Hmmm....submission is a good word to use (though sound like
muslim)....
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Born again is the result of something.... I am more interested in
the "Gate of Christianity" to the divine, than the effect itself.
As discussed in skype in Christianity, Faith is one crucial factor,
and there is another crucial factor... it is not another way other
than Christ, for it is taught by Christ himself.
http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=1722
[b](3) Submission is at the core of mans relationship with
God.
In the Garden of Eden, man was to submit to God, trusting in His
Word and keeping His commandment. Adam and Eves sin was a revolt
against God, a refusal to submit to Him. Jesus represented the sin
of Israels religious leaders as the sin of insubmission (see
Matthew 21:33-46). They continually challenged Jesus to prove His
authority (see Matthew 21:23). They refused to submit to Him,
mocking His authority at the foot of His cross (see Matthew
27:37-44).
Submission and sin are almost antithetical. Each is almost the
exact opposite of the other. Salvation is the solution to mans
sin. When we are born again by faith in Christ, it is a submission
to God, to the authority of His Word, and to Christ as His means of
salvation. As mans refusal to submit to God brought about the fall
of man, so mans submission to God brings about salvation (see Acts
2:36; Romans 10:9-10).
Submission is also at the heart of discipleship. Jesus called men
not only to believe in Him but to follow Him. A disciple is a
learner and a follower, a student who has submitted himself to his
teacher. Submission is therefore one of the prominent themes in the
epistles, whether the technical term for submission occurs or
not.111
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Ok... gtg for now.[/b]
