Regeneration is substantially the same in all who are the subjects of it: there is a spiritual transformation, the conforming of the soul unto the image of God: that which is born of the Spirit is spirit (John 3:6). But although every regenerated person is a new creature, has received a principle of faith and holiness which acts on every faculty of his being, and is indwelt and led by the Holy Spirit, yet God does not communicate the same measure of grace (Rom. 12:3; 2Cor. 10:13; Eph. 4:16) or the same number of talents to all alike. Gods children differ from each other as children do at their natural birth, some of whom are more lively and vigorous than others. God, according to His sovereign pleasure, gives to some a fuller knowledge, to others stronger faith, to others warmer affections, natural temperament has much to do with the form and color which the manifestation of the spirit takes through us. But there is no difference in their state: the same work has been performed in all, which radically differentiates them from worldlings.~Arthur Pink, Regeneration or the New a Birth
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 16:48:56 +0000