spiritual rebirth
24 subentries
- spiritual rebirth (100:5sec). See also consecration of choice; faith; gospel; kingdom of heaven; salvation; submission
- by living faith (193:0.3)
- conversion experience
- Adjuster’s sudden down-grasp to synchronize with consecrated purpose (100:5.4)
- so-called conversion usually result of mental conflict, emotional repression (100:5.4-5) (103:2.1-2)
- some stormy, some natural (100:5.3) (103:2.1)
- transformation may occur gradually or suddenly (65:8.6) (100:2.8) (100:5.3) (129:4.2)
- defined as
- conscious reception of Spirit of Truth (194:2.10)
- espousal of Adjuster’s leading (34:6.4)
- essential to deliverance from evil (148:4.6,8)
- necessary to enter kingdom (103:2.1) (142:6.4-5) (166:3.7) (195:10.6)
- receiving indwelling of God (34:6.7) (155:6.3)
- testing process of self-destruction and soul reconstruction (160:5.10)
- wholehearted choice of spirit guidance (142:6.7)
- if any man has Jesus within, he is a new creature (100:7.18)
- impart advanced instruction only after (141:6.4)
- required to make goals eternal (160:1.14)
- results in
- becoming master of self and its desires (143:2.6,8)
- becoming truth co-ordinated (155:1.4)
- love for fellows (142:5.4) (146:3.6)
- power to overcome all doubt (142:5.3)
- salvation (193:1.2) (193:2.2)
- upon disillusionment with pursuits of selfishness (195:9.7)
Cross-references
- See also consecration of choice
- See also faith
- See also gospel
- See also kingdom of heaven
- See also salvation
- See also submission
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- Jesus 796
- spiritual growth 96
- kingdom of heaven 109
- will of God 55
- faith 146
- mortal mind 91
- salvation 38
- survival (of mortal death) 71