“How does God save His people from the pleasure of sin? The answer is, “By imparting to them a nature which hates evil and loves holiness.” This takes place when they are born again, so that actual salvation begins with regeneration. Of course it does; where else could it commence? Fallen man can neither perceive his desperate need of salvation, nor come to Christ for it, till he has been renewed by the Holy Spirit.” PeopleMenNeedsDoeHas BeensSpiritHateCoursesEvilChristBornSinAnswersPleasureHolyAnd LoveSalvationPerceiveFallenHoly SpiritDesperateHolinessBorn AgainRegeneration Author:Arthur W. Pink
“While the agent of renovation is the Divine Spirit, and the condition of renovation is our cleaving to Christ, the medium of renovation and the weapon which the transforming grace employs is "the word of the truth of the gospel," whereby we are sanctified.” SpiritChristGraceConditionsDivineWeaponsMediumsAgentsTransformingRegenerationRenovationCleaving Author:Alexander MacLaren
“One has said that Christ excelled all other moralists in this, that He puts the padlock not upon the hand, but upon the heart. But He does not use the padlock at all, He renders such a thing unnecessary. He takes the tiger from the heart, and replaces it with the lamb.” HeartDoeSaidUseHandsChristUnnecessaryTigersLambsRegenerationMoralistPadlocks Book:Evidences of Revealed Religion Source: Evidences of Revealed Religion
“The nearer Christ comes to a heart, the more it becomes conscious of its guilt; it will then either ask for his mercy and find peace, or else it will turn against Him because it is not yet ready to give up its sinfulness. Thus He will separate the good from the bad, the wheat from the chaff. Man's reaction to this Divine Presence will be the test: either it will call out all the opposition of egotistic natures, or else galvanize them into a regeneration and a resurrection.” MenGivingHeartTurnsAsksChristDivineReadyGiving UpConsciousTestsMercyGuiltReactionsOppositionResurrectionWheatFinding PeaceRegenerationSinfulnessReady To Give Up Book:Life of Christ Source: Life of Christ
“That soul is dead to which the Spirit of Christ is not given in the work of regeneration; and all its works are dead works.” SoulSpiritGivenChristRegeneration Author:John Flavel
“Faith, Hope & Love. Faith is directed towards God, love towards others (both within the Christian fellowship and beyond it) and hope towards the future, in particular, the glorious coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Similarly, faith rests of the past; love works in the present; hope looks to the future. Every Christian without exception is a believer, a lover and a hoper. Faith, hope and love are three sure evidences of regeneration by the Holy Spirit.” LooksChristianPastSpiritThreeJesusChristLordParticularLoversHolyEvidenceJesus ChristAnd LoveBelieverGod LoveHoly SpiritGloriousExceptionFellowshipOur LordLord Jesus ChristRegenerationHope And LoveFaith HopeLooking To The FutureOur Lord Jesus ChristFaith In LovePast LoveHope LoveFaith Hope And LoveChristian FellowshipFaith Hope Love Book:The Message of Thessalonians Source: The Message of Thessalonians