Understanding Regeneration in Christianity
Explore the concept of regeneration in Christianity, encompassing rebirth, renewal, and transformation through biblical references and imagery. Delve into major doctrines, such as the inspiration of the Bible and the divinity of Christ, to understand the significance of regeneration in the Christian faith journey.
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MIKE MAZZALONGO MIKE MAZZALONGO A New Life in Christ A New Life in Christ Regeneration Regeneration
Major Doctrines 1. Inspiration of the Bible 2. Divinity of Christ 3. Original Goodness 4. Fall of Man 5. Reconciliation A. Election D. Redemption B. Predestination E. Regeneration C. Atonement
He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, - - Titus 3:5 Titus 3:5
Regeneration Revivication Make Alive Again Born Again Again
O.T. Imagery Restoration of ISRAEL from slavery Rebuilding of the Temple
N.T. Imagery A. Birth to Rebirth - John 3:3-7
N.T. Imagery A. Birth to Rebirth - John 3:3-7 B. Slavery to Freedom - Romans 6:16-17
N.T. Imagery A. Birth to Rebirth - John 3:3-7 B. Slavery to Freedom - Romans 6:16-17 C. Stranger to Son - Romans 8:14
N.T. Imagery A. Birth to Rebirth - John 3:3-7 B. Slavery to Freedom - Romans 6:16-17 C. Stranger to Son - Romans 8:14 D. Old Man to New Man - II Corinthians 5:17
N.T. Imagery A. Birth to Rebirth - John 3:3-7 B. Slavery to Freedom - Romans 6:16-17 C. Stranger to Son - Romans 8:14 D. Old Man to New Man - II Corinthians 5:17 E. Darkness to Light - Ephesians 5:8
Regeneration WAS WAS NOT IS AGAIN
The gospel describes the regeneration process as a before and after picture with the redemptive work of Christ in the middle.
Regeneration Regeneration Before Live With : Guilt/Fear Condemnation Spiritual Death No True Hope After Freedom From : Guilt/Fear Acquittal Eternal Life/Hope
Regeneration is not something that we do we do. It is something that happens to us as a result of what Christ has done on the cross.
Old & New Lost to Saved - Mark 16:16 Condemned to Forgiven - Acts 2:38 Sinner to Saint - Romans 1:7 Outsider to Insider - Galatians 3:20 Unrighteous to Righteous - 1 John 1:7-9 Dead to Alive - John 3:5
The Term: Born again Christian is Redundant.
Life Signs Zeal for Christ Zeal for Christ
Life Signs Zeal for Christ Zeal for the Church Zeal for the Church
Life Signs Zeal for Christ Zeal for the Church Zeal for Purity Zeal for Purity
Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. - - Acts 19:18 Acts 19:18- -19 19
Life Signs Zeal for Christ Zeal for the Church Zeal for Purity Zeal for Work Zeal for Work
These Life Signs separate those who are alive in Christ from those who are dead in Christ.
The Point of Regeneration UNREGENERATED REGENERATED
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother s womb and be born, can he? - - John 3:3 John 3:3- -4 4
Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. - - John 3:5 John 3:5
Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? - - Romans 6:3 Romans 6:3
Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. - - Romans 6:4 Romans 6:4
and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; - - Colossians 2:11 Colossians 2:11
having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. - - Colossians 2:12 Colossians 2:12
When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, - - Colossians 2:13 Colossians 2:13
He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, - - Titus 3:5 Titus 3:5
whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. - - Titus 3:6 Titus 3:6- -7 7
God Always Knew that the Atonement of Christ Would Free Believers to Experience New Lives.
