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To: DaveMSmith
Being born again is the first step of repentance -- shunning evils as sins....being born again is a process.

According to John 3, being born again is a one time event accomplished by The Holy Spirit, e.g. spiritual regeneration. Paul in Romans indicated we are "raised to walk in newness of life". Being born again is a singualr event that occurs when one repents and trusts in Jesus to forgive and save them based on his sacraficial death. John, Chapter 1 states:

12. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Being born again is of God, not of us!

Your quote of Mark 10 left out the rest of the story, when the disciples exclaimed, based on Jesus' impossible requirements:

26. And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? 27And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

So again, the salvation event is of God alone, not based on our works!!!

As I stated, all religions follow the Ten Commandments

Really? Many religions (some Christian) pray to idols, and few observe the Sabbath (including most Christians), and most don't acknowledge the YHWH of the Bible as the one, true God. Hindus, for example, believe in a multiplicity of God;s.

193 posted on 03/28/2008 6:46:38 AM PDT by jimmyray
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To: jimmyray
We do believe that faith without works is dead. We believe you must shun evils as sins. The rules are embodied in The Ten Commandments. We don't believe in legalisms such as dress codes or prohibition of drinking that take away from that.

It's fine with me if you believe that being born again is a one time event. Do you also believe that once saved, always saved? For our entire time on earth, evil is always around us and we must WORK to avoid it. Temptation is very real.

The story in Mark 10 means that with men ALONE it is impossible and with God (with men), all things are possible. This goes to the heart of our beliefs that if we cooperate with the Lord, we can accomplish anything.

My understanding of the Hindu religion is that each of the deities offer a different path to the ultimate One (which I understand as Jesus Christ).

197 posted on 03/28/2008 7:28:33 AM PDT by DaveMSmith (Nothin' worse than a leaky dame)
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