____ is the implantation of the seed of life in the believer.

• A. Adoption
• B. Sanctification
• C. Regeneration
• D. Redemption

Answer: (C)

Regeneration is the implantation of the seed of life in the believer—the moment of spiritual birth when the Holy Spirit creates new life within a person dead in sin. This act begins the believer’s life in God, making faith and repentance possible and bringing a new nature that seeks after God. Adoption, by contrast, is God’s act of bringing the regenerated person into His family and rights as a child; sanctification describes the ongoing process of growth in holiness after regeneration; redemption refers to the payment and deliverance Christ secured to free us from sin. Regeneration stands as the initiating act that introduces divine life where there was none.