18. Question: Can a person be reincarnated?

Answer: No. People must reject the truth of the Word of God to believe in reincarnation. The Bible states clearly: "It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgement." Hebrews 9:27. Reincarnation advocates teach that when a person dies, their spirit leaves the body and enters the body of another human body (a fetus in the womb, a new born baby or a person of any age). This belief denies the above Biblical truth that all persons die only once. To be reincarnated, a person would have to die twice or more times. In addition, the Bible clearly teaches that when a person dies, the spirit of the person leaves the body, goes to heaven to stand before God (Father, Son Jesus Christ and Holy Spirit: the One true God revealed in three different manifestations) to be judged. Matthew 25:31-46; Philippians 2:10; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 John 4:17. Those who are born again Christians, who know Jesus in a personal relationship as Savior, Lord God and Friend have had the penalty for their sins paid in full by Jesus on the cross and will remain in heaven with Jesus and other Christians forever.

On the other hand, those who have rejected Jesus as Savior, Lord God and Friend have chosen to be eternally separated from Jesus in the place Jesus called hell, where there is eternal punishment for all who have rejected Jesus as Savior, Lord God and Friend (Matthew 23:33; Matthew 25:46; John 5:23; 8:24).

Reincarnation also teaches a works salvation: for a person to go to heaven and be with God they must be reincarnated over and over until they live a "good enough" life, "free from bad karma and negative relationships," in order to be "worthy" to go to heaven. This teaching rejects the Biblical truth that a person cannot be saved by good works but only by the work of grace (Jesus' atoning death on the cross that pays the penalty in full for all our sins). Ephesians 2:8-9.