What it means to be born again

You must be dead in Christ to be born again. If you left the waters of baptism and continued to live for you then you never died in that water. You only went to a pool party. Death to self requires surrendering ALL to Jesus. The excuses stop, the justification stops, the rationalization stops, and the poor me stops. The Bible says that in the Last Days people will have "a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them." 2 Timothy 3:5 Repentance lays the ax to the root of sin and uproots the tree. Sin loses all dominion. We become free from sin when we are dead in Christ. A true born again believer hates their sin and wants nothing more than to make Jesus happy. The problem with so many people is that we still want to sin and play church. This is apostasy. After a while, because you have been playing games with God for so long you start believing the lies you tell yourself. This is called a delusion. You start living in a false reality to maintain an outward appearance of being religious for the purpose of acceptance without realizing that our lives must be approved of God. If you are living a double life I'm calling you to repentance. You will not inherit the kingdom of God while living in sin. Please understand, "sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith]. 4 Let there be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse [obscene or vulgar] joking, because such things are not appropriate [for believers]; but instead speak of your thankfulness [to God]. 5 For be sure of this: no immoral, impure, or greedy person—for that one is [in effect] an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God [for such a person places a higher value on something other than God]. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty arguments [that encourage you to sin], for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience [those who habitually sin]. 7 So do not participate or even associate with them [in the rebelliousness of sin]." Ephesians 5:3-7 For more on what repentance is or looks like please message me and I will give you a checklist. Love in Christ, Jaziz Gutierrez