Marvin Knox
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"A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul." Acts 16:14There are NO examples in Scripture of anyone being regenerated before they believed or were saved. How come "NONE" doesn't seem to make any difference to some?
Call it regeneration. Call it the internal call. Call it whatever you want to call it.
It is still crystal clear that God is the one who worked mysteriously within Lydia so that she would respond to the gospel.
The same is true for all of us.
We must be born again by faith in the Word of God in order to enter the Kingdom of God.
But that faith is the evidence of things not seen.
Our response to the gospel is not the "wind". It is only the evidence of the mysterious working of the wind.
"By grace you have been saved through faith" But that is a gift of God lest any man should boast.
".......even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;" Ephesians 2:5-8Again, Eph 2:5 and 8 tell us that being made alive, which is equated with "having been saved" is by grace THROUGH FAITH. So, faith must precede regeneration and salvation.
-57 said, "I must ask you, do you have a verse that specifically says faith proceeds regeneration? That answer is also no."
........... Eph 2:5 and 8 clearly say so.
We are looking right here and now at the verses that you refer to as saying clearly that faith proceeds regeneration. I'm not seeing what you say. Could you point it out for us all to see?
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