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TRUE MINISTRIES CHURCH

SAVEDORBORN AGAIN

There is a difference between someone who is saved and someone who is born again. I am not

trying to bring division and I am not trying to condemn anyone who says that when you aresaved that you are born again. To me it doesnt matter. For instance, people come to the altar

and receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior and say they are born again. Well thats

between them and God. But I know through my experience that I have met people who havesaid that they were born again and I know they were not. There was something not right. I

always pondered in my heart whywhen someone says they receive Jesus Christ as their Lord

and Savior that they were born againI didnt understand it. We have come to use this asI

dont want to sayslangbut as a common thing. That when you receive Jesus as your Lord andSavior that you are born again. Now I am not saying this cant happen because it can happen.

Someone can be in this service and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviorandget baptized

in the Holy Ghost. And they get born again. It happened with me. I asked Jesus to come in my

heart and the next thing I knew a cloud came around meand I was filled and baptized with theHoly Ghost. But I was lookingfor the Holy Ghost too. Because I was in a service where they

were praying in tongues and I wanted allof what they had. There is a manifestation of beingbaptized in the Holy Ghost. There is a tangible manifestation. Not only of powerbut one of

the tangible manifestations is tongues. I want to talk about Saved orBorn Again and I will back

this up with scripture.

GENESIS 1:26-28

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have

dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth

and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image;

in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them,and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over

the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

We see that Gods intention was to create man in his image and his likeness. And he did. He

created Adam in his image and his likeness. As a matter of fact, Adam was created in Godsimage and likeness because God male/female. Adam was created as a man but was created in

Gods image and likenessAdams character was a representation and a reflection of God

himself. Adam didnt know anything evil or bad. In fact, Eve came from who? Adam! So the

female came out of the male. God separated male and female and brought both of them as a partof his image and likeness. Thats why marriages are blessed, arent they. A marriage is blessed

when a man and woman become one flesh. Thats a reflection of Gods image and likeness

male/female. We see here Adam was born. He wasnt born from a woman. He was created byGod. The first thing that God did was take dust and he formed man. Then he breathed in him

His Spirit. God put, through the nostrils of Adam, his Spirit known as the breath of life. Thats

when Adam became a living soul. It was the breath that brought life, not the dust. When youcome into the image and likeness of God, something follows. Blessings. God created Adam in

his image and likeness, took Eve from Adam, and what did he do? He blessed them. And he

said, Be fruitful and multiply. We can also say that the fruitfulness and multiplying was a

representation of the inheritance of God. And what they were doing was bearing fruit that

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multiplied! Things that they were doing were multiplying. It was good fruit. They were in the

Garden and things that they were doing were multiplying. Adam sinned. Eve sinned. And they

lost it all. They lost the image and likeness of God. Why? Because Gods image and likeness ispure and holy. Its not a sinful nature. Its a holy nature. So when Adam and Eve fell, they lost

that state of being. Not only did they lose that state of being but they lost the inheritance of God

The multiplying and blessing. We know that eventually they multiplied because God didsomething in the Garden. He re-established part of it, but not all of it. Thats when he killed the

animal to cover them. What he was actually doing was covering their sins. He was making a

way through blood.

GENESIS 2:15-17

Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And

the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it

you shall surely die. This was the sinand something happened. The tree of the knowledge of

good and evildid you ever notice that the word evil when reversed is live. We know that

evilness produces death and righteousness produces life. What happened here? They ate thefruit of the knowledge of the tree of good and evil. That tree was bearing fruit. Fruit has seed in

it. The took fruit, ate the fruitit was that corruptible seed that caused the sin. It was actuallycarrying sin with the seed of the tree. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil was producing

corruptible seed. So if you were going to eat of the fruit, you are going to inherit corruptible

seed. The bible says that Eve ate and then gave to her husband. Adam wasnt there when Eve

ate. Adam wasnt there. Thats why the devil lured her to the tree without Adam therebecause Adam would not have allowed it to happen. Then the corruptible seed which was

imparted in Eve, who was deceived, allowed satan access to use her. It was satans corruptible

seed. He used Eve to bring the fruit to Adam. In fact, Eve didnt change until when? UntilAdam ate. When Adam ate then both of their eyes were opened to the natural and closed to the

spirit realm. Because Adam was the head of the house and a house divided will not stand. Lets

go a little further.

