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reincarnation as do some New Age movements, along with followers of spiritism. For the Christian,
however, there can be no doubt: reincarnation is unbiblical and must be rejected as false.

Can Christians Believe in Reincarnation
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How can I become one with God and nature?

The Bible says that Jesus Christ created all things and specifically the world we call nature (John 1:3). It
was created and was declared “very good” (Genesis 1:31). That’s another way of saying it was perfect in
every way. Adam and Eve tended the garden in innocence. But a day came when Adam and Eve
rejected God’s authority and disobeyed, bringing sin into the world along with death. At that same
time, nature was placed under the curse of sin. According to Romans 8:19-23,

19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was
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subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself
will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of
God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until
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now.

When man sinned, death and pain and corruption entered the world and every man and woman since

then have felt the consequences of sin. The Bible says in romans 5:12, “ Therefore, just as sin came into
the world through one man (Adam), and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all
sinned.”

The verse above describes it as a “bondage to corruption” in which there is only one escape. God had to
provide a way for man’s sin to be dealt with. Before the creation, He had already determined to send
His only Son, Jesus Christ, to offer himself up as a perfect sacrifice, shedding His blood for the sins of all
men. Romans 5:19 says, For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the
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one man's obedience the many will be made righteous.

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The way back to God is through Jesus Christ. John 1:12 says, But to all who did receive him, who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…” Jesus said, “I am the way, and the
truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

So, how do we get to be one with God? One simple word explains it all: faith. Other words the help us
understand what faith is are “believe, trust, or accept.” Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace you have been
saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God…” The word, saved, means
salvation or reconciliation with God. We are brought back to God as we respond to the offer of Jesus
Christ to save us. We must understand that Jesus paid the price for our sin by dying in our place. As the
verse above, He offers every person a free gift, eternal life and forgiveness, if we will but receive this gift
in faith. That is how a person can be unified in oneness to God.

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