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It has not yet been born again. We are not born again apart from faith coming into our hearts first. We may have life (as a spiritual fetus in the womb) before we come to the place of putting our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Being alive in our physical bodies identifies us as fetuses to the kingdom. We are born again as the result of faith in Jesus Christ; not before.

Jesus upbraided His disciples (Mark 16:14) but God does not upbraid any man (James 1:5). Is Jesus therefore not God? No, we know that He claimed to be God (John 8:58-59, John 10:31-33). But Jesus is also human; and His humanity has an effect on His personality so that He can upbraid people...

The scripture in question, also, says that we received the Holy Spirit after we believed. Now, doesn't it? Do you deny that it says that?

But not yet born again (to refer to our other conversation)....they are still a "spiritual fetus".

Most people who hear the gospel are not physically dead...they have ears to hear!

I am uncertain of how to answer...please tell us your answer.

The flesh is crucified when we are born again (Romans 6:6, Galatians 5:24).

See 1 John 3:5, Ephesians 5:30-32 (kjv); Romans 8:23, Galatians 4:5-7; 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 9:13-14. What do these have in common? That the flesh is sanctified in the one who has received their "second benefit" (2 Corinthians 1:15).

It has not been born...it does have life. If you relate this to being born again, one can have life before they are born again. They are born again by faith. They are not born again apart from faith. Faith is the catalyst for making one born again.

You're still talking about two distinct individuals (notice I did not say "separate").

Amen sister. It seems to me that some people take the grace of our Lord way out of context...they really do turn it into a license for sinning...which is the transgression of the law. We need to be balanced and realize that the love shed abroad in our hearts motivates us towards real holiness...

The Pelagian.

That was holy scripture. I can see where your head is at...with the unbelieving crowd.

It has not yet been born. Perhaps there is a season before being born again that a spiritual "fetus" can receive nourishment from the word?

Well then, let me be a fool. I have not answered anything of your doctrine before hearing it. I have only encouraged people not to listen to it in the first place. It also says in Proverbs, Pro 19:27, Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge...

Even in your own theology with "another of the same sort," you have more than one Person, being the same Person. To @101G.

A fetus in its mother's womb can receive nourishment from the umbilical cord. It has not yet been born. Likewise, those who have not yet been born again can receive seed on good ground (because time and chance happen to everything, Ecclesiastes 9:11, and therefore circumstances in one's life...

They receive the Holy Spirit through faith and repentance. Eph 1:13, In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

It does profit something. The fact that I am alive physically and have a consciousness means that I can choose whether to put maple or raspberry syrup on my pancakes. I can also choose whether to reject or receive Christ.