Sanctification actually begins at the time of our conversion, when by an act called regeneration, or the new birth, the principle of spiritual life is planted within us. This work of regeneration is promised in such Old Testament prophecies as Jeremiah 31:33 and Exekiel 36:26-27. – Bridges, Jerry; The Disciplined of Grace:God’s Role and Our [...]
Posts Tagged ‘New Birth’
When Does Sanctification Begin?
Posted in Bridges, Jerry, tagged Conversion, Ezekiel 36, Jeremiah 31, New Birth, Regeneration, Sanctification, Spiritual Life on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
God’s Work and Your Work Come Together Like This
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Crucifixion, Gospel, New Birth, Resurrection on August 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
God’s work and your work come together like this: God causes the new birth through the seed of the word, the gospel. God brings about the new birth through your telling people the gospel. God regenerates people through the news about who Christ is and what he has done on the cross and in the [...]
The Most Important Verse About New Birth
Posted in Piper, John, tagged New Birth, Peter 1 on August 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is probably the most important verse in the Bible concerning the relationship between the new birth and our role in how it comes about in the other people. (I Peter 1:23) – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright 2009, page 168
God’s Role and Our Role
Posted in Piper, John, tagged New Birth on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Implied in what we have seen in this book so far is the truth that God’s role in bringing about the new birth is decisive, and our role in bringing about the new birth is essential. – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright 2009, page 166
It Defines Who We Are
Posted in Piper, John, tagged God's Children, Love, New Birth on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The new birth connects us to this manifestation of love in such a way that it defines who we are as the children of God. If we are born again, we love each other. – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright 2009, page 157
John’s Point in the New Birth
Posted in Driscoll, Mark, tagged New Birth on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So John’s point is that in the new birth, this aspect of the divine nature becomes part of who you are. The new birth is the imparting to you of divine life, and in the new birth that nature becomes a part of who you are. – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright [...]
His Life Ours, His Loves Ours
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Holy Spirit, Love, New Birth on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The new birth is the act of the Holy Spirit connecting our dead, selfish hearts with God’s living, loving heart so that his life becomes our life and his love becomes our love. – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright 2009, page 153
That Is Why Faith Conquers the World
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Desires, Faith, Mark 4, New Birth, The World on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
That is why faith conquers the world. The world held us in bondage by the power of its desires. But now our eyes have been opened by the new birth to see the superior desirability of Jesus. (Mark 4:19) – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus Publishers, copyright 2009, page 138
New Birth is a Relationship of Effect and Cause
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Born-Again, I Peter 1, New Birth on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The connection between our action in the new birth (I Peter 1:22) and God’s action in the new birth (I Peter 1:23) is a relationship of effect and cause. That’s implied in the words “since [or because] you have been born again.” God’s action is underneath our action. – John Piper, Finally Alive, Christian Focus [...]
We Are Integrally Invovled in Our New Birth
Posted in Piper, John, tagged Believing, Born-Again, Gospel, New Birth on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We are, therefore, integrally involved in the new birth. It is our new birth. It involves our believing in the gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s why I say that my new birth does not take place without me believing. In believing we are acting out the new birth, we are breathing in the new life. [...]
