the shrewd desires of your sinful nature, be sure to utilize the new heart/mind that the Spirit has regenerated

He then demonstrates what a regenerated person's life looks like after being baptized into Christ, even

  With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation the Holy Spirit takes those convicting words and uses them to cut to the heart - the first step in regeneration

walk in the dark, it's referencing people with spiritual blindness, whose eyes haven't been opened (regenerated

But to those whom God has chosen to spiritually regenerate recognize the unsurpassed beauty of godly

God only acts graciously: through His Spirit He regenerates those He's chosen so that we accept the grace