Regeneration before Salvation??YES,YES,YES

Regeneration is a condition or state of being

Man’s normal condition is unrenegrate and until that is changed he has No desire or ability to seek Jesus.

(Jeremiah 17:9 ;John 6:44 ; Romans 3:10-13

Salvation is a process that includes regeneration as it’s first step Not the only one

Once the heart has been enlightened/regenerated man has a burning desire to seek Jesus (Titus 3:5)

God is in control of the whole process of Salvation from regeneration, to faith, to the exercising of Saving Faith.

A.W. Tozer states; “Before a sinful man can think a right thought of God, there must have been a work of enlightenment done within him. This is the cause of all desiring and seeking and praying. In order for some one to exercise saving faith they must first hear the word. (Rom. 10:17)

We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit. “No man can come to me,” said our Lord Jesus, “except the Father which hath sent me draw him,”(Jn.6:44) and it is by this veryfore knownneed of drawing that God takes from us every claim of credit for the act of coming. The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the out working of that impulse is our following hard after Him.” THIS IS NOT PREDESTINATION or ELECTION. The process of regeneration begins with the hearing of the Word of God that activates the faith that is necessary for one to believe (Rom.10:11&17)

Researched and compiled By:

 

Rev. George Pryor M. Th.

Pastor Emeritus.

revgap@gmail.com