Regeneration is the transformation of a person's spiritual condition form death to life through the work of the Holy Spirit.

Passages: John 3:3-8; Titus 3:3-5; Acts 2:37-38

"But regeneration is not conversion and for this reason: conversion is something that we do whereas regeneration, as I shall show you, is something that is done to us by God. Conversion means a turning away from one thing to another in practice, but that is not the meaning of regeneration. We can put it like this: when people convert themselves or turn, they are giving proof of the fact that they are regenerate. Conversion is something that follows upon regeneration. The change takes place in the outward life and living of men and women because this great change has first of all taken place within them." -Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Adoption is the divine work of the Holy Spirit where God declares regenerated believers to be His beloved sons and daughters and welcomes them into His family.

Passages: Romans 8:14-16

"If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. If this is not the thought that prompts and controls his worship and prayers and his whole outlook on life, it means that he does not understand Christianity very well at all. For everything that Christ taught, everything that makes the New Testament new, and better than the Old, everything that is distinctively Christian as opposed to merely Jewish, is summed up in the knowledge of the Fatherhood of God. ‘Father’ is the Christian name for God. Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better than our grasp of adoption." -J.I. Packer

1. Examine your life
2. Be Grateful

• Scripture: Hebrews 12:28