To regenerate is to be restored spiritually through rebirth or physically through renewal.
When the Bible talks about regeneration, it is a spiritual sense. It’s a revival or rebirth, as in being born again (John 3:3).
Our spiritual regeneration comes through Jesus. We become a new creation and the old is gone (2 Corinthians 5:17).
Key passage about Regeneration: But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life (Titus 3:4-7, NKJV).
Peter DeHaan writes about biblical Christianity to confront a status quo faith and live a life that matters. He seeks a fresh approach to following Jesus through the lens of Scripture, without the baggage of made-up traditions and meaningless practices.
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