Christusregnat
Puritan Board Professor
Hello All,
Regeneration: what is it? Is it exclusively the immediate work of God upon the soul of a sinner? Is it a lifelong process of God working on the sinner?
The older view appears to be that regeneration is the lifelong process of salvation, initiated (generally speaking) at baptism, continuing to effectual call, growing in sanctification, mortification, etc., and culminating in glorification.
The newer view appears to be that regeneration is the one-time act of bringing a lost sinner from death to life (being "born again").
Questions for discussion:
Do the Scriptures support either of these views, exclusive of the other?
Do the Scriptures teach a mixture of these two views?
Do the Scriptures teach an entirely different view, unrecognized in either view?
If you answered any of the foregoing, please provide scriptural and confessional support.
Godspeed,
Regeneration: what is it? Is it exclusively the immediate work of God upon the soul of a sinner? Is it a lifelong process of God working on the sinner?
The older view appears to be that regeneration is the lifelong process of salvation, initiated (generally speaking) at baptism, continuing to effectual call, growing in sanctification, mortification, etc., and culminating in glorification.
The newer view appears to be that regeneration is the one-time act of bringing a lost sinner from death to life (being "born again").
Questions for discussion:
Do the Scriptures support either of these views, exclusive of the other?
Do the Scriptures teach a mixture of these two views?
Do the Scriptures teach an entirely different view, unrecognized in either view?
If you answered any of the foregoing, please provide scriptural and confessional support.
Godspeed,