Has your umbilical cord been severed? Consider Paul, the Apostle, his umbilical cord was not severed until he was a grown man:

Ga 1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated [severed] me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, 16 To reveal his Son in me, …..

In his prior existence as Saul (with his umbilical cord still attached) we read that he committed many atrocious acts in the name of religion:

Ac 7:58 And cast him [Stephen, the deacon] out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

Ac 8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Ac 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

Saul, however, finally had his umbilical cord severed from his mother’s womb (i.e., the old nature given to the human race via Adam and Eve) when Jesus Christ met him on the road to Damascus:

Ac 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. 6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

His umbilical cord now severed, Paul was able to see himself for what he really was…the chief of sinners and the persecutor of the true church of God:

1Ti 1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I [Paul] am chief.

Ga 1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation [way of life] in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I [Paul] persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: 14 And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals [in age] in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

Has God severed your umbilical cord from Adam and Eve? If He has then you can rejoice and sing His praises even as the Psalmist:

Ps 71:5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. 6 By thee have I been holden [sustained] up from the womb: thou art he that took [cut, sever] me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. 7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. 8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

The end.

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