Born Anew?

We till the ground, we plant the seed, we water, but God alone causes the increase: He alone calls out some from the realm of darkness into His marvelous light. So why till the ground, prepare the field, plant and water if it serves no purpose in harvesting the fields white for harvest? Do we not serve as ambassadors, awakening the lost to their dreadful situation, heading for destruction and unable to save themselves?

Yes, those fields white for harvest are spiritually dead, separated from God, just as the physically dead are separated from the physically living. But they have the opportunity to obtain access to God's grace by trusting in the name of Christ Jesus.

Does scripture say we must be born anew in order to believe, or we must believe in order to be born anew? We must believe, and have our faith credited by God has righteousness in order to be born anew by the grace of God.

When and if God credits the faith of a lost person as righteousness, that gives the person the "right to become" children of God.

Therefore, the opportunity for the grace of salvation is spread through the evangelism of believers. some till the ground, some plant the seed, others water, but it is God alone who causes the increase.

I know of no scripture that says “get born again, then repent and believe in Jesus Christ.”

Ascetic X said:

I know of no scripture that says “get born again, then repent and believe in Jesus Christ.”

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Neither does anyone else. Scripture must be rewritten. There is no way around John 1:12.

Similarly, the idea that "regeneration" occurs before a person has been transferred into Christ is another fictional rewrite.

See also Ephesians 2:5 and Colossians 2:13

Since we were dead in our sins, we had to be spiritually born anew, regenerated, made alive by the washing of regeneration within Christ.