'Born Again'- The Change Inside, Part 2 (TMF:3004)
Thursday, November 12, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
This change of heart, this born again-ness, this second birth, comes into play that moment each of us makes that free decision. It’s a free decision to indeed choose Christ. Again, referencing the Apostle Paul, he tells us specifically and yet simply how this comes about. He told the Romans, “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (ESV). That’s the crux of it at first. That’s how it becomes real. A confession with the mouth. That’s why preachers and teachers often have that prayer at the end, like at the Billy Graham crusades from not too long ago, so that individuals can come to believe in God. It’s that alter call, as it’s also called. That’s the confession with the mouth. In Jesus’ time, at that point before his death, burial, and resurrection, it would have simply been acknowledging Jesus as Lord. That’s the simplicity of it. Simon Peter did this in Matthew 16, where it is recorded, “Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (16:16, ESV).