Bible Questions Answered:
“... what then is regeneration...?”
Johnson/ Samara Oblast, Russia
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Matthew 19:28 KJV
And Jesus said
unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed Me, in
the regeneration* when The Son Of Man shall sit in the throne
of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the
twelve tribes of Israel.
Titus 3:5 KJV
Not by works of
righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved
us, by the washing of regeneration*, and renewing of The Holy
Ghost;
*Regeneration-Greek:
Paliggenesia (Pal-ing-ghen-es-ee-ah):
Spiritual rebirth (the state or the act), i.e. spiritual renovation.
To regenerate:
reconstruct, recreate, reestablish, rejuvenate, renew, renovate,
revive, restore, re birth
Romans 5:12-21 NLT (The First Adam versus The Second Adam,
Christ.)
12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought
death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
13 Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not
counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break.
14 Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of
Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of
God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ,
who was yet to come.
15 But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s
gracious Gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to
many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and His Gift of
forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.
16 And the result of God’s gracious Gift is very different from the
result of that one man’s sin. For Adam’s sin led to condemnation,
but God’s free Gift leads to our being made right with God, even
though we are guilty of many sins.
17 For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many.
But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and His Gift Of
Righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin
and death through this one Man, Jesus Christ.
18 Yes, Adam’s one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but
Christ’s one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with
God and new life for everyone.
19 Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because
one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous
(Spiritual Regeneration).
20 God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they
were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace
became more abundant.
21 So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death,
now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing
with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
John 3:1-21 KJV
1 There was a
man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came
to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a
Teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou
doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born again (Spiritual Regeneration), he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus
saith unto Him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter
the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus
answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of
water and of The Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is
born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of The Spirit is
spirit.
7 Marvel not
that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind
bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every
one that is born of The Spirit.
9 Nicodemus
answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus
answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest
not these things?
11 Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that
we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have
told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if
I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man
hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even
The Son Of Man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must The Son Of Man
be lifted up:
15 That
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God
so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17 For God sent
not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through Him might be saved.
18 He that
believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of The
Only Begotten Son Of God.
19 And this is
the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than Light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every
one that doeth evil hateth The Light, neither cometh to The Light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that
doeth Truth cometh to The Light, that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wrought in God.
Jeremiah 18:3,4
KJV
3 Then I went
down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the
wheels.
4 And the
vessel that he made of clay was marred* in the hand of the
potter..."
*Marred-Hebrew: Shachath (Shaw-khath): To decay, i.e. ruin,
cast off, corrupt (thing), utterly, waste.
Through Adam's sin, all of humanity, had become, spiritually corrupt,
and in ruin.
But God, made a way for man to come back to Him, and that way of
regeneration, renewal, rebirth, was and is through His Only Begotten
Son, The Lord Jesus Christ.
John 3:15-17 KJV
15 That
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God
so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17 For God sent
not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world
through Him might be saved.
Regeneration:
Psalm
51:9-12 KJV
9
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right Spirit within
me.
11
Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from
me.
12
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free
Spirit.
Ezekiel
11:19,20 KJV
19
And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new Spirit within
you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will
give them an heart of flesh:
20
That they may walk in My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances, and do
them: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel
36:26,27 KJV
26
A new heart also will I give you, and a new Spirit will I put within
you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I
will give you an heart of flesh.
27
And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My
statutes, and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them.
John
1:12,13 KJV
12
But as many as received Him (Christ), to them gave He power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:
13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of God.
II
Corinthians 5:17 KJV
Therefore
if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new.
Titus
3:3-7 NLT
3
Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became
slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and
envy, and we hated each other.
4
But—When God our Savior revealed His kindness and love,
5
He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done,
but because of His mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new
birth and new life through The Holy Spirit.
6
He generously poured out The Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ
our Savior.
7
Because of His grace He declared us righteous and gave us confidence
that we will inherit eternal life.
I
Peter 1:21-23 NLT
21
Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed
your faith and hope in God because He raised Christ from the dead and
gave Him great glory.
22
You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed The Truth, so now
you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters.
Love each other deeply with all your heart.
23
For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly
end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from The
Eternal, Living Word Of God.
I
John 5:1-5 NLT
1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is The Christ has become a child of
God. And everyone who loves
The
Father loves His children, too.
2
We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey His
commandments.
3
Loving God means keeping His commandments, and His commandments are
not burdensome.
4
For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this
victory through our faith.
5
And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe
that Jesus is The Son Of God.
