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NASB | Matthew 13:11 Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 13:11 Jesus replied to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. [Mark 4:11] |
Subject: calling all sinners |
Bible Note: Hi, Over... Actually, technically speaking, regeneration logically precedes conversion, in the orthodox Christian perspective. (See post 151193.) The natural man is unable and unwilling to accept the things of God (1 Cor 2:14), for it is not in his nature. As John Hendryx so aptly puts it, God must perform this spiritual change "in the heart of man by the Holy Spirit in which his/her inherently sinful nature is changed so that he/she can respond to God in Faith, and live in accordance with His Will (Matt. 19:28; John 3:3,5,7; Titus 3:5). It is an inner re-creating of fallen human nature by the gracious sovereign action of the Holy Spirit (John 3:5-8). This change is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. It originates not with man but with God (John 1:12, 13; 1 John 2:29; 5:1, 4). It extends to the whole nature of man, altering his governing disposition, illuminating his mind, freeing his will, and renewing his nature." "Just as in the beginning God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, so, at the moment He appointed for our new birth, he said, 'Let there be life' and there was life." --J. A. Motyer In Him, Doc |