“Magic Eraser?”

Sunday, August 25, 2013

I just got re-baptized for my sins; does that mean I am a virgin again since I was reborn?

Sincerely,
Starting Over

Dear Starting Over,

Becoming a christian through baptism gives you forgiveness of your sexual sin (Acts 2:38), but it doesn’t remove the fact that you are no longer a virgin.  Though the terminology “born again virgin” is a very popular catchphrase nowadays, it isn’t a Biblical one.  Many groups re-baptize people to remove their sexual choices, but that isn’t what the Bible teaches.  The Bible teaches that we are baptized once when we become christians (Mk 16:16, 1 Pet 3:21).  In the New Testament, there are no examples of people being baptized over and over again.

Christians recognize the flaws of their former lives and confess them (Jas 5:16).  Don’t mistake us; you absolutely can be forgiven of your sexual sins (1 Jn 1:9).  You aren’t the first person (nor will you be the last) that came from a checkered past (1 Cor 6:8-11).  Your sinful lifestyle of the past only makes the contrast of your new life more prominent.

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