Join us in memorizing the below 12 scripture passages in 2025.
All passages listed are ESV, but you can memorize them from the translation you are most comfortable with.
Theme
The Holy Spirit regenerates every one of God's chosen people, enabling them to believe. The Holy Spirit graciously regenerates every one of God's chosen people, creating within them a new heart and enabling them to freely and willingly believe in Christ as Savior and Lord. The New Birth precedes and makes possible Saving Faith. Life gives Faith.
Every one whom the Father has chosen and for whom Christ died, will certainly experience the application of that salvation by the Holy Spirit.
(see also: John 6:44, John 10:16, Romans 8:28-30, Romans 8:32, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, Ephesians 1:3-4, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:13-14, & 1 Peter 1:2)
January 2025 – John 6:37
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
February 2025 – 1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual Regeneration is an inward change in man performed solely by the Holy Spirit and is not dependent upon man's help or cooperation.
A New Birth
(see also: Romans 9:16, John 3:3-8, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:23, 1 John 5:4, & Titus 3:5)
March 2025 – John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
April 2025 – John 1:13
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
A New Heart
(see also: Deuteronomy 30:6)
May 2025 – Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
June 2025 – Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
A New Creation
(see also: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18, & Ephesians 2:10)
July 2025 – Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
A Resurrection
(see also: John 11:14-15, John 11:25, John 11:38-44, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:5, & Colossians 2:13)
August 2025 – John 5:21
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
A Gift
(see also: John 17:2, & 1 Corinthians 4:7)
September 2025 – Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
October 2025 – Ephesians 2:9
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Repentance and Faith are divine gifts which are the result, not the cause, of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
(see also: Acts 13:48, Acts 16:14, Acts 18:27, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 1:29, 2 Timothy 2:25-26)
November 2025 – Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
December 2025 – Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689, Chapter X: Of Effectual Calling
1. Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, he is pleased in his appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God; taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ; yet so as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.
2. This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man, nor from any power or agency in the creature, being wholly passive therein, being dead in sins and trespasses, until being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit; he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it, and that by no less power than that which raised up Christ from the dead.
Keach's Catechism Question 35
What is effectual calling? Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, He does persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the Gospel.
All passages listed are ESV, but you can memorize them from the translation you are most comfortable with.
Theme
The Holy Spirit regenerates every one of God's chosen people, enabling them to believe. The Holy Spirit graciously regenerates every one of God's chosen people, creating within them a new heart and enabling them to freely and willingly believe in Christ as Savior and Lord. The New Birth precedes and makes possible Saving Faith. Life gives Faith.
Every one whom the Father has chosen and for whom Christ died, will certainly experience the application of that salvation by the Holy Spirit.
(see also: John 6:44, John 10:16, Romans 8:28-30, Romans 8:32, 1 Corinthians 6:11, 2 Corinthians 3:6, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, Ephesians 1:3-4, Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 1:13-14, & 1 Peter 1:2)
January 2025 – John 6:37
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
February 2025 – 1 Corinthians 12:3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
Spiritual Regeneration is an inward change in man performed solely by the Holy Spirit and is not dependent upon man's help or cooperation.
A New Birth
(see also: Romans 9:16, John 3:3-8, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:23, 1 John 5:4, & Titus 3:5)
March 2025 – John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
April 2025 – John 1:13
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
A New Heart
(see also: Deuteronomy 30:6)
May 2025 – Ezekiel 36:26
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
June 2025 – Ezekiel 36:27
And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
A New Creation
(see also: 2 Corinthians 5:17-18, & Ephesians 2:10)
July 2025 – Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
A Resurrection
(see also: John 11:14-15, John 11:25, John 11:38-44, Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:5, & Colossians 2:13)
August 2025 – John 5:21
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
A Gift
(see also: John 17:2, & 1 Corinthians 4:7)
September 2025 – Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
October 2025 – Ephesians 2:9
not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Repentance and Faith are divine gifts which are the result, not the cause, of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
(see also: Acts 13:48, Acts 16:14, Acts 18:27, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 1:29, 2 Timothy 2:25-26)
November 2025 – Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
December 2025 – Acts 11:18
When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689, Chapter X: Of Effectual Calling
1. Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, he is pleased in his appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God; taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ; yet so as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.
2. This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man, nor from any power or agency in the creature, being wholly passive therein, being dead in sins and trespasses, until being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit; he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it, and that by no less power than that which raised up Christ from the dead.
Keach's Catechism Question 35
What is effectual calling? Effectual calling is the work of God's Spirit, whereby, convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, He does persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the Gospel.