Faith and Regeneration

Introduction: The Absolute Necessity For The Divine Origin, Source, Spring Of Genuine Saving Faith, And The Undeniable Responsibility Of Fallen Adamic Man

I. Regeneration Cannot Chronologically Precede Divinely-Engendered Faith/Repentance; They Occur Simultaneously—Though Divinely-Engendered Faith/Repentance Logically Precedes Regeneration

II. Regeneration Does Not Precede Salvation And Is Not Distinct From Salvation; Rather, Regeneration Is Inseparable From, And Occurs Simultaneously As A Vital Part Of Our Present So-Great Heavenly Salvation

III. The Faith Through Which We Are Regenerated—Or Possess Eternal Life In Christ—Is The Same Faith Through Which We Simultaneously Receive Our Present, Completed Salvation As A Whole—i.e., Faith In His Person And Work (The Gospel)

Appendix: Ephesians 2:8 And The Gift Of God