We’ve dropped being born again from our vocabulary as evangelicals as it smacks of being American from the 1950s and yet the doctrine of regeneration couldn’t be more vital. If you’ve not been born again/regenerated you cannot enter the kingdom of God (John 3:3,5) which fulfils (Ezekiel 36:25,26). If you don’t understand regeneration you will misunderstand the whole of the gospel.
We need to start with what the term means. Bible words have bible meanings. When you hear the word regeneration, don’t think of what they do when they go into a housing estate and renovate and rebuild it. Regeneration is an act of God the Holy Spirit where new life is breathed into a dead sinner to raise him from spiritual death to spiritual life in Christ. Think of what happened to Lazarus, who is dead in the tomb and Christ comes and says, ‘Lazarus, come out!’ (John 11). Regeneration is a resurrection word. Read Now
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