GENESIS 3:22-24

Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil.

And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever

therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he wastaken. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and

a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. Now, we know thatGod knows all things. He knows good and evil. Adam and Eve did not know good and evil.

The only thing they knew was purity and fellowship with God. In fact, their spirit, soul and body

were one. It wasnt until they took the corruptible seed that their spirit soul and body becamedivided and they put on flesh. The bible says in Leviticus that the life of the flesh is in the blood.

The life of your flesh is in your blood. Corruptible flesh survives by blood. Adam and Eves

flesh was glorified. They were clothed in the glory of God. When Jesus rose from the dead hehad a glorified body. In fact, he appeared to the disciples and they thought he was a spirit at

first. But he said a spirit doesnt have flesh and bone. He never mentioned blood. When Eve

came from Adam, he said, You are bone of my bone and the flesh of my flesh. He never

mentioned blood. Blood was never mentioned. Because the life of their flesh was in the Spirit

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until they fell. Then the life of flesh was in the blood. Thats why God had to kill an animal to

take the blood. Thats why the blood of God Almighty had to come to the earthSo that you

and I could have access to the life. So we know that our fulfillment of redemption isntcompleted yet. Because we still have another body waiting for us that doesnt have any blood.

Your glorified body isnt going to have any blood. Because the life of your body is going to be

in the Spirit. In fact, the bible tells us in the book of Revelation that they will be eating the fruitin the trees in the holy city and that fruit is going to sustain your life. Its actually going to

sustain your spirit. Were not talking about blood anymore because the bible says flesh and

blood cant enter the kingdom of God. So we see here that Adam and Eve were placed in theGarden and the Lord said to them they could eat all of the trees except the one that has the seed

or the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. So obviously they were eating of the tree of life,

werent they. Because they were told there was only one tree they couldnt eat from. That was

the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But the tree of life was there so they were eating thetree of life there alsoand the other trees. So the Lord said, Okay since you disobeyed Im

going to have to remove you from the Garden because now you know good and evil. And if you

eat the tree of life, you are going to live forever knowing good and evil but not knowing how to

take dominion over it. In fact, good and evil will lead you and not life. You will sustaininother words, if they were to eat of the tree of life it was going to allow good and evil to reign

forever. He had to remove the tree of life. So that good and evil would eventually die out and itwould be restored to the original where purity, holiness, and life of Godthe image and likeness

of him, would be reinstated. Hallelujah. So Daddy had to shut it down! He said okay this is

shut down, but I have a plan. Flesh must still be maintained in the natural realm. You and I have

to eat food. We still have to drink water and eat food and so forth to maintain this flesh in thenatural realm. Well we must also eat spiritual food to maintain our spirit in the spirit realm. We

will always be led to a corruptible area because the ruler of this world is satan. Your flesh and

my flesh is of the dust. The Lord said to Adam, I am going to curse the ground for your sake.So you are made of the dustyour flesh is cursed. Because the ground is cursed. What God

curses is cursed. This allstarted by eating a corruptible seed. Its how it all got startedseeds

give birthby eating a corruptible seed.

PSALM 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. I was brought forthin iniquity and in sin my mother conceived mebecause everyone that is born into this world is

born into sin. From the time Adam and Eve sinned. They were our parents. When you and I are

born into this world our true parents are Adam and Eveuntil we become born again and our

parent is God. Like I said, God had a plan!

JOHN 3:16-21

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him

should not perish but have everlasting life. Now we know the word believe means to follow.

