Salvation

(Regeneration and Sanctification)

 

Salvation means to have eternal life and to escape the punishment for sin.

If we are saved, we will have freedom from a guilty conscience and we will dwell together with God for all eternity when we die or when Christ comes back, whatever comes first.

It is not possible to be saved without being Born Again (Regenerated).

Once we have been 'Saved' or 'Regenerated', God continues to work in our lives to make us Holy (Transforming us / Sanctifying us)

We are like a House with Many Rooms

The most important room is our Heart

This is where we put our idol / God

When God comes and makes his home in our heart, we are Born Again (Regenerated) and Gods work of Sanctification / Transformation has begun

If we open the Front Door and  welcome Jesus into our House (our Heart) then we are saved; we are Born Again.

Jesus wants to come in and fill our heart.

He wants to make his home in us.

The other rooms in the House are like our Soul.

Jesus will eventually want to see every room in the House.

Once we are Born Again, God comes and fills in our heart and our Spirit is Regenerated.  This is Baptism in the Spirit.

But just as Light can have no fellowship with darkness, The Holy Spirit cannot co-inhabit with demons or evil spirits.

God still needs to correct all the false beliefs and incorrect mindsets that are in the other rooms of our house.

These false beliefs need to be replaced with the knowledge of God.

If Jesus can change or over write our core beliefs

he will transform our character and

our coping mechanisms and personality will change.

If Jesus is your first love, the most important thing in your life, your treasure, your savior, your Lord, You will eventually let him clean out every room in your heart.

Jesus cleans us out bit by bit whenever we are filled with the Spirit.  This happens when we praise and worship God.

We need to keep turning to God in Worship, otherwise our incorrect thinking will cause a bad spirit to return.

So long as Jesus is in your heart, you are Saved, Regenerated and Justified (that is made right in God's sight).

Sometimes there are things in our lives which hurt us and keep us bound but we are too scarred to let Jesus sort them out.

Sometimes there are things in our heart that are bad, but we keep them hidden from Jesus in the Bedroom of our heart, or maybe in the Study or the Kitchen or the Games Room. 

God is very patient with us, but if we do not deal with some of the Bad things that are in us, we will make bad choices which will stop us reaching our potential.

Sometimes, a situation will force us to choose between God and something that we love that's been hidden away in one of the Dark Rooms of our heart.

If God is your first love, you will let him clean your house.

Sometimes we grieve the Holy Spirit by not letting him into a room in our heart.

When we grieve God, our conscience gives us a hard time.

We loose our peace, the joy of our salvation.

If your conscience is bothering you, then pay attention.

Work out what God is trying to tell you.

Be obedient to that still small voice that is living inside you.

Jesus will never leave you but it is possible for you to throw him out of your house.

The consequences of this is would be catastrophic.

Doubting is not a sin so long as we continue to listen to and obey what God tells us in his Word.

But if we deny Christ and go back to a life of sin, then it may not be possible to get right with God again.

Maybe Christ had never made his home in your heart.

If you are able to genuinely repent and turn to God and Love him with all of your heart, then Christ will come into your heart and fill you with his love and give you peace and joy as well as the other Fruit and the Gifts of the Spirit.  He will wash you clean and you will be able to see what he has planned for your life.  He will transform your life and help you fulfill your God given potential.

You will make the right decisions and as a consequence, your life will be Blessed.

But above all, you will be SAVED.