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How do we know that regeneration is a work of the Holy Spirit?

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Regeneration is purely a work of the Holy Spirit, as affirmed in John 6:63, which states that the Spirit gives life to the spiritually dead.

In John 6:63, Jesus emphasizes that 'it is the Spirit that quickeneth,' meaning that spiritual life is given solely by the Holy Spirit. The nature of regeneration indicates that it cannot be initiated or completed by human effort. Just as a newborn has no participation in their natural birth, we have no involvement in our spiritual birth. A.W. Pink asserts that the new birth is solely the work of the Holy Spirit, who resurrects the spiritually dead, thus affirming that regeneration is an act of grace—not based on our faith or decisions but entirely on God's sovereign will.
Scripture References: John 6:63, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Corinthians 2:14, John 3:3, Ephesians 2:1, John 16:8-9

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