Nothing there says that repentance precedes regeneration.
After hearing the Gospel, you must repent first before you can ever believe Jesus.
Repentance is a change of mind, purpose, and life based on the knowledge of the Gospel Message. We respond to the Gospel Call after repenting, then renouncing the old master, and then, and only then, will the faith we place in Lord Jesus be genuine - to listen to and follow Him as our rightful Master and Lord.
Repentance, therefore, precedes Faith.
Faith precedes regeneration, for we are only regenerated when the Spirit comes to indwell us. The Spirit only indwells those who truly believe to lead them their faithfulness into a New Life.
John 7:37-39 (WEB)
...37 Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “
If anyone is thirsty, let him
come to me and drink! [Note: Lord Jesus command those who are thirsty to come and drink]
...38
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said,
from within him will flow rivers of living water.” 39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
You must believe first before regeneration occurs “
within him will flow rivers of living water” only by faith.
We only receive the Spirit by an obedient faith in Lord Jesus
Acts 5:32 (WEB) 32 We are His witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
John 14:15-17 (WEB). . . 15 If you love me, keep my commandments. 16 I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever: 17 the Spirit of truth
John 14:23 (WEB) 23 Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
Acts 2:38 (WEB) 38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
However to be regenerated by the Spirit, your faith must be genuine - a faith in which you renounce the old life and then follow Jesus – which is to walk in the Spirit, because the Spirit will only lead those who faithfully follow Jesus – For the Scriptures teach that regeneration, the new creation, or the salvation of God occurs only by believing – a Gospel Faith demonstrated by listening to and following Jesus – walking by His Spirit that we receive by faith (2 Cor 5:15-17; Gal 5:13-24; Rom 8:1-4; Rom 8:12-14; Gal 6:7-10).
2 Corinthians 5:15-17 (WEB) 15 He died for all, that
those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again. . . 17 ***
Therefore (for this reason just given)
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Galatians 5:16-25 (WEB)
... 16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
... 19 Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.
... 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,[a] 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
... 24
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
... 25
If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
Romans 8:12-14 (WEB) 12 So then, brothers,
we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but
if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
Galatians 6:7-10 (WEB)
... 7
Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For
he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption.
But
he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
... 9
Let us not be weary in doing good,
for we will reap in due season,
if we don’t give up. 10 So then, as
we have opportunity,
let us do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of The Faith.
Blessings,
Steven