Bible Question:
What do you believe is the proper order of the following events in the life of someone becoming a born-again Christian? By that I mean in what order do they occur? -Regeneration -Grace -Faith -Justification -Repentance -Forgiveness -New birth (born-again) |
Bible Answer: New Creature -- I'm inclined to suggest tentatively that these "events" tend to overlap, to converge as it were, and to occur rather simultaneously. At any rate, three of them are essentially synonymous, viz., new birth, regeneration and justification. Of course God's grace is the primary thing, the foundation upon which all the others rest and without which the others are academic anyway. --Hank |