Jesus tells Nicodemus that to see the Kingdom of Heaven he must be born again. I believe that we need to address this subject. I know that many people believe that they are born again, when in fact they are not.
Lets look at Nicodemus. He was a man of great position within the Jewish council; people would've looked up to him; people would've believed that he was doing God's will. However, Jesus tells him that he must be born again! That he must change from his ways and become the person that God has called him to be.
There are so many people within churches today that are just ticking boxes. Nicodemus was a good man, he was doing what he thought was right, but he wasn't in God's will otherwise Jesus wouldn't have said what he said to him.
How often do we just tick boxes? Do we go to church just because its tradition? Do we go to church because we always have?
I know that not everyone has that Damascus road experience. Many people believe in God all their lives, but if our Christianity is just something that we've always done, and we don't have a relationship with God then we are just ticking boxes just like Nicodemus. We need to stop ticking boxes and become the people that God has called us to be. We need to come before the throne room of grace and ask for forgiveness and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour.
If you have read this and realised that you are just ticking boxes, then lets change that here and now! We are not called to be religious. We are not called to be pew warmers. We are called by Almighty God to spread the good news and to have a relationship with him. If we only go to church on a Sunday and forget about him the rest of the week then that is not a relationship. I don't want to be a pew warmer. I want to make a difference in this world for Jesus. I want to share his love, joy, peace and salvation to the world - do you?
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