REGENERATION

The new birth; that work of the Holy Spirit by which the soul, previously dead in sins, is created anew in Christ unto righteousness. It is expressed in Scripture by being born again and born from above, Joh 3:3-7; becoming a new creature, 2Co 5:17; being quickened to a new life of holiness, Eph 2:1; having Christ formed in the heart, Ga 4:19; and being made partaker of the divine nature, 2Pe 1:4. The sole author of this change is the Holy Spirit, Joh 1:12,13 3:4 Eph 2:8-10; and he effects it ordinarily by the instrumentality of gospel truth, 1Co 4:15 Jas 1:18 1Pe 1:23. In this change the moral image of God is brought back into the soul, and the principle of supreme love to our neighbor is implanted. Regeneration, producing faith, is accompanied by justification, and by actual holiness of life, or sanctification begun, and completed when the "babe in Christ" reaches in heaven "the fulness of the stature of the perfect man" in Him. In Mt 19:28, regeneration means Christ’s making all things new. In Tit 3:5, "the washing of regeneration" denotes the purifying work of the Spirit in the new birth.

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regeneration. regeneration, a new birth,

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Regeneration. Regeneration
Only found in Matt. 19:28 and Titus 3:5. This word literally means a “new birth.” The Greek word so rendered (palingenesia) is used by classical writers with reference to the changes produced by the return of spring. In Matt. 19:28 the word is equivalent to the “restitution of all things” (Acts 3:21). In Titus 3:5 it denotes that change of heart elsewhere spoken of as a passing from death to life (1 John 3:14); becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 5:17); being born again (John 3:5); a renewal of the mind (Rom. 12:2); a resurrection from the dead (Eph. 2:6); a being quickened (2:1, 5).

This change is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. It originates not with man but with God (John 1:12, 13; 1 John 2:29; 5:1, 4).

As to the nature of the change, it consists in the implanting of a new principle or disposition in the soul; the impartation of spiritual life to those who are by nature “dead in trespasses and sins.”

The necessity of such a change is emphatically affirmed in Scripture (John 3:3; Rom. 7:18; 8:7-9; 1 Cor. 2:14; Eph. 2:1; 4:21-24).

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REGENERATION. → General scriptures concerning De 29:4; 30:6; 1Ki 8:58; Ps 36:9; 51:2,7,10; 65:3; 68:18; 87:4,6; 110:3; Pr 4:23; 12:28; 14:27; 16:1; Isa 1:16,17,25; 4:4; 12:3; 26:12; 29:23; 32:3,4,15,17; 35:5,6; 42:16; 43:7; 44:3-5; 49:9; 55:1-3; Jer 13:23; 17:13,14; 24:7; 31:3,33,34; 32:38-40; 33:6; Eze 11:19,20; 16:9; 18:31; 36:26,27,29; 37:1-14; 44:7,9; Zec 12:10; Mt 12:33-35,43,44; 13:23,33; 18:3; Mr 4:20,26-29; 5:19,20; 10:15; Lu 1:16,17; 8:35,38,39; 13:21; 18:17; Joh 1:4,13,16; 3:3-8; 4:10,14; 5:24; 6:44,45,47,50,51,57; 8:12,32,36; 10:9,10; 13:8; 15:1,3; 17:2; Ac 2:38,47; 3:26; 11:17,21; 15:9; 16:14; 21:19; 26:18; Ro 2:28,29; 6:3-23; 7:6,24,25; 8:2-6,9,13-16; 12:2; 15:16; 1Co 1:9,24,30; 2:12,14-16; 3:6,7,9; 6:11; 12:6,13; 15:10; 2Co 1:21,22; 3:3,18; 4:6; 5:5,17; Ga 2:20; 4:29; 6:15; Eph 2:1,5,8,10; 4:7,8,16,21-24; 5:14; Php 1:6; Col 2:11-13; 3:9,10; 2Th 2:13; Tit 3:5,6; Heb 4:1-12; 8:10,11; 10:16,17,22,23; Jas 1:18; 5:19,20; 1Pe 1:2,3,22,23; 2:3; 2Pe 1:3,4; 1Jo 2:27,29; 3:9,14; 4:7; 5:1,4,5,11,12,18 → See ATONEMENT → See RECONCILIATION → See REDEMPTION → See SANCTIFICATION → See SIN, FORGIVENESS OF → INSTANCES OF
* Jacob Ge 32:29
* King Saul 1Sa 10:9
* Saul of Tarsus Ac 9:3-18
* All righteous persons
* See RIGHTEOUS

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regeneration. Regeneration, n. the new birth, birth by grace

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Re‐gen′er‐a″tion (–?″sh?n), n. [[L. regeneratio: cf. F. régéneration.]] 1. 1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
2. 2. (Theol.) The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.
He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Chost. Tit. iii. 5. 3. 3. (Biol.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; — a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.
4. 4. (Physiol.) (a) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle. (b) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.