On the other hand, when the Holy Spirit regenerates your heart so that you fear the Lord, you desire Dig Deeper Relationships predicated on fear generally are not healthy.

This is our natural state as sinners, the condition we default to unless the Spirit regenerates  us.

God is not at fault for our problem of an evil and corrupt nature, but He uses His Spirit to regenerate

that this true faith, produced in man by the hearing of God’s Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates

that this true faith, produced in man by the hearing of God’s Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates

that this true faith, produced in man by the hearing of God’s Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates John is speaking in very general terms here.

The most fundamental definition of what it means to be a regenerated Christian is that you've been made But you might think you're different; that somehow you're stronger in your faith than generation after generation of faithful people who've been given this command, and you can remain committed to Christ

saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously new life through the Holy Spirit, and He even holds in check the behavior of those who haven't been regenerated

the shrewd desires of your sinful nature, be sure to utilize the new heart/mind that the Spirit has regenerated