then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. (Gen 2:7)
There are many today who champion evolution. Some Christians will even concede that creation did not “happen”; that it was not within six physical days that the universe was created. Do we thereby deny the inerrancy of the written word? Can we continue to hold that the bible be true; that God created man and “it was evening and morning the sixth day”.
Humankind is born of woman. It is often overlooked that a man has no choice and plays no role over his own birth. A man cannot will his own birth, he has no choice over his parentage, his conception or his birth. As Nicodemas had said, a man cannot go back into his mother’s womb. He could much less choose which womb to return to. That which is born of flesh is flesh; that which is of spirit, must be born of the Spirit. As in the physical, we play no part in the process of being born. The Lord said that those born of the Spirit is likened to the wind; we know not where it came from nor where it goes. Being born of the Spirit is at the sole discretion of the LORD. It is the work of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Not of flesh, nor of the will of man. Not by parentage and baptism as proposed by some, and certainly not by the mere recital of a “sinner’s prayer” by others.
Have we been truly born again?
If He should set His heart to it and gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,
all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust. (Job 34:14-15)
God bless.
/ckh
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