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'''Regeneration''', while sometimes perceived to be a step in the [[ordo salutis]] ('order of [[salvation]]'), is generally understood in [[Christian theology]] to be the objective work of [[God]] in a believer's life. Spiritually, it means that God brings a person to new life (that they are "[[born again]]") from a previous state of separation from God and subjection to the decay of death ([[Epistle to the Ephesians|Ephesians]] 2:5). Thus, in Lutheran and Roman Catholic theology, it generally means that which takes place during [[baptism]]. In [[Calvinism]] (Reformed theology) and [[Arminianism|Arminian theology]], baptism is recognized as an outward sign of an inward reality which is to follow regeneration as a sign of obedience to the [[New Testament]]; as such, the [[Methodist Church]]es teach that regeneration occurs during the new birth.

While the exact [[Koine Greek|Greek]] noun for 'rebirth' or 'regeneration' (παλιγγενεσία|[[Palingenesis|palingenesia]]) appears just twice in the [[New Testament]] ([[Matthew 19:28]] and [[Titus 3:5]]), regeneration in [[Christianity]] is held to represent a wider theme of re-creation and spiritual rebirth, including the concept of "being born again" ([[John 3|John 3:3–8]] and [[1 Peter 1:3]]; regeneration is also called the "second birth"). In some schools of Christian thought, it is held that when a person expresses belief in Jesus Christ for their salvation, they are then born of God, "begotten of him" (1 John 5:1). As a result of becoming part of God's family, the person becomes a different and new creature ([[2 Corinthians 5:17]]).

===Eastern's Revised Bible Dictionary===
Regeneration

Only found in #Mt 19:28 Ti 3:5 This word literally means a "new birth." The Greek word so rendered (palingenesia) is used by classical writers with reference to the changes produced by the return of spring.
:1. In #Mt 19:28 the word is equivalent to the "restitution of all things" #Ac 3:21
:2. In #Ti 3:5 it denotes that change of heart elsewhere spoken of
::a. as a passing from death to life #1Jo 3:14
::b. becoming a new creature in Christ Jesus #2Co 5:17 c. being born again #Joh 3:5
::d. a renewal of the mind #Ro 12:2
::e. a resurrection from the dead #Eph 2:6
::f. a being quickened #Eph 2:1,5
::g. This change is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. It originates not with man but with God #Joh 1:12,13 1Jo 2:29 5:1,4
::h. As to the nature of the change, it consists in the implanting of a new principle or disposition in the soul; the impartation of spiritual life to those who are by nature "dead in trespasses and sins."
::i. The necessity of such a change is emphatically affirmed in Scripture #Joh 3:3 Ro 7:18 8:7-9 1Co 2:14 Eph 2:1 4:21-24

==See also==

* [[Regeneration]]
* [[Born again]]

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