The new birth is essential.

That's what salvation is.

It is God sovereignly coming down to a sinner

and by His grace, cleansing that sinner

and planting His Spirit in that sinner

so that the cleansing of that sinner

takes care of His relationship to God

and the planting of the Spirit takes care of His power

to live in the will of God.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

The wickedness of man, the eternal penalty for sin

and salvation in Christ.

No doubt you are familiar with those elements

of the gospel message.

But what about the issue of regeneration?

What exactly does it mean to be regenerated?

How does this happen?

And why is it necessary?

And what's the connection between being regenerated

and benefiting from your trials?

Those questions are the focus of John MacArthur's lesson

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