REGENERATION

See also: Accepting God; Becoming a Christian; Conversion

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

The Bible, 1 Peter 1:23

The manner of regeneration cannot be fully comprehended by believers in this life. Notwithstanding which, they rest satisfied with knowing and experiencing that by this grace of God they are enabled to believe with the heart, and to love their Savior.

Canons of the Synod of Dort

A light from above entered and permeated my heart, now cleansed from its defilement. The Spirit came from heaven, and changed me into a new man by the second birth. Almost at once in a marvelous way doubt gave way to assurance, and what I had thought impossible could be done.

Cyprian

God’s ultimate purpose is birth. He is not content until he brings his Son to birth in us.

Meister Eckhart

The very first and indispensable sign is self-loathing and abhorrence.

Charles Simeon, asked about the principal mark of regeneration