For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
— 1 Peter 3:18
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved; And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
— Ephesians 2:1-6
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
— Matthew 19:28
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
— Titus 3:5
If You Plunge Into Eternity Clutching the Airy Fiction, by Octavius Winslow. The following contains an excerpt from his work, “From Grace to Glory.” 1864.
We do not hesitate to pronounce the doctrine of “baptismal regeneration” to be the paramount lie of Satan — the most subtle and fatal weapon which this arch foe of our race ever forged for the destruction of men’s souls in eternal perdition.
Do not build your hope of glory upon your baptism. You are lost to all eternity if you do. You must be born again — if ever you enter the kingdom of heaven.
If you plunge into eternity clutching the airy fiction, the fatal notion, that you passed from spiritual death into spiritual life in your baptism; that in baptism you were regenerated, adopted, justified, made holy and saved; you have staked your eternal happiness upon the most fatal lie.
In many instances, the unhappy victim of this delusion passes away — undeceived until the deception is too late to rectify.
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