REGENERATION IS A NECESSITY--Part Seven

REGENERATION IS A NECESSITY--Part Seven

Spiritual birth has the common Character of spiritual operations. For example, in the inspiration of The Bible, holy men were borne along, by the Holy Spirit, to give forth God's Mind.

The Spirit breathed upon whom, He pleased.

Since He didn't breathe upon the men alike, He discriminated.

God's breathing upon holy men, could not be detected, by those, upon whom, He didn't breathe.
Only its effects could be observed.
Outsiders beheld The Revelation of the inspired penmen.

It is the same, with each one, born of The Spirit.
The immediate, instantaneous, and creative work of God in Regeneration, is unobserved by those, outside of whom, the Spirit works.

John3;8--''The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.''
This verse is one of the clearest, in The New Testament, on Regeneration.

John 1;1-13 discusses Regeneration NOT Conversion. The subject of Conversion does not begin until verse 14.

Now, Let's see some important distinctions, between Regeneration and Conversion.
Number 1--Regeneration is the immediate act of God, in imparting The Principle of Life;
Conversion is the act of man, by the power of the Indwelling Spirit, in repenting and believing--
Jeremiah 31;18-19; Acts 18;27--[Turn].

Number 2--Regeneration is a single act of God, and is never repeated.
Conversion is the beginning of a holy life, and there are many conversion experiences in one's earthly life.

The believer's position in Christ cannot be increased, nor decreased--Hebrews 10;10, 14;
Colossians 2;9; 3;1-4.

One's condition in the Christian Life will vary according to One's Conversion Experience--
LUKE 22;31-31--turn.

Number 3--Regeneration is not in itself, an experience;
Conversion is a series of Christian experiences.

As there is no consciousness, at the time of conception, so Regeneration, is not a matter of
consciousness to its recipient.

Conversion is always an awareness of what is taking place;
it is therefore, experimental.
Repentance and Faith are both experiences, known to the child of God.

Number 4--Regeneration is the cause of a person, turning to the Lord;
Conversion is One ''ACTUALLY'' Turning.

God doesn't repent and believe for man;
but enables man, to do, what he could not do, by nature.

Number 5--Regeneration is The Lord opening the heart, Conversion is the person, whose heart, has been opened, turning to Christ in faith--Acts 16;14-15--[Turn].

Number 6--Regeneration is a once-for-all cleansing;
Conversion is the continuation of the renewal, begun in Regeneration--
John 13;10--''Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit; and ye are clean, but not all.''
I Corinthians 6;11--''And such were some of you; but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.''
Titus 3;5--[Turn].

Number 7--In Regeneration, we have God's power, that of The Indwelling Spirit;
in Conversion, the power is IN US, by God's Sovereign Choice.
This removes all pride about our successes.
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