January 3, 2026 3:00 am
The Holy Spirit plays a crucial role in bringing salvation to the unsaved, convicting them of sin and the need for salvation, and baptizing them into Christ. This supernatural work of God results in spiritual birth, where the believer becomes a partaker of Christ's resurrection life and is sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
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Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Salvation in the Spirit. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 3.5. Nicodemus was confused the night when Jesus first spoke of the necessity of the new birth and then equated it with the symbol of baptism.
Christ then indicated that the reality in both was the supernatural work of God the Holy Spirit. except a man be born of water, that is, the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. The miracle of regeneration is thus a work of the Spirit, and just as the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof. but cannot tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth.
so is everyone that is born of the Spirit. It is not some soul-winning methodology, but the Holy Spirit who does the work. and he, like the invisible wind, may work in a great variety of different ways. This work of the Holy Spirit in bringing salvation to the unsaved is so great and so complex that it must be described in a variety of figures to convey the whole reality. In the first place, he must bring conviction of sin and the need of salvation.
When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Then, as the sinner repents and believes on Christ, the Spirit baptizes him into Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body. As a member of Christ's body, he is made a partaker of his resurrection life. Simultaneously after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.
All of this becomes the mighty miracle of spiritual birth. According to His mercy, He saved us by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Titus three five. Yeah. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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