Lets go a little further. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, butthat the world through Him might be saved. That the world might be saved! He who believes in

Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not

believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. So we see here that this is a requirement.

We must believe in the name. He tells us God had a plan and he sent his son into the world to

save it. Save it from what? Damnation. Because of the fall in the Garden. God was out to

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restore. In fact, the wordsalvation is a representation ofsalvage. You know when a ship goes

down in the ocean, its down there for a long timethey go to salvage it. It has the same

meaning as salvation. God was sending his son into the world to save itor to salvage it. Andsalvage those who live here. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the

world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Why were their

deeds evil? Because of the corruptible seed. For everyone practicing evil hates the light anddoes not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. So we know that the light exposes

the fruit of the corruptible seed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds maybe clearly seen, that they have been done in God. We see that there are two things herethefirst thing is that we must believe in the name to be saved. And the second is we must do the

truth, which is what it says in verse 21, he who does the truth. There are two things God

requires. Not only must we believe in his name but we must do the truth! I want you to look at

the name of Jesus as the seed. Because it says he who believes in the name will be saved. Wellthat means we need to have another seed, dont we. We need to have the righteous seed. So that

salvation or the salvaging can begin.

JOHN

14:6Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father exceptthrough Me. I want you to understand somethingJesus laid a path to life. He didnt come insaying,I am the truth, the life and the way. He didnt say,I am the way, the life and the truth.

He said, I am the way, the truth and the life. He was setting a path for restoration. He was

setting a path to bring back his children. In other words, we know that Adam and Eve were

createdwe could say they were born in the image and likeness of God. But they lost thatimage and likeness, didnt they. So God was bringing redemption to the worldbecause they

needed to be brought back to that original state againto the image and likeness of God.

Because they were his son and daughter. Jesus is stating the pathway saying,I am the way, the

truth and the life. There are symbolic meanings for way, truth and life. We know in the Old

Testament the tabernacle was made of three sections. The outer court was known as the way.

The Holy Place was known as the truth. The Most Holy Place was known as the life and thatswhere the Ark of the Covenant was. We see there is a pathway to get to this life because new

life had to come again. Reinstated as the life that was lost. The name of Jesus is a representation

of a seed. We can say that Jesus name was a way. We can say that the word of God is the truth.

And that the Spirit of God is life. We see this corresponds to Jesus saying I am the way, truth

and life. Because we know that Jesus is the name, he is the word and he is the life-giving spirit.

We also know that the way is the outer court, the truth is the Holy Place and the life is the Most

Holy Place. We also will understand now that the way is saveto follow the truth is life, isnt it.Jesus said,I am the way, truth and life. I am the one who is going to save you. I am the word

for you to follow. And I am the Spirit that will give you new life.

ACTS 4:8-12

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been

made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus

Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this manstands here before you whole. This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, which has

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become the chief cornerstone. Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other nameunder heaven given among men by which we must be saved. So we see that the name saves.

ACTS 16:25-33

Now Paul and Silas were brought in jail and they were shackled. They knew exactly what to do

in the Spirit. The bible says to sing a song of deliverance and pray! They werent sitting theregrumbling and complaining trying to figure out how they could saw through the barsor waiting

for someone to rescue them. They were seeking the kingdom of God! But at midnight Paul andSilas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and

immediately all the doors were opened and everyones chains were loosed. This is symbolic too.

Praise and worship looses the bondage off of your life. And the keeper of the prison, awaking

from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword

and was about to kill himself. Because he knew he was going to get killed for a job not well

done. But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. And he

brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? His first thought was how washe going to be saved from the swordfrom being punished and how am I going to be saved the

way you guys are. So they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you

and your household. Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his

house. Now remember we talked about way, truth and life. Way was his name. They said

believe on the name. And then they spoke the word. Why? It was bringing him to new life. So

they said believe on the name of the Lord and they began to speak the word of the Lord to themwhich was going to lead them to a new life. And he took them the same hour of the night andwashed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. So they got baptized!

