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.