"The New Birth" - John 3:1-13
Canons of Dordt III/IV:12: "And this is the regeneration so highly celebrated in Scripture, and denominated a new creation: a resurrection from the dead, a making alive, which God works in us without our aid. But this is in no wise effected merely by the external preaching of the gospel, by moral suasion, or such a mode of operation, that after God has performed his part, it still remains in the power of man to be regenerated or not, to be converted, or to continue unconverted; but it is evidently a supernatural work, most powerful, and at the same time most delightful, astonishing, mysterious, and ineffable; not inferior in efficacy to creation, or the resurrection from the dead ..."
(1) The Necessity of the New Birth - John 3:1-3
(2) The Agent of the New Birth - John 3:4-7
(3) The Sovereignty of the New Birth - John 3:8
(4) The Revelation of the New Birth - John 3:9-13
The sermons include a critique of the teachings of Billy Graham, John Wesley, and modern evangelicalism regarding the new birth.