Have you truly been Born Again of Water and the Spirit?

  The following Word is excerpted and summarized from Volume 1 of The New Life Mission’s Pastor Paul C. Jong’s sermon book, “Have You Truly Been Born Again of Water and the Spirit?” If you want to hear more of God’s Word, please visit The New Life Mission homepage where you can download free eBooks and audiobooks translated into many world languages. Matthew 3:15 “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” In the Old Testament, God gave the Law of atonement sacrifice according to the Old Testament Law to atone for the sins of the Israelites for one year at once. According to this, a high priest representing Israel was needed, a s acrificial offering was needed to take upon itself the sins of all the people of Israel by laying on of hands , and the sacrificial offering that bore all the sins of Israel through laying on of hands had to be killed as the price for those sins. Thus, all the sins of the Israelites for one year were atoned for a...

  Matthew 16:15–19 ‘He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”’ Jesus Christ said He would build His church upon Peter’s faith. And He said He would give him the keys to the kingdom of heaven. What kind of faith did Jesus see in Peter? Peter believed that Jesus was the Son of God the Father and the Christ. In other words, he believed that Jesus was God and also believed in Christ’s ministry that He fulfilled on earth. The word “Christ” means “the Anoi...

  December 25th is Christmas, when Jesus was born to save all sinners in this world. Romans 10:13 “For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” This verse means that whoever believes and relies on that name will be saved. Then, what is the exact meaning that the name ‘Jesus Christ’ signifies? First, the name ‘ Jesus’ means “…He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21). And ‘Christ’ means the ‘Anointed One’. There are three official roles of one who is anointed by God: Role of King Role of Prophet Role of High Priest of Heaven Jesus Christ fulfilled these three roles and eliminated all sins of all sinners. Jesus Christ, who came as baby Jesus, came to this earth as the Son of God the Father to be the Savior of all sinners. And as King of kings, as Prophet, and as High Priest of Heaven, He eliminated all sinners’ sins, thus saving all who believe from all sins. Jesus came to earth as the Anointed One and saved us from all sins through water, blood, and th...

  Sin is what causes us to fall in our life of faith. As descendants of Adam, we humans are fundamentally born with twelve sins, therefore we are weak and evil beings who cannot help but sin. Therefore, we do what we should not do, and do not do what we want to do. That is why Apostle Paul says in Romans 7:19–20, “For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.” (Romans 7:19–20) We wish to do good and live according to His word. However, “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.” (Mark 7:21–22) Because these things reside in our hearts and continuously come out, we do what we should not do, and do not do what we want to do. We keep repeating such evil deeds, either in our hearts or in reality. An...

  When Jesus was Baptized, all our past, present, and future sins were passed to Jesus by John the Baptist. This was the true image of what was happening in the Old Testament, where the high priest would pass all the sins of the Israelites to the sacrificial animal through laying on of hands. John the Baptist, the last high priest descended from Aaron, passed all the sins of the world to Jesus, who came as the Lamb of God, through baptism, thus taking away all the sins of the world. Now, I am without sin because I believe that Jesus took away all my past, present, and future sins when He was baptized. Repentance is not asking for forgiveness of each sin but turning to the Word of God. Though I cannot help but sin, Jesus knew that I was bound to sin and, from His side, took away all my sins once and for all. So what I do to resolve my present and future sins is to return to God through faith in the gospel of the water, blood, and the Spirit, which tells me that Jesus took away all m...

The following is an excerpt from the sermon collection Volume 1, “Have You Truly Been Born Again of Water and the Spirit?” by Pastor Paul C. Jong, the servant of God from the New Life Mission. How much sin did Jesus blot out? All the sins of the world Jesus gave us eternal redemption. There is no one in this world who cannot be redeemed if they believe in Jesus as their Savior. He redeemed us all. If there is a sinner who agonizes over their sins, it is because they do not understand how Jesus has delivered them of all sins with His baptism. We should all know and believe in the secret of salvation. Jesus took over all our sins with His baptism and has borne the judgment for our sins by dying on the Cross. You should believe in the salvation of the water and the Spirit; the eternal redemption from all sins. You should believe in His great love that has already made you a righteous man. Believe in what He did for your salvation at the Jordan River and on the Cross. And Jesus knew all ou...

  Before giving the Law, God first gave the righteousness of faith to become children of God through faith.  As recorded in Genesis, Adam and Eve, Abel, Seth and Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and his descendants were justified by faith in God’s Word without the Law. Genesis 15:6 “And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.” However, during their 400 years of slavery in Egypt, the Israelites lost this righteousness of faith and lost God. Therefore, God gave the Law through Moses to let them know that God exists, and to make them realize their sins and return to the holy God. And He gave the sacrificial system to the Israelites who were under the curse of the Law (in sin) so that they could receive redemption through the atonement of sins. Looking at the sacrificial offerings that God established in the Old Testament: 1. There were sin offerings offered by individuals 2. There was the Great Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) once a year to atone fo...

  The Meaning of Three Types of Baptisms Recorded in the Bible There are three types of baptisms in the Bible: John the Baptist’s baptism for repentance, Jesus’ baptism from John the Baptist, and the water baptism received by believers. 1. Jesus’ Baptism from John the Baptist First, the baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist in the Jordan River was, just as sins were imputed to sacrificial offerings through laying on of hands in the Old Testament, a baptism He received as the Lamb of God to have all the sins of humanity imputed to Him. This was the beginning of God’s just plan of salvation, and through baptism, Jesus took upon Himself all the sins of the world in a just manner through imputation. ‘But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit ...