Calvinists insist that the sole cause of regeneration or being born again is the will of God. God first sovereignly and efficaciously regenerates, and only in consequence of that do we act. Therefore, the individual is passive in regeneration, neither preparing himself nor making himself receptive to what God will do. Regeneration is a change wrought in us by God, not an autonomous act performed by us for ourselves. Man’s status in regard to regeneration is that of a recipient, not a contributor. Man is spiritually, in relation to regeneration, what Lazarus was physically, in relation to resurrection: dead, passive, unable to do anything at all, wholly subject to the will of Him who gives life and breath to whomever He desires.
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[ChurchBass] [NBC] Re: question (and [PRAYER])

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#1 · October 29, 2003, 11:27 pm

Posted by: erinanne <erinanne@...>

well, um, yes, we are now - back up a coupl'a posts and look again! ;o)

cheers - gotta go do some tunes...

... actually, now that I mention tunes, I'm a little nervous - playing
on the 21st with my instructor on trumpet and his wife on piano for a
ladies tea where their daughter in law is giving her testimony. We'll
be playing jazz during the tea - very excited, kind nervous... not the
same as playing church tunes for worship on a Sunday morning! I don't
want to let them down, and nerves often are a problem for me until I
get experienced with something... so, practicing a lot to try to
minimize the effect of nerves... while reno-ing the house... and
negotiating an IEP for my son at his school... maybe this tag should
say [PRAYER] now, too...

e/

On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 07:39 PM, famkan wrote:

> Also, isn't it ironic that in this discussion to keep the tags, which
> I'm
> also in favour of, we're not including one??? 😉

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