Let me share something with you. The word believe means to follow. In other words, if youbelieve that means you do something. They believed in the name of the Lord, they heard the

word of the Lord and they got baptized, acknowledging that they believed. So they did

something!! They got baptized!! They got baptized in the name of the Lord.

ROMANS 10:8-13

But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word

of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your

heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. So they had to believe on the

name and after they heard the word of the testimony that Jesus was the one that rose from the

deadthat represents the word, doesnt it. They believed and confessed with their mouth theLord Jesus ChristThey believed he was the one that rose from the dead because they heard the

word. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession ismade unto salvation. For the Scripture says, Whoever believes on Him will not be put to

shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to

all who call upon Him. For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.

I JOHN 1:8-10

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess oursins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If

we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. He says, if we

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confess our sins. So something has to happen. We must speakconfess. In other words, your

confession activates the blood of Jesus. Nothing is manifested (or activated I should say) in the

New Testament unless it is spoken. It must be spoken because its the ministry of the Spirit andSpirit means breath. Lets confirm this.

2 CORINTHIANS 3:4-8And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to

think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, who also made ussufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills,

but the Spirit gives life. So we understand that Jesus is the way, truth and life. Its like the

tabernacle, the outer court, the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place, where the Spirit was. So

Jesus is leading us to the Spirit. Why? For a new life! He says if you believe in my name,

which is the wayif you will follow my word, which is the truthit will lead you to my Spiritwhich will bring you a new life. But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones

(which he meant the commandments), was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not looksteadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing

away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? So we are talking about theministry of the Spirit and Spirit means breath. So what you speak activates the word of God.

Thats why its called the sword of the Spirit.

PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not

consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of

a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, Hehumbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and

of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to theglory of God the Father. The name of Jesus. Every knee will bow. Its the name above all

names. We see this layoutnow Jesus throws the curve in bringing us to another realm.

JOHN 3:1-6

There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to

Jesus by night and said to Him, RabbiYou have to understand something. The Jews would

not call Jesus Rabbi. Not the Pharisees because they were known as Rabbis themselves. You

had to be of their clan to be known as a Rabbi. It would have been a disgrace to them to callJesus,Rabbi. So this man Nicodemus believed in Jesus, didnt he. In fact, he had to go to him

by night because he would have probably been thrown out as a Pharisee if the other Pharisees

found out. Because they wanted to kill him. We see he came by nighthe believed in Jesus.Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You

do unless God is with him. This Pharisee sneaks outgoes up to Jesus and says basically, I

believe in you. Now anyone who believes in the name of Jesus or believes in him is what?Saved. Nicodemus was saved. Now listen to what Jesus says. Jesus answered and said to him,

Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. He

turned around and said, Nicodemus, you need to be born again. Nicodemus said to Him, How

can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mothers womb and be

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born? Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and theSpirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. So Jesus turns this whole thing around now and

says, You have to be born again. Nicodemus was saved because he believed on the name ofJesus. He believed him. But the Lord turned around and rebuked him and said,Listen there is

more for you man! You have to be born again! Verse 6, That which is born of the flesh is flesh,

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Jesus puts two things here. You must be born ofwater and of spiritto be born again. So he states here that there is something more than just

being saved. There is an area of being born again. Because Nicodemus was saved, wasnt he.

But Jesus turned around and told him he needed to be born again.

ACTS 1:4-5

Now this is after Jesus resurrectionHes already hung out 40 days and hes getting ready to

leave. And being assembled together with them, He (Jesus)what did he do? Commanded them

not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which, He said, you

have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the HolySpirit not many days from now. He just explained what he said. Jesus commanded his

disciples to be born again! Because he states here you must be born of water and of spirit and hesays, John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not manydays from now. So he commanded his disciples that they must be born again. And he explainedthe two things that had to be done.

