I didnt "think" myself into the new birth. I was regenerated by God when i gave God my Faith in Christ, exactly as everyone who gives God their faith in Christ.
I have spoken about this on another thread, very interesting, when you say you gave God your faith in Christ, where did that faith and belief come from?
For myself, God drew me to Jesus, He gave me the “ Faith” to believe in Jesus.......as soon as the belief in Jesus happened, then I was birthed in the Spirit.
We can only come to the Father through the Son....Without Jesus there would be no birth, plus the Spiritual birth is a living birth...there is no mistake about that. for me and I say me only....that is the only way I know I was born again...and I have NEVER doubted my birth in the Spirit.....but, many have thought I had lost the plot, which is completely understandable.....how can anyone explain how they were birthed in the Spirit.
It’s a supernatural birth, that only God knows how to do it.....it’s amazing how he does it, I’ve stopped racking my brain now, trying to understand how the Holy Spirit did it........all will be revealed one day.....Praise God for His Amazing Living Holy Spirit....who resides in little old me...an undeserving wretched sinner that I once used to be.
John 3:6-8
New International Version
6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[
a] gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[
b] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[
I also believe GOT answer here.
Where does faith come from?
Faith is the avenue or the instrument God uses to bring salvation to His people. God gives faith because of His grace and mercy, because He loves us (
Ephesians 4—5). Faith comes from God in the form of a gift (
Ephesians 2:8).
A gift is not earned by some good deed or kind word, and it is not given because the giver expects a gift in return—under any of those conditions, a gift would not be a gift. The Bible emphasizes that faith is a gift because God deserves all of the glory for our salvation. If the receiver of faith could do anything whatsoever to deserve or earn the gift, that person would have every right to boast (
Ephesians 2:9). But all such boasting is excluded (
Romans 3:27). God wants Christians to understand they have done nothing to earn faith, it’s only because of what Christ did on the cross that God gives anyone faith (
Ephesians 2:5,
16)