Birth, Belief, Baptism

Summary

The sermon emphasizes the correct order of spiritual experience as birth, belief, and baptism, asserting that one must be born again before they can truly believe or be baptized. It highlights the total depravity of man, explaining that natural man is spiritually dead and incapable of believing without the new birth by the Spirit. The preacher explains that Christ died for all the sins of some people (the elect), and only those born of God can hear, understand, and believe the gospel. The sermon references biblical passages to support the doctrine of unconditional election, total depravity, and the necessity of the new birth for salvation.