regeneration

Why You Can’t Be Born Again

Some have ignorantly used “born again” as a way to define and separate the devout Christian from the nominal Christian. Unfortunately, many believe they are saved because they have a “born again” feeling, changed life, or emotional experience, yet they have no testimony of trusting Christ’s finished work of the cross as the object of their faith and the sole basis of their salvation. Though we may sense that we are saved, our feeli

Paul and Regeneration

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost." (Titus 3:5)

Paul never uses the words "born again" as John does so often in his gospel and his epistles. Yet Paul does use two key words that are its equivalent; "regeneration" and "child" and which expand our understanding of what occurs when one is "born again."

Paul and Regeneration

"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost." (Titus 3:5)

Paul never uses the words "born again" as John does so often in his gospel and his epistles. Yet Paul does use two key words that are its equivalent; "regeneration" and "child" and which expand our understanding of what occurs when one is "born again."