The Regenerate - Converted Defined

Having obtained the inheritance of eternal life at regeneration (Ephesians 1:11), the converted take current possession (Matthew 19:16, John 3:15) of eternal life, by way of the earnest (Ephesians 1:14).

The converted receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38), the Comforter (John 14:16, John 14:26), the earnest of thier inheritance (Ephesians 1:14). And are partakers of the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5, Revelation 20:6).

They have escaped the condemnation of the carnal man (John 3:18), and have chosen to walk after the Spirit (Romans 8:1), rather than fulfill the desires of the flesh (Ephesians 2:3). They have chosen to mind the things of the Spirit, rather than the desires of the flesh (Romans 8:5). Rather than remaining in the 2nd Death, they have been resurrected to life (Romans 6:4) through the Spirit (Romans 8:13).

Having been born of water, they have now also been born of the Spirit (John 3:5). Or, as John puts it in his first epistle, born of God (1 John 5:4, 1 John 5:18). This new birth of the Spirit is the indwelling of Christ within (John 14:17, John 14:20, John 14:23). The person has freely chosen to love the Lord, and to obey His commandments (John 14:21). By doing so, he has become a new creature (2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 6:15). He has put away his former life of unrighteousness, for which the wages were death (Romans 6:23), and has yielded himself a servant of righteousness (Romans 6:16) unto obedeince unto God.

Having converted, being quickened by the Spirit (John 5:21, John 6:63, Romans 8:11, Ephesians 2:1), to walk after the Spirit, the person has ceased from sin (1 John 3:9, 1 John 5;18), and has found the victory to overcome the world (1 John 5:4).