Shai Linne, Alistair Begg - Regeneration lyrics

Let’s start with a microphone check 1
2 first water to the dry and weary
Soul of the true church
The kind of things that few search
They say that the truth hurts
Well this pain is gain so
Let’s explain the new birth
But first things first
Can’t neglect this at the start
I must preface my remarks with
The deadness of the heart
From original sin, the effects of the fall
The sin of our first parents
Brought death to us all
Since Adam was our federal head
What he did counted for us
In him we’re all rebels and dead
Captured in the mind, disaster
Sin and crimes
In a dark state- Alaska in the winter time
Sour in our frames, left to ourselves we’d be
Devoured in the flames because
We’re powerless to change
If you feel that weight
I pray you respond happily
As you see what Jesus had to
Say in John chapter 3

If you peep this
You’ll see that verse one is my thesis
It’s the deepest truth that
Should get you speechless
What Scripture teaches will fill
In the missing pieces
Picture Jesus meeting up with Nicodemus
Perhaps it was fright about the
Other Pharisees wicked spite
Against Christ that turned this
Into "Nick at Nite"
He called Him "Rabbi" and gave Him props
Said He was a teacher from God
Jesus’ reply made Him stop
Regarding the Kingdom of God
No one’s going in in fact you can’t even see
It unless you’re born again
That must have consumed and
Stretched his mind because he said
"Can a man enter His mother’s
Womb a second time?"
Naturalistically- the only way for
Him to hear it jesus said
"You must be born of the
Water and the Spirit"
No other way to enter heaven
That sounds like Ezekiel 36: 25-27
In this new birth
The Spirit is the source and the agent
The water symbolizes spiritual purification
Flesh can only produce flesh-
That’s true and factual
Regenerating work of the
Spirit is supernatural
It’s kind of like the wind which
Is free east to west
Can’t perceive the steps
You can only see it's effects in
In the same way the Holy
Spirit chooses whom He please, s
To sovereignly open their eyes to
The truth of Jesus

If it wasn’t for the
Spirit’s mysterious operation
We would all be under serious condemnation
I’d still be rejecting His Son
If God hadn’t said "Let there
Be light" like Genesis 1
And just like the light could
Not refuse to shine
Irresistible grace renewed my mind
Let’s exalt the King who died
And truly is risen the new birth is not the
Effect of human decision
But the cause- it changes
Our natural habitation
And situation, it’s a radical transformation
I was cursed and polluted so
My dirt was inexcusable
With new internal pupils His
Person is beautiful
His worth is indisputable- the
Lamb is amazing a standing ovation for His
Work in the crucible
So let us respond with true worship and love
To the God who has given
New birth from above!