TruthSeeker wrote: ↑Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:08 am A few questions I have for clarification:
1- Do you consider being re-born and born again as the same thing?
Yes, I do.
2- If one is re-born what are you saying is their first birth?
From their mom.
No, I am saying that the first born old man is crucified, buried, and raised with Christ as a new creature, with Jesus Christ at water baptism. (Rom 6:3-6)(Col 2:10-13)3- Based on what you wrote above, are you saying one is not re-born unless he/she is baptized with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues?
That is where rebirth occurs.
You gotta kill the first 'you' before a reborn 'you' can take it's place.
The gift of the Holy Ghost is given for a true repentance from sin. (Acts 2:38)
A man's "turn from" sin usually occurs before water baptism, but always before the baptism of the Holy Ghost