Jerry Shugart
Well-known member
You believe that one is born again by their own freewill !
A person is born again when they believe. Believing is not something which is done by one's "will," but instead what someone believes is based on the "evidence" that a person has. Faith is the "evidence of things not seen" (Heb.11:1).
You can try as hard as you can to will yourself into believing that five plus five adds up to anything other than ten but you will not ever be able to will yourself to believe that because you have no "evidence" that it is true.
On the other hand, the gospel comes in power and in much assurance and in the Holy Spirit (1 Thess.1:5) and those who do not resist the Holy Spirit receive the "evidence" that what is written in the gospel is true.