Is Being Born From Above A Process?

[SeventhDay]

Is being born again a process beginning from being quickened out of death?

Are we completely born from above at the moment of conversion or is there a spiritual work that must take place for the full born again experiece?

Please share your understanding and provide scriptural support.

 

[Binyawmene]

Are we completely born from above at the moment of conversion

No. Regeneration, then faith.

or is there a spiritual work that must take place for the full born-again experience?

No process. Being born again is monergistic in nature.

John 3:8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.​

Born again is the work of God Alone

1. God's will made us born again: (James 1:18)
2. God given it to us: (1 Peter 1:3)
3. Not a perishable seed (1 Peter 1:23, John 6:63)
4. Not a written letter (Romans 2:28, 7:6, 2 Corinthians 3:6-8)
5. Not a second physical birth (John 3:3-6)
6. You don't inherit it, not your own will, or another man's will (John 1:13)
7. Not by our own righteousness (Titus 3:5)
8. Not performed by human hands (Colossians 2:11)​

Results of one who is born again (or born of God)

1. believes in Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, and he is LORD (1 John 5:1)
2. showing righteousness (1 John 2:29)
3. showing love (1 John 4:7)
4. not repeating sins (1 John 3:9, 5:18)
5. overcoming the world through faith (1 John 5:4)​