Regeneration and effectual calling are terms attempting to describe an invisible and supernatural work of God.5 God Almighty moves directly on the soul and makes a person alive in Christ. At that point we were unborn children, so to speak, and while we may have memories of how we responded to the moving of God, we must allow for the fact that there is wonder and mystery that can’t be put into precise formulas. With good reason, Jesus ended his explanation of the new birth with these words: “The wind
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