regeneration, then regeneration likewise must be conditioned by and logically follow faith. To restate Paul’s declaration, the readers have been saved by grace through faith.8 Placing faith before regeneration does not diminish the gracious nature of initial salvation or deny that it is ultimately monergistic, that is, a work of God and not man.9 As argued here, the antecedent work of God’s Spirit that logically precedes conversion is Spirit illumination. Spirit illumination overcomes depravity and