So to me the order is..regeneration (born again), repentance ,conversion (saved) To Mack and Becky the order would be repentance,conversion (saved), regenerated into a new creature..(born again) That was a concise and excellent explanation. Thanks Mom!
Reform doctrine says man is spiritually dead because of the fall...that means he must be Born again( regenerated )before he can desire to be saved.
Would the doctrine then be that only certain people are predestined to be "born again" and thus to desire being saved? This sounds very foreign to me; I'm more familiar with the "order of salvation" teaching as held by Mack and Becky.
As for myself, I'm even farther away from your position than Mack and Becky are, because I do not accept a doctrine of original sin.
Would the doctrine then be that only certain people are predestined to be "born again" and thus to desire being saved? This sounds very foreign to me; I'm more familiar with the "order of salvation" teaching as held by Mack and Becky.
- 1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God,....
The apostle John is very specific; belief is a result of the new birth, not the cause of the new birth. Unfortunately, until you experience a new birth and become a child of the Most High, you will not see that the kingdom of God is already upon us and the Christ sits upon the throne of David.
- John 3:3 [The Lord Jesus] Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.