文／HuSir

　　许多基督徒在受洗时以为自己只是完成了一项仪式，仿佛只是换了一个宗教身份，加入了一个新的群体。但他们忽略了圣经所揭示的一个极其深刻、足以改变人生走向的属灵真相：重生不是“外在的改变”，而是“存在本质的更新”。一个真正的重生者，不再是原先那个软弱、恐惧、被控告的自己，而是一个“有基督内住”的新人。理解这一点，是成圣的起点，也是许多信徒长期软弱的关键症结所在。

一、重生不是努力变好，而是“成为全新的人”

　　“新造的人”这句经文，我们常常朗读，却少有人从生活实践的立足点理解它的含义。多数基督徒仍在用旧有的方式生活——努力、自责、害怕失败、依靠表现、期待被认可。他们以为信仰的道路就是“更努力一些、少犯罪一些”，仿佛神在一旁观察，而自己则在勉强支撑。

　　然而圣经却指出了一个截然不同的现实：“若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人。”这不是诗意的表达，而是属灵的事实。重生并不是“旧我 + 神的帮助”，而是“旧我结束，基督在我里面活”，圣灵开始引导你的思想和灵魂，那个随时可以让你警醒，让你从撒但的搅扰中及时撤身并大胆追求自由的圣洁思想。

　　从那一刻起，你不再是孤单的你，也不是靠自己挣扎的你，而是一个“神与之同在”的你。
　　这是属灵生命的根本性断裂，也是基督徒成圣的动力源头。

二、圣灵不是情绪体验，而是思想从撒但捆绑中的脱离

　　许多信徒把圣灵理解成“感动”“热泪”“敬拜中的情绪高峰”，以为那就是圣灵的全部。然而，这些顶多是圣灵工作的外在表现，而不是圣灵本身。

　　真正的圣灵，是一种思想的主权改变，是依据圣经真理随时击退撒但入侵你时抵抗它的勇气和信心。

　　撒但捆绑人的方式，不是通过血迹斑斑的枷锁，而是通过思想逻辑——担心、焦虑、恐惧、自卑、完美主义、羞耻感、讨好权势、沉溺骄傲、缺乏思考……这些都让人失去自由，让意志陷入黑暗，遮蔽圣灵的光辉，突出你作为一个人的所谓自由意志。

　　圣灵的工作，就是把一个人的思想从这样的黑暗中释放出来，使他能自由地思考、自由地选择真理、自由地面对生活，而不是被自己的罪性、环境或恐惧操纵。也就是说：“圣灵，就是一个人脱离撒但捆绑的自由思想。”
　　这句话极其重要，因为它把圣灵从抽象的“宗教经验”拉回到基督信仰的核心真理——自由。“主的灵在那里，那里就有自由。”自由不是情绪，而是思想从奴役中解放，这是属灵生命的根基。

三、成圣不是靠意志力，而是与神一起面对所有现实

　　许多信徒持续在罪恶与软弱中循环，是因为他们始终以“旧我的方式”面对“新生命的道路”。他们靠自己的意志力想克服试探，靠自己的耐心想处理关系，靠自己的努力想活得圣洁。结果是反复失败，然后反复自责。

　　但成圣的真义，从来不是靠自己。在重生的那一刻，一个人已经不是独自行走的“旧我”，而是与神一起面对世界的“新我”。思考一下这句话：“如今的你，是圣洁的神与你一起面对生活万事的人，而不是原先那个软弱无力的自己了。”当一个人意识到“基督在我里面活”的事实，他面对生活的整个逻辑会发生变化：

　　不是“我要变强”，而是“我不是一个人”；不是“我如何能改变”，而是“神与我同行，祂会改变我”；不是“我必须胜过”，而是“基督已经胜过”。

　　这样的生命，不依赖意志，而依赖同在。不依靠自我，而依靠内住的神。

四、为什么多数基督徒活不出自由？因为心没有重生

　　问题并不在于信徒不够热心，而是他们不理解重生的本质。他们把信仰当成：一套行为标准、一种宗教身份、一个“求帮助的渠道”、一个心理安慰，却没有意识到信仰的真实目标，是“心的自由”，是“思想的更新”，是“与基督联合”。

　　肉身受洗了，思想却没受洗，肉身被“埋葬”了，那个肉身的思想却没有被埋葬，依然不愿意交出掌管肉身主权的权力。
　　灵魂得救了，肉身苟活的思维仍旧被撒但逻辑控制着肆意而为。外在归主了，内在依然活在恐惧、控告与奴性之中。因此许多人虽然信主多年，却依然软弱、焦虑、恐惧、不自由。他们忘记了：重生的人不是“旧我变好”，而是“旧我已死，新我已生”。

五、真正的基督徒生命，是一个自由灵魂的生命

　　这样的属灵感悟揭示了一个被忽略的基督教核心真理——圣灵不是一种外来的力量，而是让人思想脱离撒但的内在自由。当一个人真正认识到这一点时：

• 他不再被控告吞噬
• 不再被恐惧挟制
• 不再依靠自我努力
• 不再用“旧人的方式”过“新人的生活”
• 不再被权势、舆论、他人的眼光困住
• 不再害怕失败或软弱

　　因为他知道：他里面住着一位圣洁的神，祂与他一起面对一切。

结语：真正的自由，是认识到自己已经不再是旧人

　　耶稣没有来教我们成为“更好的人”，祂来是要让我们成为“新人”。重生不是道德转变，而是存在改变。圣灵不是情绪，而是思想从撒但中得释放。成圣不是靠努力，而是靠内住基督的同在。

　　当你明白这些，你的灵命会自然进入自由，不再紧张，不再自责，不再依靠自我，而是在真理中各样得胜。这就是我们所说的圣灵——一个脱离撒但捆绑的自由思想，一个不再活在旧人中的新生命。
　　这是重生的奥秘，也是基督徒生命能够真正“成圣”的根源。让我们为每一个自由的灵魂祷告。

The Essence of Being Born Again:When the Holy Spirit Becomes a Person’s Freedom of Thought

By HuSir

Many Christians think that baptism is merely a ritual, as if they simply switched to a new religious identity or joined a new community. What they overlook is a deeply profound biblical truth—one capable of changing the entire trajectory of life: being born again is not an “external adjustment,” but an “ontological renewal.” A truly born-again believer is no longer the weak, fearful, accused version of their old self, but a person in whom Christ dwells.