TITUS 3:4-5

Its powerful that Jesus commanded that his disciples be born again. Now they believed him,didnt they. So they were saved. Jesus rose from the dead, came back, hung around for 40 days,

taught them more things and before he left he commanded they be born again. And he breathed

his Spirit on them to sustain them. They were to get to the upper room and stay there. But weknow that when they were born again something else happened. But when the kindness and the

love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we havedone, but according to His mercy He saved usWatch how he talks about thisthrough the

washing of regeneration Now what do you wash with? Water. Through the washing of

regeneration and renewing of the Holy SpiritHes talking about being born again!! Just

exactly what he said. You must be born of water and of spiritto get a what? New life.Washing of the waterthe bible tells us the John truly baptizes with water.

ACTS 19:1-6

And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper

regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciplesWhat are disciples? Learners of Jesus

Christ. Followers. He said to them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? Sothey said to him, We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit. So obviouslythey didnt. So when you are saved, do you get the Holy Ghost? No. But to get saved you must

confess Jesus and repent for your sinswhich is the first part of being born again. The water.

But the second part must come in to complete the new birth. The Holy Ghost. And he said to

them, Into what then were you baptized? So they said, Into Johns baptism. Then Paul

said, John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance [So that you are what? Saved.]sayingto the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ

Jesus. So you notice how his name changes and we will go into that later. Its no longerJesus,

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its Christ Jesus. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. So

they got baptized again and there is nothing wrong with getting baptized more than once. If you

ever break covenant with God, you want to get baptized again. And when Paul had laid hands

on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Does

everyone see this? What happened? They believed, they got baptized in the name of Jesus, they

received Jesus againthey didnt get the Holy Ghost yet, did they. Not until Paul laid hands onthembut he told them about the Holy Ghost and then they got baptized with the Holy Ghost.

So they got born of water and born of the spirit and they were born again. Thats why we

baptize people in water. For the remission of sin. Its acknowledging that you believeexactlywhat the word was saying. Speak with your mouthconfess with your mouth Jesus. Believe in

your heart that he rose from the dead. Why? Because he died for me and you. Thats why you

are submerged in water. You are dying with Himand you are coming up with him.

I explained before that the name of Jesus is a representation of a seed. When a woman gets

pregnant, the child isnt birthed automatically. But we know, in the Spirit it can be, if they are

baptized in the Holy Ghost. So we see that the seed is planted. Its conceived. When a woman

conceivesits not birthed.

LUKE 8:4-11

And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke

by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; andit was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it. Some fell on rock; and as soon as it

sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the

thorns sprang up with it and choked it. But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded acrop a hundredfold. When He had said these things He cried, He who has ears to hear, let

him hear! Then His disciples asked Him, saying, What does this parable mean? And He

said, To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is

given in parables, that Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. Nowthe parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

MARK4:13-15

The seed is the word of God and Mark explains this in the same way but I just want to sharesomething with you in what he picked up more on. And He said to them, Do you not

understand this parable? Its the parable about the sower and the seed. How then will youunderstand all the parables? Now he expressed something powerful here. He was saying listen

if you cant understand this parable, how are you going to understand the rest? Understand this,a parable is a parallel between the spirit and the natural. In Ecclesiastes the bible says there is

nothing new under the sun. What Jesus was doing was expressing the things of the Spirit,

drawing a picture with a parable in the natural for them to understand the things of the Spirit. Hewas saying, if you dont understand this parable, how are you going to understand the rest. What

he was trying to do was bring understanding to them about the parallel between the spirit and the

natural. So when you read parables, you are actually getting a parallel to the spirit realm. Or amessage from the spirit realm brought forth in the natural realm for understanding. In verse 14,

now he says, The sower sows the word. Or the seed. Remember the bible says the seed is the

word. And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. Or the seed is sown.When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their

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hearts. Or he takes away the seed. We said the name of Jesus was a representation of the seed.

When satan comes and steals the seed its called spiritual abortion. That child never got birthed.

