CHAPTER TWO

REGENERATION AND SHEPHERDING

Scripture Reading: John 3:6b; 1 Pet. 1:23; John 3:15, 36; Titus 3:5; 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; 1 Pet. 2:2; John 21:15-17; Eph. 4:12; 1 Pet. 5:1, 4; John 14:6; 10:9-11, 14-16; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4; Heb. 13:20; Rev. 7:16-17

OUTLINE

1. In the propagation and nourishment of the divine life.
2. Regeneration:
   1. Regeneration being the center of God’s entire salvation and the commencement of God’s salvation in its organic aspect:
      1. It being to regenerate and re-create the believers in their spirit through the Spirit of God-John 3:6b.
      2. Through God’s word of life-1 Pet. 1:23.
      3. For the believers to have the spiritual life of God in addition to their natural life-John 3:15.
      4. The spiritual life of God being divine and eternal-John 3:36.
      5. This divine life being the basis and means of the believers’ spiritual life and living.
   2. Such a regeneration being a washing in God’s salvation (Titus 3:5), and this washing being a great renewing of the believers by God’s salvation to enable them to get rid of all that is of their natural life and the old creation and become God’s new creation (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15).
3. Shepherding:
   1. The second step of the Triune God’s organic salvation.
   2. Shepherding including feeding-1 Pet. 2:2; John 21:15-17; Eph. 4:11; 1 Pet. 5:1-4.
   3. The Lord being the life and the good Shepherd-John 14:6; 10:9-11, 14-16.
   4. The Lord being the Chief Shepherd and the great Shepherd-1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4; Heb. 13:20; Rev. 7:16-17.