Originally Posted by dberrie2000 View Post----No, Billyray--I believe that all are born alive in Christ through His Atonement--where He Redeemed all of mankind. And one remains under that Atoning Blood until one answers for their own sins--and one must be born again through the water and Spirit in order to obtain the remission of sins and being born again.
Quote Originally Posted by Billyray View Post
This doesn't make sense. A person is spiritually alive but must be born again to remain spiritually alive?
Well, it most certainly does--if one believes in personal accountability for our own choices. There reaches a point where we are held accountable for our choices--and when we sin in accountability--there has to be some way to reconcile us back to God--and that is through the gospel of repentance and water baptism for the remission of sins--the born again process.