CONSCIENCE WARRIORS(TM) BORN AGAIN FROM ABOVE
To assist all of us with further understanding of the Divine gift of our personal consciences, let us think for a few moments about the experience of Saint Nicodemus concerning his private evening meeting with Jesus Christ.
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him,
"Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him." Jesus answered and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above."
-John 3:1-3 The New American Bible 1987
Catholics and all Christians need to be
Conscience Warriors(TM) Born Again From Above
, to be spiritually re-born in the image and likeness of Jesus Christ. Salvation demands that we carry out the living example of Jesus in our daily lives. Pentecost delivers the Divine help of the Holy Spirit as Counselor in the human conscience. The human conscience must be filled with the Holy Spirit, God Himself, as the King of conscience and cannot be squeezed out by many in Church leadership that replace the Holy Spirit with Church pastors. Jesus was clear about the true meaning of
Born Again
.
WHOEVER LIVES THE TRUTH COMES TO THE LIGHT
What is born of flesh is flesh and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you, 'You must be born from above.'
-John 3:6-7, The New American Bible 1987
UNITE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IN TRUTH
And this is the verdict, that the light came into the world, but people preferred darkness to light, because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come toward the light, so that his works might not be exposed. But whoever lives the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be clearly seen as done in God.
-John 3:19-21, The New American Bible 1987