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Should Christians be Players?

I would love to make this blog a theological treaty and that's what I am purposed to do. Let me just say right off the bat, if you are a player you are not a christian. If you think someone is playing you and they claim to be regenerated they have never had their sins forgiven. If you are playing someone and you suspect that person is playing you, you have allot of theological explaining to do, and I warn you as did the apostle Paul, those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. God is not a player and neither are his followers. Let me explain to you afresh what Salvation means.

When you become converted or born again you are given a new nature. You still have your sin nature that is why it is explained, do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Salvation is God creating a redeemed species and that is what the new birth is. In the gospel of John, Jesus says you must be born again. Read those last two words very slowly...born again. The new birth is not just about putting on some new cloths on top of your old ones, it is not calling a pig a peacock, the new birth is impossible to see with our eyes, and no matter how righteous you appear to be if you have never been regenerated by the word and the spirit, you are not saved. How do you know you have been born again.

You have a clear or guilt free conscience. That's what Hebrews talks about. The conscience could not be made clean by sacrifice, it took the washing of the word and the blood of Jesus to free us forever from guilt, and the penalty of sin. If you have never experience a totally guilt free conscience you have never been saved by God. Salvation is not just an inner thing that we claim, subjectively but Jesus died for Christians to free them from a guilty conscience. (Hebrew 9:9, Hebrews 9:14 and 10:2)

There are times when you sin that you may feel overwhelming guilt, but if you are saved and your conscience is condemn you, read Psalm 51 and confess your sins to God. Let the word of God be born and live in you if you have never been saved. This is impossible to live free from guilt forever if you don't know what real salvation is. I'll give you a hint: it begins with confession, confession that you are a sinner and confession that Jesus is Lord. (Romans 10) it ends with faith which is trust.

You trust Jesus to forgive your sin and you receive him (trust him) as your Lord and Saviour. When you feel guilty it might be because you have never had the full gospel preached to you and you must be born again, or you are harbouring sin in your heart, which is a test that you don't really know God, or it is real sin that you must confess, or it is false quilt, usually brought on by Satan or other people.

Read Psalm 51 if you are feeling guilty.

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