The new birth marks the beginning of the Christian life and the beginning of the process of sanctification. Before we come to Christ we are spiritually dead. Those who are spiritually dead are unable to turn to Christ and believe, unable to do anything good as God counts good, and unable to recognize the truth of the gospel. Before we came to Christ we naturally resisted the truth and put our trust in other things. We looked to money, sex, power, alcohol, drugs, relationships, hobbies, and all kinds of other things to deliver us from our problems and to satisfy us. Yet we found that these things did not satisfy us. It was at this point that God mercifully came to us and took away our heart of stone, giving us a new heart so that we were made able to understand and recognize the truth of the gospel. We then naturally responded in saving faith and, as a result, came to experience all-satisfying joy in Christ.
Thanks be to God for the glorious grace of regeneration!
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