[HarleyD]

Show me from the scriptures where one is born again before he hears the word of God???

Act 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia heard us, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God; whose heart the Lord opened, so that she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul.

Unless God opens up our hearts like Lydia, we cannot attended to the things that are of God.

[Uncle Chip]

Act 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia heard us, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God; whose heart the Lord opened, so that she attended to the things which were spoken by Paul. Unless God opens up our hearts like Lydia, we cannot attended to the things that are of God.

Thank you. I have no problem with your characterization. She wasn't saved or regenerated [born again] when God opened her heart. God was preparing her heart so that she would receive the word from Paul --- and that word would eventually accomplish those things in her.