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Born Again

 

A Poem by Jeffrey Gassler in Honor of our Lord Jesus Christ

We have been born again by the Blood of Jesus Christ. Our Lord and Savior has allowed us to enter into His Kingdom. We have been baptized in His Blood and from His Side the Church has been made. Just as Eve came from Adam's Side, so We come forth from the Son of God. The Father accepts us in the sight of His Son. The Sacrifice that was made for us through Jesus Christ makes it possible for us, frail and fallen creation to be union with the Creator!

The Church really is a marvel. It is the making of Almighty God.
We came forth from Christ's Wounds, like a child from the womb.
It was struggle, we wiggled and writhed in our wicked sin, not yet passing through the Blood. Then we came forth from Christ's Wounds, made a new.
The shackles of our sin, like the umbilical cord were tossed aside and we took our first breath in this new world of Salvation. Our cry of praise reaching paradise and our eyes at last seeing a world that once was blind to us.

Our cries for food, the Word of God were answered with the Breast of God, His Bible. The Scriptures filled our stomachs and soon the Spirit too nourished us. As we became stronger, the voice and verses became our own words. In time the Milk and Manna of Matthew and Mark that sustained us in early years gave way to the Meat of the Epistles. We sharpened our teeth upon the towers of Timothy and Titus, we ran the race of Romans to Revelation with relish.

At the end of the race we find contentment in Christ Jesus. Feeding on Him daily, we gain our substance and survive the soaring waves of suffering. We soon find our blood mingling with His Blood, until we no longer know if It is us or Christ that lives in this earthen vessel. The joy of being born again begins at baptism in His Blood and ends in our own blood growing cold and our souls going to be with the Savior in everlasting paradise. There is not moment of separation between Man and the Maker, His Church carved out in the flesh of Christ Jesus.

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