The new birth, that is, Regeneration is the work of God the Holy Ghost from above. The new birth is never commenced by any man. The movement and visitation of the Holy Ghost (the Quickener) to a sinner's heart is what is needed most. The man dead in his sins cannot and will not seek after God. The dead sinner cannot make himself alive, for a dead soul can do nothing to help himself. You can never create a new heart and a right spirit within yourself. The work of the Holy Ghost will lead you to completely rely on the work of Christ as your salvation. Regeneration is the very first act of God the Spirit in the soul. The man begins to feel that he is a sinner indeed, he senses the sinfulness of sin, he realizes his guilt and danger. He begins to feel the awful load and evil of transgression against God. His heart begins to tremble, he becomes unhappy, miserable, downcast, and distressed.
The lost man is utterly incapable of saving himself. Human nature thinks that it is good, it tries doing its best, doing fleshly religious ceremonies. You will soon be damned to all eternity without the work of the Spirit of God in your soul. You must seek in earnest to look to Jesus Christ the Savior for all your salvation. You must be weaned from all your self-confidence. The Holy Ghost gives the soul faith to truly believe on Christ alone, and then sprinkles the blood of Jesus on the needy soul. Throw your soul wholly on the blood and righteousness of Jesus. The Holy Spirit must put the robe of Christ's Righteousness on your soul. You must first be quickened by the Spirit; you must be called and wooed out of darkness and into light; you must be made a new creature in Christ Jesus.
You may think you're just as good as other people, and as moral as a man can be, but you're not as good as Jesus Christ - He was perfect and you're not - you're a sinner to the bone marrow. Salvation must be between you and Jesus Christ. Your morality or good works are of no value. You must be quickened by the Holy Spirit and given divine life. Except a man be born again, the gate of Heaven will shut him out forever. You must be the subject of the Holy Ghost's divine change, there is no exception. Blessed is the man who is born of God. The Holy Spirit will make you alive, cause you to sense your guilt and show you your need of the Savior, cause you to become conscious of your death in sin, and then lead you to the Cross of Jesus Christ.
The Lord Jesus Christ died especially for your sins against God. You cannot help save yourself, forsake your self-righteousness and love for sin, and seek God's mercy and blood. You'd be very wise to trust your immortal soul with the Lord Jesus Christ, for He is *the* sinner's Savior. Without His Blood applied to your sinful soul, you have no chance of making it past the White Throne Judgment, for divine justice is no respecter of persons. If you die without Jesus Christ, you will be lost forever. Trust Christ's bloody Atonement to save your soul. Only Christ can put away your sins and save your soul.
The Gospel of the Grace of God asks nothing of you, but it freely gives all to you. Look to Jesus Christ, He took your sins and died for them. Look directly to the Cross now, behold His wounds, His pierced hands, His thorn-crowned brow, His bleeding feet, behold His riven side opened for you. Trust what Jesus did alone, He bled and died for your sins - Repent of the sins you have committed against Him, trust Christ alone and the perfect merits which He has performed for you. The moment your soul really trusts Christ, your sins are all forgiven immediately and forever, and eternal life is irreversible. You are completely saved beyond risk of being lost. Your most urgent need is the work of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God, the breath of the Almighty, will give you eternal life freely if you place all your trust on Christ Jesus alone, put all your confidence in His finished work on Calvary's Cross now.
The Gospel of the Grace of God asks nothing of you, but it freely gives all to you. Look to Jesus Christ, He took your sins and died for them. Look directly to the Cross now, behold His wounds, His pierced hands, His thorn-crowned brow, His bleeding feet, behold His riven side opened for you. Trust what Jesus did alone, He bled and died for your sins - Repent of the sins you have committed against Him, trust Christ alone and the perfect merits which He has performed for you. The moment your soul really trusts Christ, your sins are all forgiven immediately and forever, and eternal life is irreversible. You are completely saved beyond risk of being lost. Your most urgent need is the work of the Holy Ghost. The Spirit of God, the breath of the Almighty, will give you eternal life freely if you place all your trust on Christ Jesus alone, put all your confidence in His finished work on Calvary's Cross now.
