Regeneration: Born of God
New birth, new life, and the Spirit's renewing work
Regeneration is God's gracious work of giving life to the dead, opening the heart to Christ, and forming a new people who live by the Spirit.
Help believers understand the new birth as God's merciful work, not human self-improvement, and trace the fruit of new life across Scripture.
- Main Format
- 8 sessions
- Flexible Formats
- 4, 8, 11 session options
- Scripture Focus
- Regeneration across Scripture primary text
- Book
- 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 1 Peter, 3 John, Acts, Ephesians, Hebrews, Isaiah teaching path
Why This Series
Help believers understand the new birth as God's merciful work, not human self-improvement, and trace the fruit of new life across Scripture.
Gospel thread: The series repeatedly anchors each movement in Christ's saving work: Through the gospel, people from every background are united to Christ and incorporated into His body by the Holy Spirit. The saving work of Jesus creates a new community where believers share one Spirit, one Lord, and one hope. Through the gospel, believers receive the Spirit who enables them to understand the saving work of Christ. The Spirit reveals the grace given through the cross and resurrection, transforming believers so they can think and live according to the mind of Christ. Those who abide in Jesus Christ share in His life and will stand unashamed at His appearing, not because of their merit, but because they are united to the Righteous One and have been born of God, resulting in transformed conduct.
Doctrinal thread: The doctrinal movement emphasizes Regeneration, Divine Mercy, Union with Christ, Perseverance, Sanctification with support from Faith, Holiness, Spirit, Glory.
Shepherding burden: People can mistake Christian change for resolve, heritage, or religious activity. This series helps teachers show that the Christian life begins and continues by God's life-giving grace.
Standard Session Guide
- 11 Corinthians 12:12-14
One Body, Many Members: Unity in Christ Through the Spirit
Many members form one body in Christ.
Teaching aim: Paul introduces the body metaphor to explain how the many members of the church form one unified body in Christ through the work of the Spirit.
Gospel clarity: Through the gospel, people from every background are united to Christ and incorporated into His body by the Holy Spirit. The saving work of Jesus creates a new community where believers share one Spirit, one Lord, and one hope.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because 1 Corinthians 12:12-14 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Union with Christ, Regeneration, Spirit.
This passage opens the series by establishing the starting point for Regeneration: Born of God.
DoctrinesCross References - 21 Corinthians 2:11-16
The Spirit's Illumination: Understanding God's Truth
The Spirit gives believers the capacity to understand God's truth and to live with the mind of Christ.
Teaching aim: Paul explains that the Spirit of God enables believers to understand the truths freely given by God, distinguishing spiritual understanding from natural human perception.
Gospel clarity: Through the gospel, believers receive the Spirit who enables them to understand the saving work of Christ. The Spirit reveals the grace given through the cross and resurrection, transforming believers so they can think and live according to the mind of Christ.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because 1 Corinthians 2:11-16 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Regeneration, Union with Christ, Spirit.
This passage continues the cross-book theme with 1 Corinthians 2:11-16.
ThemesDoctrinesCross References - 41 John 3:1-3
Behold the Father's Love: Children of God and Future Glory
The Father has lavishly bestowed His love upon believers by calling them His children, granting them a present identity and a future hope that fuels present purification.
Teaching aim: To ground ethical exhortation in the astonishing reality of divine adoption and to connect future transformation with present holiness.
Gospel clarity: Through Jesus Christ, the Father has adopted sinners as His own children, not by their merit but by His gracious love. Though the world does not understand this identity, those born of God await Christ's appearing, when they will be made like Him, and this hope drives them toward holiness now.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because 1 John 3:1-3 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Regeneration, Sanctification, Holiness.
This passage continues the cross-book theme with 1 John 3:1-3.
DoctrinesCross References - 51 Peter 1:1-12
Elect Exiles: Living Hope Through Present Suffering
Your suffering does not contradict your salvation; it refines it and displays the worth of Christ.
Teaching aim: To ground suffering believers in their elect identity, living hope, and secure inheritance rooted in Christ's resurrection.
Gospel clarity: Believers are saved by God's mercy through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, not by merit, and are secured for an imperishable inheritance kept in heaven.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because 1 Peter 1:1-12 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Regeneration, Perseverance, Faith.
This passage continues the cross-book theme with 1 Peter 1:1-12.
ThemesDoctrinesCross References - 7Acts 16:11-15
The Lord Opens Hearts: Lydia's Conversion and Baptism in Philippi
God sovereignly prepares hearts for the gospel, and saving faith results in visible identification with Christ and hospitality toward His servants.
Teaching aim: To record the first conversions in Macedonia and to show the Lord's sovereign opening of Lydia's heart.
Gospel clarity: The Lord opens hearts to receive the word; those who believe are baptized and join in the fellowship of Christ's people.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because Acts 16:11-15 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Divine Sovereignty, Regeneration, Faith.
This passage continues the cross-book theme with Acts 16:11-15.
DoctrinesCross References - 8Acts 16:25-34
Salvation Through Faithful Suffering: The Philippian Jailer's Conversion
God uses faithful suffering and Spirit-wrought events to bring sinners to saving faith in Christ.
Teaching aim: To display God's saving power through suffering witness and to narrate the conversion of the Philippian jailer.
Gospel clarity: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. Salvation rests on personal faith in Christ, proclaimed through the word.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because Acts 16:25-34 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Divine Providence, Perseverance, Regeneration.
This passage continues the cross-book theme with Acts 16:25-34.
ThemesCross References - 10Hebrews 8:7-13
The Superior Covenant: Internalized Law and Complete Forgiveness
God promised a superior covenant marked by transformed hearts, personal knowledge of Him, and definitive forgiveness, fulfilled in Christ.
Teaching aim: To prove from Jeremiah that the old covenant was insufficient and that God promised a superior new covenant fulfilled in Christ.
Gospel clarity: Through Christ's sacrifice, the promised new covenant becomes reality: hearts transformed, relationship restored, and sins remembered no more.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because Hebrews 8:7-13 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Regeneration, Holiness, Remnant.
This passage continues the cross-book theme with Hebrews 8:7-13.
DoctrinesCross References - 11Isaiah 29:17-24
The LORD Restores Sight and Humility to Jacob
God transforms blindness into joy and rebellion into reverent understanding.
Teaching aim: To announce a coming reversal in which blindness is removed, the humble rejoice, and Jacob is restored in covenant holiness.
Gospel clarity: Isaiah 29:17-24 anticipates spiritual sight, joy for the humble, and renewed holiness. The gospel reveals that through Christ blind eyes are opened and God's people are restored to reverent obedience.
Why this session belongs here
Selected because Isaiah 29:17-24 contributes to Regeneration: Born of God through Divine Mercy, Regeneration, Divine Holiness.
This passage continues the cross-book theme with Isaiah 29:17-24.
DoctrinesCross References