The regenerating operations of the Holy Spirit'

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From the very nature of the fall, it is impossible 
for a dead soul to . . .
believe in God, 
know God, 
or love God. 

It must be quickened into spiritual life before it can 
savingly know the only true God. And thus there lies 
at the very threshold—in the very heart and core of 
the case—the absolute necessity of the regenerating 
operations of the Holy Spirit upon the soul. 

The very completeness and depth of the fall render the 
regenerating work of the Holy Spirit as necessary, as 
indispensable as the redeeming work of the Son of God.