You can join a church and not be a Christ follower. You can join a church and not be a Christ follower.

You can be a faithful attender, a generous giver, a volunteer, and not be a Christ follower.

You can be a biblical scholar. I've studied in some academic settings with brilliant biblical scholars that we not Christ's followers.

You see, the entrance into the kingdom of God, Jesus himself described it as a birth,

a spiritual birth.

He said we have to be born of the water and the spirit. And that new birth, it comes to us, it's a

supernatural event, it comes to us by proclaiming, as Romans tells us, believing in our

heart and confessing with our mouth that Jesus is Lord. And then the greatest miracle that will ever affect you as a human being

takes place. There's a spiritual rebirth.

Hey guys, this is Alan Jackson Ministries. You can get the outlines for this

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about them as well. Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed. We're working through a little series around our nation.

In this particular session, I'd like to talk to you about America.

I believe we have a choice to make, not around elections or

candidates or individuals to provide leadership to us. It's a much more significant choice

than that. Some weeks ago when we started talking about being outside this month

I really felt prompted to take some time during this season when we were outdoors to celebrate some of the good things that God has done in our nation

You know I'm very aware that patriotism is a little out of fashion. I'm very aware that patriotism is a little out of

fashion right now and I'm equally aware that you can take patriotism to

destructive places and I'm not advocating for that

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