[xzins]

Jhn 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:

In the above verse, believing PRECEDES becoming a son of God.

Therefore, believing precedes regeneration.

[RnMomof7]

Jhn 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:

As Luther note John is not speaking here of any work of man, great or small, but of the actual renewal and transformation of the old man, who is a son of the devil, into the new man that is the son of God. In this man is simply passive (as the term is used): he does nothing but the whole of him becomes something. John is speakingof this becoming: He says that we become the sons of God, by a power divinely given to us not by any power of free will inherent in us

     Jhn 1:13   Which were born, not of blood,

nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

read it xzins..not mans will Gods will...I know that Arminians do not like that but here it is...