that this true faith, produced in man by the hearing of God’s Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates John is speaking in very general terms here.

God is not at fault for our problem of an evil and corrupt nature, but He uses His Spirit to regenerate

truth the way the rest of the world does is because God in His electing grace through His Spirit has regenerated

Without the grace of the regenerating Holy Spirit  they are neither willing nor able to return to God

Paul knew it was the Holy Spirit of God that regenerated each of those hearts he'd come to love, and

The most fundamental definition of what it means to be a regenerated Christian is that you've been made But you might think you're different; that somehow you're stronger in your faith than generation after generation of faithful people who've been given this command, and you can remain committed to Christ

last few weeks we've been learning that the only reason we've experienced God's grace is because He's regenerated

righteousness to those His Father had given to Him; the same book that goes on to tell us how the Spirit's regeneration

Those are not attributes you can attain on your own; they can only be achieved by the Holy Spirit's regenerating

saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously new life through the Holy Spirit, and He even holds in check the behavior of those who haven't been regenerated