The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Babies, toddlers and the mentally retarded

I'll leave you to your errors after this one last question since I believe you have demonstrated that further dialog on this subject with you would be pointless.

Since the Bible teaches that regeneration (aka: new birth, born from above/again, made alive, et al) is the secret and sovereign work of God. And it is that which no man actually experiences but rather man only experiences the results of regeneration. (Jh 3:1-12). And since you say that regeneration is identical to being justified by faith . . .

QUESTION: How do you reconcile this when in the Scriptures we see sinners being called to faith, to believe in Christ, in order to BE justified if justification by faith is a secret and sovereign work of the Holy Spirit alone of which no man has a part and which he does not experience anything?

It seems to me as it has for millions of Christians since the days when the Scriptures were written and read that regeneration and conversion, i.e., a believing upon Christ unto justification are inseparable yet mutually exclusive to each other. They are incontrovertibly NOT synonymous.

In His Grace,