Here's the thing...We were all born innocent and completely dependant on the world to educate us, for better or worse. As babies we knew nothing of hate and prejudices, rather we were exposed to them from the environment in which we were raised.
In the beginning, we also inherited all kinds of things that we can do nothing about. We inherit our identity, our history, like a birthmark that can't be washed off. It is as if we have to earn our own innocence all over again. In essence, it is what being "born again" is all about.
Essentially, being born again refers to spiritual birth. It describes what happens when you commit your life to Jesus and become his follower. All of us came into this world by natural, physical birth. Being born physically makes us human beings. Being born spiritually (born again) makes us children of God, members of God’s family, part of God’s kingdom.
Think of it this way: just as when a man and a woman come together in an act of love that gives birth to a physical baby, so when the Spirit of God comes together with the spirit of a man or woman in an act of love, a spiritual birth takes place. At that point you become a new person.
Choosing not to quote scripture to support my thesis (a little dab'l do ya anyway) but on this, another quiet Sabbath of coronavirus withdrawal and putting in idle time, my friend I simply ask: Have you earned your innocence?
You don't have to go to church for that!
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