JOHN 1:1; 14

It says of course,In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was

God. In verse 14, And the Word became fleshAnd what else became flesh? The seed. Theseed became flesh. Because the word is the seed. If the word became flesh the seed had to

become flesh. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, theglory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Jesus is the word or the seedthat became flesh. His name had to become flesh because the word became flesh. The name of

Jesus is actually a representation of the word becoming flesh. Its actually the name of God.

ISAIAH 53:10

Isaiah prophesied the seed that was coming. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put

Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shallprolong His days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand. Who is Jesus? The

seed of God. Jesus is a representation of the word. They didnt know Jesus as the Christ until hewas baptized with the Holy Spirit.

JOHN 1:29-33

You can be saved and not born again. Thats why those who are not born again and baptized in

the Holy Ghost, they have troubles. They have no power. Dont get me wrong the seed can still

be thereand just the seeds presence alone is making a change in your life. But there hasnt been that new birth yet. I want you to understand that beingsaved represents conceived.

Someone who is saved is conceived. Conceived to what? To be born againin the image and

likeness of Christ. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold! The

Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is He of whom I said, After me comes a

Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me. I did not know Him; but that He shouldbe revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water. And John bore witness, saying, I

saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. I did not know

Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, Upon whom you see the Spiritdescending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. So we seeJesus was the example. Jesus was known as the word that became flesh. Jesus is a

representation of the word. He lived on this earth for 30 years. He did no miracles. He didnt

proclaim to be the son of God. He went to church. He did all the right things. But yet he went

and got baptized in water as the example for me and youand then got baptized in the HolyGhost. After Jesus was baptized in the Holy Ghost he proclaimed to be the Christ and not

before. Thats when he said, who do they say that I am. So Jesus name represented the word

now Jesus is known as Christ Jesus. Christ meaning the Anointed One. The anointedword. Hewas no longer known as Jesus he was known as the Christ. In fact, in Luke 4:8 or 18 it says

that Jesus first preaching was The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. So understand, Jesus was

always leading people to the Spirit. He says,I am the way, truth and life. The name is the way,the truth is the word and the life is the Spirit. Always leading me and you to the Spirit. He said

to his disciples, Its to your advantage that I leave so that the comforter can comeThe Spirit of

truth and guide you into all truth. Why? So that you could be born again.

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I SAMUEL 10:1, 6

Jesus was a new man after he got baptized in the Holy Ghost, wasnt he. He was known as the

Christ. Because he was what? Born again. Remember we talked about the Holy Spirit givingbirth. The Holy Spirit is the one who births the seed. Jesus was known as the seed of God.

When the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jesus, he brought birth. The Christ was birthed. You

will read in the word that Ananias who was there on the eighth day when he was circumcisedIthink it was AnaniasI dont remember is name but he was the one who said he knew he would

live to see the Christ come. He knew he was the Christ even though he wasnt birthedas the

Christ yet. The Christ wasnt manifest, he had just come into the world. The Christ wasntformed yet until he got baptized with the Holy Ghost. He was known as the word. Jesus the

word.

Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head, [this is Saul who is going to becomeking] and kissed him and said: Is it not because the LORD has anointed you commander over

His inheritance? When God created Adam and Eve (and we go back to this again), in his

likeness and image they were to be fruitful and multiply, representing inheritance. The Holy

Spirit had to come on Saulso that he would come into the image and likeness of Christ, God,so that he could handle his inheritance. Go to verse 6. So Samuel anoints him with oil and tells

Saul, the Lord has anointed you. Now the manifestation of the anointing didnt come yet.Samuel anointed him with oil. Samuel was giving him directionhow to get the anointing so

that he could handle the inheritance of God. Samuel tells him to go with the prophets and so

forth. In verse 6, Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you, and you will prophesy with

them and be turned into another man. And what other man is that? A new man. New birth.Born again. To what? Handle the inheritance of God. Without that new birth, the promises and

heritance of God are not being fulfilled in your life. Thats why people who are just savedyou

can tell by their fruit that things arent right. They are struggling and trying to do it in their ownstrength. Listen, I believed in Jesus for a long time. But I had never been born again. I was out

serving the devil and the devil was stealing that seed. Every time the Lord tried to bring me to a

place to get birthed again, the devil convinced mecaused spiritual abortion. How many timeshave people gone to the altar and received Jesus Christ againover and over and over and over.

