{"id":961,"date":"2019-01-15T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T09:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chiang-mai-orality.net\/?p=961"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:57:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T09:57:01","slug":"born-once-die-twice-born-twice-die-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiang-mai-orality.net\/?p=961","title":{"rendered":"Born once, die twice; born twice, die once"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recently I heard a Thai evangelist explain the gospel with this introduction, \u201cIf you are born once, you will die twice, but if you are born twice you will die only once.\u201d After giving a summary of Jesus\u2019 conversation with Nicodemus in John 3, the evangelist started to make comparisons found in that chapter with the changes that take place in the life cycle of a butterfly. He said, \u201cA ugly, crawling caterpillar is born from an egg and immediately begins to destroy vegetation. The caterpillar then enters a kind of \u201cdeath\u201d in a self-made coffin called a chrysalis where he seemingly lies lifeless for weeks. Then through the process of metamorphosis this \u201cdead\u201d caterpillar is transformed and \u201cborn again\u201d as it emerges from his tomb as a gorgeous butterfly. Of course, after a few weeks that butterfly will also die. The evangelist then went on to explain how all men are born once into this world as sinners and although physically alive they exist within a cocoon of spiritual darkness and death and eventually face permanent death just like every butterfly: born once but will die twice. Then using the positive analogy of the butterfly, the evangelist went on to say that although all mankind starts out like a caterpillar, it is possible to experience a complete metamorphosis spiritually by becoming \u201cborn again\u201d through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and what He accomplished on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. The person who places his trust in Jesus is changed internally and receives eternal life and although he or she may die physically, God has promised that there is a day coming when that person will be changed into a glorious form which will never die: born twice, but die once.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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