To understand this is the beginning of sanctification. And failing to understand it is the very reason many believers remain trapped in long-term weakness.

1. Being born again is not trying harder—it’s becoming a new person

We often recite the verse, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation,” yet few understand what this means in daily life. Most Christians continue living the old way—striving harder, blaming themselves, fearing failure, depending on performance, longing for approval. They imagine the Christian journey is about “working harder and sinning less,” as though God merely observes from a distance while they struggle to hold everything together.

But Scripture teaches something radically different:
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.”
This is not poetic language—it is spiritual fact.

Being born again is not “the old me + God’s help.”
It is “the old me has ended, and Christ lives in me.”
The Holy Spirit begins guiding the mind and the soul—awakening a person, enabling them to withdraw from Satan’s disturbances at any moment, and giving them the boldness to pursue a life of freedom and holiness.

From that moment on, you are no longer the “you” who faces life alone, nor the “you” who strives by your own strength, but a “you in whom God Himself dwells.”

This is the decisive break in spiritual life—the source of all sanctification.

2. The Holy Spirit is not an emotional experience—it is the mind being freed from Satan’s bondage

Many believers equate the Holy Spirit with “emotion,” “tears,” or “worship-induced fervor,” assuming that is the fullness of the Spirit’s work. But these are only the outward expressions—not the Holy Spirit’s essence.

The true work of the Holy Spirit is a transformation of mental authority, the courage and conviction to resist Satan’s intrusion with Scripture-based truth.

Satan binds people not with visible chains but with thought patterns:
worry, anxiety, fear, inferiority, perfectionism, shame, addiction to approval, submission to power, pride, lack of reflection…
These enslave the soul and steal freedom, trapping the mind in darkness and suppressing the Holy Spirit’s radiance, while elevating the so-called “free will” of the flesh.

The Holy Spirit frees a person from this dark logic, enabling them to think freely, choose truth freely, and face life freely—not manipulated by sin nature, environment, or fear.

Thus, the statement is true and profound:

“The Holy Spirit is a person’s free mind after breaking loose from Satan’s bondage.”

This is essential, because it brings the Holy Spirit out of vague “religious emotion” and restores it to Christianity’s core truth—freedom:

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.” (NKJV)

Freedom is not a feeling—it is the mind’s liberation from slavery.

3. Sanctification is not willpower—it is facing all of life together with God

Many believers remain stuck in cycles of sin and weakness because they continue using “the old self’s logic” to walk “the new life’s path.”

They try to conquer temptation with willpower, handle relationships with personal endurance, and pursue holiness by their own determination. The result is repeated failure—and repeated self-condemnation.

But sanctification has never depended on human strength.

At the moment of rebirth, a person is no longer the “old me walking alone,”
but the “new me walking with God.”

Consider this truth:

“The person you are now is one who faces all things together with the Holy God—not the weak, powerless version of your old self.”

When a believer truly grasps that “Christ lives in me,” the entire logic of life changes:

Not “I must become stronger,”
but “I am not alone.”

Not “How can I change myself?”
but “God walks with me—He will change me.”

Not “I must overcome,”
but “Christ has already overcome.”

This life does not depend on willpower—
it depends on presence.
Not on self—
but on the God who lives within.

4. Why do so many Christians fail to live in freedom? Because the heart has not been born again

The problem is not that believers are not zealous enough.
The problem is that they misunderstand the nature of rebirth.

Many treat Christianity as:

• a moral code
• a religious identity
• a channel for help
• a psychological comfort

Yet the true goal of Christian faith is:

• freedom of the heart
• renewal of the mind
• union with Christ

The body is baptized—but the mind is not.
The flesh is “buried”—but its thinking is not buried.
The flesh submits—but its internal logic continues operating under Satan’s influence.

This is why many Christians, though believers for years, still remain anxious, fearful, weak, and not free.

They forget:

Being born again is not “old me improved”
but “old me dead, new me alive.”

5. The true Christian life is a life of a liberated soul

This spiritual insight reveals a neglected core truth of Christianity:

The Holy Spirit is not an external force—it is the liberation of the inner mind from Satan.

When a person understands this:

• they are no longer devoured by accusation
• no longer ruled by fear
• no longer dependent on self-effort
• no longer using the old self’s methods
• no longer bound by power, opinion, or the gaze of others
• no longer afraid of weakness or failure

Because they know:

The Holy God dwelling within them faces all things with them.

Conclusion: True freedom is realizing you are no longer the old self

Jesus did not come to make us “better people.”
He came to make us new people.

Being born again is not moral improvement—it is existential transformation.
The Holy Spirit is not emotion—it is the mind released from Satan.
Sanctification is not self-effort—it is the indwelling presence of Christ.

Once you understand this, your soul naturally enters freedom—no longer tense, no longer self-condemning, no longer relying on self, but walking victoriously in truth.

This is what we mean by the Holy Spirit:
a mind freed from Satan,
a life no longer lived in the old self,
a new being born from God.

This is the mystery of rebirth
and the root of a truly sanctified Christian life.

May we pray for every soul that seeks true freedom.