195. What is the special role of the Holy Spirit in our salvation?
By the Law of God, the Spirit brings people to repentance, and by the Gospel (that is, the Means of Grace) He brings them to faith in Christ. We call this conversion or regeneration (new birth).
Psalm 51:13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
John 3:5-6 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 15:26 But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness about Me.
Acts 26:17-18 [Jesus said,] "I am sending you [Paul] to open their eyes, so that thery may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Me."
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