Regeneration

A SermonAudio listener in Wisconsin commended us for last week's message on Effectual Calling, which he termed a "forgotten doctrine" among evangelicals today. We have seen that Effectual Calling is the initial act of God in applying the redemption Christ accomplished to sinners. The Shepherd CALLS his sheep, and his sheep hear his voice and follow him. But how can they follow him? How can people whose hearts, minds and wills are as dead and unresponsive to God as a box of rocks hear and follow Christ? What makes Effectual Calling effectual? The conversation that Jesus has with Nicodemus in John 3 is one of the most important conversations ever. You will find no stronger affirmations of the sovereignty of God, the hopelessness and helplessness of all people, and the free grace of salvation anywhere...