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Born again (regeneration) and forgiveness of sins (justification) are two different acts of God that happen at the exact same instant in the life of the believer.

Born again (regeneration) and forgiveness of sins (justification) are two different acts of God that happen at the exact same instant in the life of the believer.

No, God does not forgive sins "via" the Holy Spirit. See passages like Matthew 6:15 and many others.

No, I said forgiveness of sins and regeneration are not the same thing. Born again and regeneration are the same thing. Under the New Coventant the forgiveness of sin is essentially the same as justification which is different from regeneration. Salvation consists of justification...

The atonement, the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, accomplished more than just forgiveness of sins. The sacrifice of sin offerings under the Old Covenant provided for forgiveness of sins. The baptism of John the Baptist was for the forgiveness of sins. Jesus, personally on occasion...

Actually, that is not true. Being born again is regeneration. But strictly speaking the forgiveness of sins and regeneration, while they both occur at the same instant in the life of the believer, are not really the same thing.

The real question is what it means to you. Clearly if you are not a Christian, then, by definition, you are not a follower of Christ.

All truth is contained in God's word given us through the apostles and prophets by the direction of the Holy Spirit. There is nothing more that you need to know. God didn't cut the message short so that He would have to add to it when you got here. (ESV) Eph 1:13 In him you also, when you...

I understand what you are talking about perfectly.

You think the declaration of challenging every post of mine is not getting personal? What a joke.

Responding to your lack of theological and soteriological knowledge and understanding is tedious. And it is apparent that nothing that I say is getting through to you. There is no reason for me to continue trying.

The spirit dead in trespasses and sins.

That is the meaning of the Greek word in God's word. From Strong's Greek dictionary: G5546 Χριστιανός Christianos khris-tee-an-os' From G5547; a Christian, that is, follower of Christ: - Christian.

I don't know how old you are and I really don't care; but I suspect that I was studying God's word years before you were even born. I have even had two years of formal study in Seminary. So I think your accusation of not being interested in studying God's word is really offensive.

As JimC said in Reply #169, a Christian is a follower of Christ. The Greek word Χριστιανός [Christianos] means follower of Christ. Can one be born again and not be a follower of Christ? Answer - Of course not.

Quote scripture that says you have received divinely inspired revelation. Because we were sinners. To make it possible for us to be forgiven our sins and be born again and have the debt paid that we owed for the sins we commit. It is being made spiritually alive. That has nothing to do with...

Where does it say they are not?

Finally someone who reads and studies the bible rationally and spiritually.

No, I don't have it in for you. No, I am not Catholic. And it is not about a war of words. It is about knowing and understanding what a Christian is and what born again is. As some, besides me, have pointed out, one born again is a Christian. If one does not know and understand that, then it...

One here calls herself a born again, but not a Christian. What do you make of that?