John 3:1-21 (KJV)

1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

In the previous devotion we discovered how we are saved and born again.

Today we will see how what happens to us when our spirit is saved and we are born again.

Let us be encourage to know what Jesus Christ did for us when we were saved. As we see in John 3 above when we believe we will have eternal life, we will not perish by being cast into hell. We have come to the light and are now in the light and we start being transformed to love what is good and do what is good in the sight of GOD.

In 2 Corinthians 5:15-21 (KJV) we discover some more aspects of what happens: “And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. [16] Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. [17] Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. [18] And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; [19] To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. [20] Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. [21] For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.“

• Verse 15 – We now live for Jesus Christ and not ourself,

• Verse 17 – We are a new creation,

• Verse 17 – The old life is over, our sin are washed away and forgotten by GOD, “Revelation 1:5-6 (KJV) And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, [6] And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”. On top of that we have become kings and priest to GOD for His glory.

• Verse 17 – We have a new life, we start over with a clean slate,

• Verse 18 – We are now reconciled with GOD, before we were enemies of GOD because of sin and separated from Him, “Romans 5:9-11 (KJV) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. [10] For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. [11] And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”, now we are justified because Jesus Christ atoned for our sins.

• Verse 18 – GOD has given us a ministry of reconciliation, to help reconcile other with GOD like what happened with us,

• Verse 19 – GOD has given us a stewardship of His gospel to bring reconciliation,

• Verse 20 – We are now His appointed ambassadors, having access to the throne of GOD, we are not citizens of heaven but living temporarily here on earth representing Jesus Christ, “Ephesians 2:18-19 (KJV) For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. [19] Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;”

• Verse 21 – We have been made righteous with GOD.

From that point on our heart (spirit) desires to please GOD. “2 Timothy 2:4 (KJV) No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”. Because now we believe in and trust in Jesus Christ it gives GOD great pleasure “Hebrews 11:6 (KJV) But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

In Ezekiel 36:26-27 (KJV) we see how GOD promised a new heart, which was made possible through Jesus Christ, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. [27] And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”

Now because our spirit has made alive in Jesus Christ and His Spirit dews in us. This now enables us to also be spiritually minded and set our mind on spiritual things (we be looking into this more in another devotion about our sanctification of the soul and mind.

“Romans 8:5-9 (KJV) For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. [6] For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. [7] Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. [8] So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. [9] But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”

In Jeremiah 31:33-34 (KJV) we see that we now beging to really come know GOD instead of just knowing about Him and He progressively puts His will in our hearts. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. [34] And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

With our new heart we have GOD’s peace in us as an inheritance “John 14:27 (KJV) Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”

There is so much more what happens at the point of our salvation but this will suffice.

If you decided call on and to follow Jesus have a look at “https://missioncommunities.network/resources/”  especially at “WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED” link and feel free to contact us using the contact information here
https://missioncommunities.network/contact-information/