Regeneration is the center of the experience of salvation, because God’s central purpose in saving us is that we may have His life. It is for this that He has forgiven our sins and cleansed us; it is for this that He has sanctified and justified us; it is for this that He has set us free. He has accomplished all these things for one purpose — to regenerate us. Regeneration, therefore, is the central part of God’s salvation.
