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Many people believe they can initiate their salvation—either through choosing to believe or on their own merits. Yet the Bible is clear that we can’t take even the first step toward reconciliation with God on our own. We are spiritually dead and can do nothing unless we are given new life. Matthew Barrett explores the doctrine of regeneration to show us what truly happens to us when we are...

As Paul says in verse 6, “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” Paul is referring to Genesis 1:3, where God creates light when “darkness was over the face of the deep” (Gen. 1:2). Though darkness hovered over the face of the deep, the Spirit also hovered over the face of the waters (Gen. 1:2), so that at God’s very word light would be created. As Genesis 1:3–4 states, And God
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