Regeneration

Titus 3:5

“regeneration”

Occurs 2 times (here and Matthew 19:28)

Definition

(Matthew 19:28 1st occ.) shows it is something we follow Christ into.

(Titus 3:5) shows it is something we have to be washed to get.

We have to be washed in the blood of Christ for sins debt to be paid (Romans 10:9-10; Colossians 1:14)

We have to have the Holy Ghost to renew us with this washing to be saved (John 6:44; Ephesians 1:13; 4:30)

Regeneration is not reformation; it is a new creation.

It is a sinner receiving new life from God (John 3:3, 7) and being born into God’d family (John 1:12-13).

I. The Names Of The New Birth.

“born of the spirit” (John 3:5, 6, 8)

“of” - from or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author, or agent bestowing.

“born of God” (1 John 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18)

“new creature” (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15)

“washing of regeneration” (Titus 3:5)

“new man” (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:9)

II. The Means Of The New Birth.

(John 3:7-16; John 1:12; 1 John 5:1; 1 Corinthians 4:15; 1 Peter 1:23)

III. The Source Of The New Birth.

(Titus 3:5; 1 Corinthians 6:11)

IV. The Result Of The New Birth.

(1 Peter 1:3-5; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 John 3:14)

Conclusion:

Illustration - Jump I am here.

When a fire broke out in a house everyone escaped but one child. Through the window he looked down and saw only smoke, but he heard his Daddy say, “Jump! I am here!”

The child said, “Daddy I can’t see you!”

The Daddy said, “I see you! Jump and I will catch you, never mind if you can see me!”