Because the devil steals that seed, causes spiritual abortion and they never got birthed again.

Why do you think we have hospital ministries. Because people are dying on that hospital bedand you go there and you say listen repent and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

When they do they are savedand theyll go home! But they are not born again, are they. Only

the Holy Ghost can birth that seed. But it will get them home. Thats why Paul said it would be

better to turn them over to satanthat their flesh can be destroyed but their soul saved. Sosomeone can even be born again and go back to a saved positionand go back to a lost position.

So someone can be born again, go back to that saved position and then go back to a lost position.

When you are saved, you are conceived. You are conceived to be birthed. The Holy Spirit is thebirther. What is happening is that corruptible seed, which is the tree of the knowledge of good

and evil is now your flesh. Your flesh is now the tree of the of knowledge of good and evil.

Its not gone. Its still there. That part of redemption hasnt manifested yet. But God has givenus power to take dominion over that part until it is redeemed. Your soul is redeemed. Your

spirit is born. Your soul is being renewed through the word. Your spirit is born again. Your

flesh is not redeemed yetdominion has to be taken it must be crucified by being led by the

Spirit. When you are saved you are conceived to be born again. The word conceived is a

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representation of conception. Conception means being conceived in the womb. The beginning

or process of an idea is a representation of conceived or conception. In fact, God thoughtGodthoughtabout man coming. When he thoughthe conceived. When the Lord took the dust of theearth, he conceived man. When he breathed in him, man was birthed! When the Lord took the

dust of the earth, man was conceived. He formed man out of the earth. Man was conceived in

the thoughtin the process of a beginning because conception is a representation of a beginningor a process of an idea. The Lord conceived Adam by taking him and forming him out of the

dust of the ground. Adam was conceived. Adam was birthed or born when He breathed in him

the breath of Life. Because its the Spirit that brings life.

JAMES 1:14-15

But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticedor own ideas.Then, when desire [or idea] has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, [or to life - one or theother] when it is full-grown, brings forth deathor brings forth life. Not sin, but what I am

talking about is the understanding of conception. When the thought is conceivedThats what

happens to people when they fall and backslide! That thought gets conceived. Thats called a

seed of corruption that gets imparted and the devil waters ituntil it becomes birthed. And thenwhat happens? It leads to death. The devil wants to steal your righteous seed and impart a

corruptible seed in you. Thats his job. Thats why the bible says to cast down all thoughts andimaginations because thats where those corruptible seeds are imparted. Thats exactly how

satan conned Eve. He planted a corruptible seed.

I JOHN 3:7-9

Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He isrighteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this

purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. In otherwords, you have a part in destroying the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does

not sinor he does not let sin have dominion over him. It doesnt mean that you wont do

something. It means that you wont allow sin to reign in your life. Whoever has been born of

God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of

God. Or born again. A born again individual has dominion over sin. That born again individual

can go back to that saved state where sin is reigning in his life. It is my responsibility tomaintain that born again state of being.

I PETER1:22-23

Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the

brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, having been born again, not of

corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

Already we see born again is a representation of the incorruptible seed or the righteous seedbeing birthed. We see that his seed remains. We know his seed can be stolen. There are people

I have seen who have been baptized in the Holy Ghost, praying in the Spirit, walking in the

Spirit, and yet after a period of time backsliding and walking away from God. And actuallydenouncing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Ive seen it. It blows my mind.

