Are you suggesting man is a spiritual robot belonging to God?
You tell me.
But ye are not in the flesh,
but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. Rom 8:9
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. John 16:7
Did something absolutely, have to take place, in order for you
to receive the Holy Spirit? ----- What?
Unless something absolutely takes place the promise of the Holy Spirit will not be shed forth.
Luke 23:46 YLT and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, 'Father, to
Thy hands I commit my spirit;' and these things having said,
he breathed forth the spirit. ----- Jesus died, was dead.
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain: Whom God (the Father Gal. 1:1) hath raised up, (3 days and 3 nights later Matt 12:40) having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. Acts 2:23,24
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and
having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he
hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. V 33
Once again John 16:7; Something absolutely had to take place in order for the Holy Spirit to be received.
Galatians 3:14 YLT that to the nations the blessing of Abraham may come in Christ Jesus, that the promise of the Spirit we
may receive through
the faith.
Now the question is; What is, "the faith," by which the promise of the Holy Spirit, could be received, "through Jesus Christ"?
"The faith," that is later spoken of, in this same chapter, as before coming and after having come.
What faith have you
heard of in this post by which you can receive the Spirit? V 2
Jesus, commended his spirit, his life, into the hands of the Father, gave his life, shed his life's blood, and three days and three nights later the Father raised him from the dead, and gave him, Jesus, the promise of the Holy Spirit. AND after that the Spirit was shed forth.
BTW Titus 3:5,6 says the exact same thing.
Jesus died, rose again and received the Spirit AND then shed forth that Spirit, abundantly, through Jesus.
I believe regeneration and conversion will be the same.