who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The LORD works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.
Neighborhood Bumper Sticker
Published by: Sam Crabtree
March 10, 2010
On the way home from church I saw a vehicle with the following bumper sticker: “Born okay the first time.”
Taking an obvious swipe at the biblical call to be born again, the owner of the bumper sticker apparently has a different take on the meaning of “okay” than Jesus did when he said, “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’”
Something about our first birth is not sufficient, not okay.
Jesus continues, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’”
Jesus and the owner of the bumper sticker cannot both be right.
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.