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- BORN ONCE: DIE TWICE; BORN TWICE: DIE ONCE
-
- "Well, man, I'll just balance out my kharma some other
- time, maybe in my next life." In the last several years, an
- increasing number of people from traditionally Protestant
- American, European and British-heritage areas have embraced
- belief in reincarnation. Some even try to back it up with
- twisted Bible texts.
-
- One plain statement that Scripture makes is this:
- "It is appointed for men to die once, and after this
- comes judgment." (Hebrews 9:27 NAS)
-
- Jesus Christ declared the necessity of the "new birth"
- through faith in Himself. (Read John 3.)This birth of the
- Spirit, or "second birth" is the essential beginning of
- eternal life.
-
- This second birth comes about when we have heard the
- gospel, the Word of God, and the Holy Spirit applies the
- work of "new creation" as we believe the message and put our
- trust in Jesus alone for our salvation.
-
- All who have this "second birth" through faith in the
- Lord Jesus shall be found on Judgment Day to be recorded in
- the "Lamb's Book of Life"; and those who have not trusted in
- Christ will be judged according to their works and cast into
- the "lake of fire" (see Revelation 21).
-
- If you're born twice, you only die once. If you're
- born only once, you die twice.
-
- There are no second chances, no balancing out kharma,
- trying to "tip the scales", no past or future incarnations.
- "TODAY is the day of salvation."
-
- Jesus Christ said, "I am the way, and the truth, and
- the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."
- (John 14:6 NAS) Read the Gospel of John for yourself. This
- is the most urgent issue of your life.
-
- Don't wait 'til your next incarnation; you won't have
- one. Don't wait 'til tomorrow. For you tomorrow might not
- come. Put your trust in Jesus, right NOW.
- [Clyde Price SHOT23]
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