Regeneration is key to salvation, and we must ensure we're truly born again. Many believe they are who aren't. Just calling oneself a Christian doesn't make it so. Simply being born in a Christian country or claiming the Christian faith is meaningless without being born again. This spiritual rebirth is mysterious, beyond human words: 'The wind blows where it pleases. You hear its sound but cannot tell where it comes from or where it's going.' The same is true for everyone born of the Spirit. This change is real, shown by holy actions and felt in a deep personal experience. This great work is not something we do for ourselves. God infuses a new principle in our hearts, renewing our souls and transforming us completely. It's not about changing our name but renewing our nature. We become new people in Christ Jesus.

Washing and dressing a dead body isn't the same as making it alive. Human effort can achieve the first; only God can do the latter. If you're born again, you'll say, 'Lord Jesus, everlasting Father, You're my spiritual Parent. Without Your Spirit breathing holy life into me, I'd still be dead in sin. My heavenly life comes from You. I owe it all to You. My life is hidden with Christ in God. It's no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.' May the Lord reassure us on this crucial point. Being unregenerate means being unsaved, unforgiven, without God, and without hope.