Born agains always go around spouting being saved?

Question

Why do born agains always asked if you have taken Jesus as your personal saviour..Catholics believe this from the get go, are born agains really saying you have to become one of them to be saved..that is just trying to force people to believe as they do?

Answer 1

As a born again believer I stress the need to be "born again" for two reasons. The first one is that Jesus said in John 3 that unless a person is born again they cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven.

The second reason is because many people are deceived and have a false assurance of salvation. They think that because they said a prayer one time or because they belong to a church and have gone through religious ceremonies and have given an intellectual consent to the gospel message that they are on their way to Heaven.

None of those things save a person. Being "born again" by the spiritual regeneration that occurs when the Holy Spirit takes up residence in a person's heart, as evidenced by a changed life over time, is the proof that a person has been adopted into God's family and is on their way to Heaven.

Romans 8:3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Answer 2

Before I answer your question let me tell you that the fact that you're even asking is great.
God is pulling at your heartstrings!!!

The reason we ask is to know if you're saved.
Most Roman Catholics do not believe this from the get go and YES, we are saying that you have to be a born again believer to be saved. We don't force people into believing it either, Jesus (GOD) is the only One Who can make you believe! We are privileged that He uses little us to share this message and we can't stop preaching it!!

Here is a question someone asked and its answer. It's lengthy but worth reading- and you don't have to read it all in one seating!


How can you say that all other religions besides Christianity are wrong? Isn't this intolerant?

We live in a world where it has become "politically correct" to avoid absolutes. Many want all religions to be given the same honor, and all gods regarded as equally true and equally fictitious. But take these same people, who want fuzzy, all-inclusive thinking in spiritual matters, and put them on an airplane. You will find they insist on a very dogmatic, intolerant pilot who will stay on the "straight and narrow" glidepath so their life will not come to a violent end short of the runway. They want no fuzzy thinking here!

The world contains numerous religions, each teaching a different god. These gods are not the same, and therefore cannot all be the Creator. True Christianity is based upon the Bible, the historically verifiable record of what God did in history. When the principles of the Bible are put into effect in a man's life, that life is dramatically changed.

This same Bible contains prophecies where men claimed to speak the words of God. The historical fact that these prophecies came to pass is proof that God was, in fact, speaking through them. These prophets foretold an incredible amount of detail about the coming Messiah, and Jesus Christ fulfilled them to the letter. When Jesus Christ rose from the dead, He was seen by so many eyewitnesses, that word of His resurrection spread throughout the civilized world like wildfire. This is historical fact. No ordinary man could ever do this.

We love people of all religions. In fact, we love them enough to want to show them the joy of knowing the True Creator. We are unwilling to lie to them and say that all gods are real, when we know this is not true. We are not being intolerant, but compassionate, desiring to help them find both joy in this life, and eternal life beyond. To do anything else would be dishonest.
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Answer 3

It's not a "force people to belileve as we do" kind of thing. Lemmie splain... no, there is too much. Let me sum up.

Christians beleive that the only way to eternal life is through Jesus Christ, whom we believe to be our Lord and Saviour. We believe that He is both wholly God and wholly man at the same time. We believe that His Sacrifice is sufficient to cover the debts of all those who desiere it and that there is no other path to salvation.

Knowing then that we believe that the only path to salvation is through Christ, out of love for others and our desire to have you with us in the hereafter we are compelled to bring the story to you.

Here's an example: if I were a doctor and knew that you had cancer and about 10 minutes to live, I'd do everything in my power to convince you that you have cancer and are about to die--especially if the cure was a simple pill that I held in my hand. And if you refused to take the pill or believe you had cancer, I could not in good concince just walk away. I would want to "save you" --

--It's literally the same thing to us Christians. That's what we believe. That's why we are reaching--not because we want to control you, but because we believe that all of us are suffering from a disease called sin. Here's the cure: Accept Christ for your payment. That's it.

Answer 4

A number of people who have been born again are very excited about what they've experienced. Some wish to share the good news of their experience and feel that it is their religious duty to help spread the word.

Answer 5

i recall Jesus saying something about being born again in order to enter the kingdom of heaven... maybe they want more people to enter the kingdom of heaven... just a thought.

Answer 6

Jesus was baptized as an adult and the Bible instructs people to repent and be baptized. Given these facts, why wouldn't someone believe this?

Answer 7

Im born again, and I have never asked that question of anyone. And yes, its because the ones that do think their way is the only right way.

Answer 8

I was Catholic, so I do know about the belief. First of all, Catholics are Christians, the belief on salvation through Jesus Christ is the same with the exception that a Catholic Church will baptize a baby, cleansing it of its original sin. Hence, according to the Cathalics, that baby is now saved and will go to heaven.

"Born-agains" as you put it, are doing exactly what God's Word tells us to do. Read Below. Anyway, do you think Jesus would have responded as you did? You are rather rude above in the way you are stating things. You are suppose to be striving to be like Christ and imitate and obey him. True Christians are brothers and sisters in Christ. Believe it or not, there are True Christians from the different denominations. There are alot of counterfiet Christians out there, there are alot of conterfiet Catholics (also Christians) out there. There are counterfieters in every religion.

Ephesians 2
11Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called "uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that done in the body by the hands of men)— 12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
14For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, 20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

ACT 2
38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call."

Ephesians 1
13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.

Answer 9

They believe that if you are a believer you should try to get as many others to believe as they can and that if they do then they are doing the work of GOD...though sometimes annoying that is how they work