True life begins when we are born again!
1 Peter 1:23, Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
This past Spring, I killed off a large section of my back yard for a garden. I tilled the soil, fertilized it, and made rows of dirt. I bought some seeds to plant for starter plants. Most of the seeds never came up. But the ones that did, I didn’t do it—God did.
You see, with plants, we can do all the preparation, planting, and watering, but without God bringing forth life of the seeds; they will not grow!
Such as it is with salvation. We can plant the Seed of God’s Word in someone’s dead soul. Someone else may water it with God’s Word. But unless the God of the Seed and the Water brings the soul to life—it will remain dead.
Praise God we have a Saviour that is not willing that any should remain dead! Based on Who He is and what He has done for us, if we believe in His death, burial, and resurrection we are brought to life! Have you been?