How do I know if I'm born again?

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HailMary said:
and what about the person who loses his memory?
Should he be “born-again-again”?
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NAH-- God already knows their heart and will take care of that person before He brings them home:thumbsup:
 
HailMary said:
That is one SPECIFIC example of how grace can affect a person.

Look at what happened! God actually spoke to Saul! That manifestation of God doesn’t happen too often in practice.

To whom much is given, much is required.

Since Saul was given so much (namely this manifestation), it behooves him to labor so much.

But you are right about one thing, true conversion, requires radical change.
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I know my own testimony and most of my friends have had those type of experiences. And we give testimony. Ask a born again Christian his testimony and you will probably hear a Damascus road type account. God still works this way every day.
 
ALLFORHIM said:
Hi,

My hubby was baptized and raised catholic. Let me tell you he is not a born again christian by any stretch of the imagination. He has only been to church a handful of times since he was 18 and he is 44 now. He shows very little fruit that Jesus speaks of.
He has very little knowledge of Christ and what He did for us on the cross. Thankfully he has me as his wife:p I do explain the gospel to him when the HS nudges me.👍 Mostly I live by example:thumbsup:
Dont get me wrong I love my hubby and he is a good husband and father but he is not saved😦
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I don’t know of anyone who says the Catholic Church is the magic bullet for gettinfg to heaven. The only alleged magic bullet I see is from the evangelical Christians who claim to be “born-again” and therefore are saved and are certain they’re going to heaven. I believe a lot of them are in for a rude awakening when they stand before the Lord.

You have no idea whether your husband is going to heaven. You are judging him based upon your flawed understanding of what it takes to be saved . I cannot imagine a bigger insult to a spouse than claiming they are going to hell.
 
misslollipops said:
If you would like to read about someone having a born again experience read Pauls conversion on the road to Damascus Acts9
This is a classic example of being born again. We see the man in his sin(saul). We see that he meets Jesus. We see his conversion. Then we see all kinds of testimony of the new man.
There was a radical change from the man of sin to the new spritual man.
This is what it means to be born again.
Every Christian who is truly born again should have a recollection of the old person and the new person.
The change is so drastic that most people can remember the exact time place and all the cicumstances.
To suggest this happens as an infant is hard to believe.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve read the Bible cover-to-cover. My wife and I read one chapter together every night. I also served as a lector (the guy who reads the Scriptures aloud during Mass) in my previous church for 11 years. So I’m already quite familiar with Saul’s conversion experience on the road to Damascus. Nowhere does that account, not any other verse in all of Scripture, define being “born again” as some subjective emotional experience. That is a recent (in terms of centuries) man-made tradition which contradicts God’s word. “Born again” is what happens to us at baptism.
 
misslollipops said:
You are born again when the Spirit of God comes upon you.
Through your faith and God’s grace. Believe me you remeber when it happens.
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Fortunately the Spirit of God was upon me from the time I was baptized-at about two weeks old. I never knew a time when I didnt know the Lord. I’m sorry you had to wait so long to make his acquaintance.
 
Wow. I didn’t know there walked among us people who could judge what was in my heart and who were truly “born again” and would be joining them in heaven. Why wasn’t I informed of this?
 
Gamera said:
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve read the Bible cover-to-cover. My wife and I read one chapter together every night. I also served as a lector in my previous church for 11 years. So I’m already quite familiar with Saul’s conversion experience on the road to Damascus. Nowhere does that account, not any other verse in all of Scripture, define being “born again” as some subjective emotional experience. That is a recent (in terms of centuries) man-made tradition which contradicts God’s word. “Born again” is what happens to us at baptism.
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Read romans again. Chapter 5,6,7,8.
This explains what happens when you are born again.
The old person, the new person. Study these things and then ask yourself if this has ever happened to you.
 
misslollipops said:
So this change came when you were an infant or sometime when you were an adult. The moment you became a believer you became changed. It could not happen as an infant, see?
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You asked about the difference between a person’s carnal life and spiritual life. That’s the question I answered. The assumption which is leading you astray is that being born again produces immediate tangible fruits, and that once born again those tangible fruits persist continuously for the rest of one’s life.

As to what cannot happen as an infant, I guess you’re ignoring the case of John the Baptist.
 
VociMike said:
As to what cannot happen as an infant, I guess you’re ignoring the case of John the Baptist.
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Very good point!

Luke 1:
11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the alter of incense.
12 And Zachary seeing him, was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice in his nativity.
15 For he shall be great before the Lord; and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and** he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.**
 
Sounds like misslolliepops is discribing what Catholics call an “illumination of conscience”,which I have been through. Tim
 
clmowry said:
Ah so you know your born again cause you got a warm fuzzy feeling…I see…
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It’s actually not warm and fuzzy.
It is actually like you are a filthy sinner who broke your Father’s law. And the only way back is to repent. Think about the parable of the lost son. When he was with the pigs he realized his sin and what he needed to do.
 
So what you’re saying is that a Catholic CAN be “born again”. Does he remain Catholic then?
 
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