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PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
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as being our conscience, but God begins to do a work in us
and on us even in the process of him calling us to his work.
Central passage - John 16:8. “And when He (the Holy Spirit) is
come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment.”
This phenomenon is sometimes accompanied by an acute sense of
guilt over wrongdoing, a sense of loneliness or estrangement from
God, or a sense of emptiness that we soon discover no earthly thing
or person can fill. At this point we realize all our efforts are not good
enough and we are not worthy in the eyes of God.
Thus the first step in the salvation process is to realize that you are
a sinner in need of God’s saving grace, Romans 3:23. Secondly, you
must believe in the saving power of Christ’s death and resurrection
AND accept Him as your personal Savior and Lord of your life,
- Romans 10:9. Once these initial steps have been taken, the
regeneration process begins.
Thus, the first step in the salvation process is to realize that
you are a sinner in need of God’s saving Grace, - Romans
3:23. Secondly, you must believe in the saving power in Christ’s
death and resurrection AND accept Him as your personal
Savior and Lord of your life, -Romans 10:9. Once these initial
steps have been taken, the regeneration process begins.
2. REGENERATION: IMPARTING A NEW SPIRIT
Central passage: II Corinthians 5:17- 18. “Therefore if any
man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away, behold all things are become new. And all things are
of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ,
and hath given unto us the ministry of reconciliation.”
When a person becomes a Christian, the Holy Spirit imparts to
him or her new spirit which allows him or her to live a new life in
Jesus Christ. Not only does God promise us a new spirit to live
our lives on earth, but He also promises us eternal life with Him,
something the unbeliever will never experience, - Romans 6:23.
3. INDWELLING: THE STRENGTH TO LIVE
CENTRAL PASSAGE - ROMANS 8:9. “But ye are not in the flesh,
but in the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now
if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.”
The Holy Spirit takes residence within a person when he/she