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I JOHN 5:1-5;18

Whoever believes that Jesus is the ChristYou know its even difficult to understand what

Christ is unless you are born again. People will say Jesus is the Christ but they really neverunderstood what the Christmeans. It means the Anointed One and His Anointing. Jesus was

not the Christ until the mantle of the anointing of Christ came upon him. Most people dont even

know what the Christ means. So unless you understand what the Christ means, you arent bornagain! Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him

who begot also loves him who is begotten of Himor birthed of Him. By this we know that welove the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of

God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. Why?

Because the anointing of Christ allows us to walk in the power of obedience. For whatever isborn of God overcomes the world. So if you are born of God you are overcoming the ways of

the world. That means born again. And this is the victory that has overcome the worldour

faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Now go to verse 18. We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has beenborn of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. So you must stay in that born

again state. That means walking in Christ because you can do all things through Christ whostrengthens you through the anointingwhich means walking in the Spirit. We know that weare of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. And we know that the

Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true;

and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

GALATIANS 3:26-29; 4:6-7

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Do you understand how his namechanges? Christ Jesusfaith in Christ Jesus knowing that he is the Anointed One and his

Anointing. He is more than just a word!! He is the Anointed One!! For as many of you as werebaptized into Christ [baptized in the Holy Spirit] have put on Christ. There is a differencebetween baptizing for the remission of sin and being baptized in the Holy Spirit. Being baptized

in the Holy Spirit means you are baptized in Christ. And now you have put on Christ. There isneither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you

are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christsif you are the offspring of the Anointed One

and his Anointing, then you are Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise. Chapter

4:6,And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying

out, Abba, Father! Because God is Spirit. Thats where you know him in relationship asFather. When I was baptized in the Holy Ghost I realized he was my Daddy! Therefore you are

no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. The Anointed One

and His Anointing.

ROMANS 8:12-17

Therefore, brethren, we are debtorsnot to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you

live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body,

you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you didnot receive the spirit of bondage again to fearHes saying you didnt receive the Spirit of the

world again to fear. Why? Because you and I were already born into the spirit of the world.

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Now we are reborn into the Spirit of God. Thats why we read in Psalm 51:5 where he says, I

was born in iniquity and my mother birthed me in her womb in sin. You and I were born in sin

because we were born into the spirit of this world. Satan is known as the prince of the power ofdarkness and the prince of the power of air. So we were born in sinwe were actually his

children. Understand though there is an age of accountability. Thats why all children, if they

are aborted or die before the age of accountability, they go home to heaven. But there is the ageof accountability where we are accountable to get born againto get saved because we were

born in sin. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again [Hes talking to people that are

born again] to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, Abba, Father.

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children,

then heirsheirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we mayalso be glorified together.

2 CORINTHIANS 5:16-17

Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have knownChrist according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Because we know hes

spirit. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ [meaning the Anointed One and His AnointingInChrist meaning baptized in the Spirit because its called the baptism of Christ], he is a newcreation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Thats whysomeone who is just saved, old things are not passed away yet! But when they are born again,

old things have passed away. Desires and things are different now.

GALATIANS 5:22-26

It tells us about the fruits of the Spirit and the fruits of the flesh . But the fruit of the Spirit islove, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against

such there is no law. And those who are Christs have crucified the flesh with its passions and

desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited,

provoking one another, envying one another. I want to share with you one other thing. Turn to

Mark.

MARK16:16-18

These are the fruits of born again: He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who

does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe [or follow

me]: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tonguesThats a born

again individual! They will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no

means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.

In conclusion, you can be saved and not born again. But for how long will you remain saved

without having been born again? Born again is one who is baptized in the Holy Ghost. Thinkabout this-- When a baby is conceived and then it brings birth, the first thing they wait for is a

sound from that baby. It has a tongue! When you get born again, you get a tongue. Its called

tongues. Thats the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Thats the sign of the baptism of the new birth.The slap the baby on the butt. The Holy Ghost comes over and slaps the soul out of you!! So

that you can give birth. Remember the seed to be saved is conceived. To be born again is for

the seed to be birthed. And only the Holy Ghost brings birth. The devil doesnt want that.

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