regeneration

This is brought to mind upon reading Humble_Disciple's submission: God chose YOU to bear fruit... What the Holy Spirit does in us is something we could never do: We do not know what we do when we 'give him our hearts'; we are weak, silly, ignorant of the horror that sin is, ignorant of the...

Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; (MY NOTE: The term "washing of regeneration" is referring to spiritual regeneration/quickening, making you alive/born again. See...

--Or does it apply to the rest of the believer's life? Monergism generally only refers to the regeneration of the believer being the work of God alone --that is, that we do not even cooperate in our own salvation by "accepting" or being an active agent in receiving the Lord. God alone chooses...

“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” (Gen. 6:8) What is Grace? It is often taught to be a magical power that is bestowed on us by God; the very source of regeneration itself. There are some who preach that God’s grace is reserved only for certain people. Some of these same preachers...

Does regeneration precede faith, or does faith precede regeneration? My position is that they occur together spontaneously, yet if you were to find an order it would be first regeneration then faith. I understand the moment of our conversion as the quickening of the soul, by the sole power of...

The nous of human spirit as it relates to the Holy Spirit (note:any reference to Aristotle has been deleted and has no bearing on the topic) Theological definition of nous: Strong's Greek: 3563. ???? (nous) -- mind, understanding, reason 3563 noús (a masculine noun) – the God-given...