TUESDAY August 12, 2025
The Miracle of Regeneration
...through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior....
Titus 3:5-6
God has saved us through the washing of regeneration. What does this phrase mean? When we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior, we were born again––renewed by the Holy Spirit. Before Christ, our sinful nature ruled, and our spirit was dead. You see, we have a body, soul and spirit. When we accepted Christ, there was a flip-over, we have become spirit, soul and body. The flesh is dead, and the body appetites no longer rule our lives. The Spirit of God helps us to overcome temptation and live the Christian life.
The miracle of regeneration also speaks of our redemption through Jesus Christ. He paid the price for our sin when He died on the Cross:
In Him [Jesus] we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:7).
What has the blood of Jesus Christ done for us? Jesus’ blood has washed away every one of our sins. That does not mean that we are perfect. We fall and trip and sin each day. That is why in 1 John 1:9, we read: If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Nor are we to take advantage of God’s grace:
...should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? (Romans 6:1-2 NLT).
Christians have this wonderful promise of redemption:
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory (Ephesians 1:13-14).
Are you born-again––regenerated? The evidence is a changed life.
Regeneration is something that is accomplished by God. A dead man cannot raise himself from the dead.
~R.C. Sproul~
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