"Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness." (Romans 6: 16-18 KJV)
Where is regeneration before faith in these words? Where is faith after regeneration? Is it not put before it here? Were they first freed from sin and then yielded themselves to a new master? Were they freed from sin BEFORE they "obeyed" the gospel? Or were they freed from sin after faith? Were they "righteous" or "justified" before or after this "yielding"?
What does it mean to "yield" and to "obey" if it does not mean to believe and turn (repent)?
What kind of "regeneration" is it that does not "free" a man from sin?
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