Being neither coy nor brutal, I simply say what Jesus said, "Ye must be born again."

“Ye must be born again…”

We were designed to walk with God.
Sin ruined the fellowship, caused us to die spiritually.

Because of our spiritually dead state, God must generate new spiritual life in us. In Christ Jesus, the Father satisfied His own demand for justice, pouring out His wrath on Christ and accepting Jesus' payment for sin for all mankind.

The debt thus being paid, God's wrath thus being satisfied, God grants us access to Himself through Jesus, but we still must be regenerated with new life. The first work of the Spirit is to hover over the void in our spirit and cause us to see our own condition, realize our need for help, understand the work and person of Christ as our need and cry out to Him in gratitude and beg for God's mercy to be realized upon us in Christ.

If there is to be any spiritual life in us, God must begin it all, and we must respond! We must receive! We must surrender! If there be any divine spark, it is God who ignites it! It is God who fans the flame! It is God who makes the fire roar!

If fresh wind is to blow in us, it is God's breath that begins the breeze! It is God's power that brings the storm! We cannot simply become morally better.

We cannot simply join a church. We cannot simply go under some water. We cannot simply dress up our body and talk and actions. We MUST BE BORN AGAIN!

We must be re-birthed out of the womb of heaven. We must have Life from God; we cannot simply become a better version of our dead self. We cannot settle for being perfumed corpses. New life is not ours to grasp; it is only ours to receive.

We must humble ourselves before the Lord and beg for His life to come alive in our bones, for His heart to beat in our chest, for His breath to fill our lungs...for Jesus to spring up in us!

All this yearning in us for -------SOMETHING------ is the Spirit hovering over us and stirring us to look to the Father, stirring us to see the Son, stirring us to hear His voice, believe on Him and call on God for help. The yearning will not be satisfied by any other thing...

Friend, this burning thirst can only be quenched by Living Water. Submit to God in Christ Jesus. Run to Him who is The Fountain.

We are designed to walk with God... nothing else will satisfy...

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.’” (John 6:35 ESV) “For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” (Psalm 107:9 ESV) “The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever!” (Psalm 22:26 ESV) “In your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11 ESV)