Saturday, May 16, 2020

TCR 572, 573, 580 - Regeneration and Salvation

TCR 572

In the Word the regenerate are called
sons of God, and born of God;
and regeneration is described by
a new heart and a new spirit.

TCR 573

. . . "to be created" . . . signifies to be regenerated,
this term is applied to him who is born again
and, as it were, created anew.

TCR 580 [3]

All can be regenerated and thus saved
because the Lord with His Divine Good and Truth
is present with every person.
From this presence every one has life,
and hence the faculty of understanding
and the faculty of willing,
and to these is added free will in spiritual things.
These gifts are wanting in no person;
and means for their use are also provided;
for Christians these are to be found in the Word,
and for Gentiles in the religion of any one
which teaches that there is a God,
and sets forth precepts respecting good and evil.
From all this it follows
that every one can be saved;
consequently if a person is not saved,
the fault is not the Lord's but that person's,
because he fails to co-operate with the Lord.


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