I think so........ that explains the difference between a prayer language, and the "gift of tongues'.
Find it.
It'll help you, as you don't understand the difference.

Also, being born again has nothing to do with water.

And your idea of "God's way" is actually the typical Charismatic-Pentecostal handbook that they teach people like you to preach.
Im not interested in any of that carnal theatrical mania, as im born again and Spirit Filled, long ago.
As a matter of fact, i was born again 11 yrs before i was water baptized. And when i was water baptized by a Pastor that was not mine, but had a big baptismal pool.........right after the immersion was finished, there was a helper who said to me, as the water was being drained........>"there go your sins".
And i thought to myself....."who is this dumb heretic,"....>"as my SINS are on JESUS, who died for them 2000 yrs ago....and its His BLOOD , and not the city water supply that "washed my sin away".

So, heretics are everywhere, and the "water cult" heretics are some of the worst, and they infest "christian" forums like a plague from hell.

 

[Curtis]

Eph 5:8 for you where once darkness but now you are "light" in the Lord.....

 

[Waggles]

and the "water cult" heretics

That is an offensive way to describe disciples of Christ Jesus who baptize converts in water as commanded to by God.

 

[Bethel]

Eph 5:8 for you where once darkness but now you are "light" in the Lord.....

Hey Curtis..

notice you became LIGHT, if you are born again,.

Notice...>"you ARE Light".

Where ? '"IN The Lord".

This is "In Christ"......>"One with God".....born again.

"Transferred from Darkness........>TO Light." and this LIGHT is also a KINGDOM.......The Kingdom of God.

Thats a change, its a change as a birth..........a spiritual birth (born again)... where you become Spiritually a "new creation", "in Christ". A "child of THE Light".....and Jesus is THE Light of the world".

Christ the Lord is many things.......>Hes Lord of All, Hes the Bread of Life who came down from Heaven. He's the Word made Flesh".

Look at this........read John 1:10. It says that Jesus made the world.

Imagine this.........baby Jesus........takes is first steps.......He's now standing on the world HE CREATED.

Read Colossians 1:16

Now read 1 Timothy 3:16

 

[Curtis]

Hey Curtis..

notice you became LIGHT, if you are born again,.

Notice...>"you ARE Light".

Where ? '"IN The Lord".

This is "In Christ"......>"One with God".....born again.

"Transferred from Darkness........>TO Light." and this LIGHT is also a KINGDOM.......The Kingdom of God.

Thats a change, its a change as a birth..........a spiritual birth (born again)... where you become Spiritually a "new creation", "in Christ". A "child of THE Light".....and Jesus is THE Light of the world".

Christ the Lord is many things.......>Hes Lord of All, Hes the Bread of Life who came down from Heaven. He's the Word made Flesh".

Look at this........read John 1:10. It says that Jesus made the world.

Imagine this.........baby Jesus........takes is first steps.......He's now standing on the world HE CREATED.

Read Colossians 1:16

Now read 1 Timothy 3:16

Yep, If God is "light" and he is then before anyone can live in God they also have to become light. God is "light" and in him, there is no "darkness" (which is what we once were)