How a Drug Addict Became an ON-FIRE Christian 

I thought they were Memphysicists... got things pretty well figured out.

Also I have emailed it to one of my sons.

You are born again by baptism. See John 3.

@@BensWorkshop This passage in Jn 3 is often misunderstood but the Bible,not me, is able to interpret itself if we will let it. In scripture, "water" has a normal symbolic meaning. It represents the Holy Spirit as in Ps.1 ,or when Moses struck the Rock (Jesus) and water (Holy Spirit) flowed out. Or "former and latter rain". But especially so in John's gospel. Look at Ch.4, "The woman at the well" John 4:14 [14]"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. " Or ch.7....John 7:38 [38]He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (Water=Holy Spirit not baptism) Now return to Jn 3 in v 8John 3:8 [8]"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Jesus here described the character of the HS in the work of regeneration. No one is able to see or control the wind, but you feel the effect. So the Holy Spirit. You cannot schedule Him in the bulletin. He is not subject to any one. But the authority for salvation is given to the individual believer. Only the Spirit knows the heart. It can't be turned into a sacrament that men apply. John 1:12-13 [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. One error always leads to another. If Baptism is the way God uses to deal with sin, then how could the OT saints be saved? Or I also need to ask, if you recognize that in the OT it was the blood of animals upon the altar that covered sins, then how could it be water that is the cure for sin now? Did God change his mind? Then I must also ask, if it is water that deals with sins, then for what reason did Jesus shed His blood? Do you see the problems that wrong doctrine causes?

@jerome... "(being Catholic)"...well you really need to immerse yourself in the faith to really know it and to know what you are saying. YOU were SAVED at infant baptism - from original sin (for which no one can confess to a priest since we did not commit it.) At baptism you received the grace of God in the Holy Spirit but you still retain your free will. Your understanding of 'salvation' is a Protestant one (and check out the difference between Calvinist and Arminian Protestant salvation 😮). For Catholics, we were saved, we are being saved and we will be saved...IF we live in Christ the Way, the Truth and the Life...we were saved by grace in faith and through how we live our lives in good works...Matt25:31-46; James2:18-24 I am 'being Catholic' and constantly discovering just how deep in TRUTH of CHRIST my Catholic faith is. Peace of Christ be with you 🙏✝️

@@jeromepopiel388 For the avoidance of doubt I was referring to John 3:1-15. Specifically John 3:5: Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. So what you are saying is Jesus meant to say (but didn't) “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of The Spirit and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That does not make sense. You wrote: This passage in Jn 3 is often misunderstood but the Bible,not me, is able to interpret itself if we will let it.....

@@pathue1196 Indeed, he should read the Catechism of the Catholic Church for a start.