Regeneration: Only found in
(Matthew 19:28; Ti 3:5) This word literally means a "new
birth." The Greek word so rendered (palingenesia) is used by
classical writers with reference to the changes produced by the
return of spring.
1. In
(Matthew 19:28) the word is equivalent to the "restitution of all
things"
(Acts 3:21)
2. In
(Ti 3:5) it denotes that change of heart elsewhere spoken of
a. as a passing from death to life
(1 John 3:14)
b. becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
c. being born again
(John 3:5)
d. a renewal of the mind
(Romans 12:2)
e. a resurrection from the dead
(Ephesians 2:6)
f. a being quickened
(Ephesians 2:1,5)
g. This change is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. It originates not
with man but with God
(John 1:12,13; 1 John 2:29; 5:1,4)
h. As to the nature of the change, it consists in the implanting
of a new principle or disposition in the soul; the impartation
of spiritual life to those who are by nature "dead in
trespasses and sins."
i. The necessity of such a change is emphatically affirmed in
Scripture
(John 3:3; Romans 7:18; 8:7-9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 2:1; 4:21-24)
