No, it's not, and I explained to you why earlier. Look, I have an atheist sitting right next to me. He just said. "Jesus is Lord." He's still an atheist. Compare that to James 2:19.
If you think that you fully understand 1 Cor 12:3, then try answering this question that Howie has yet to respond to:
First if all, I never said 1 Cor 12:3 is regeneration. That's a straw man.
Oh, I should answer your question? Or should I dodge and evade for days??
I did not think so
So then why does your title claim that Regeneration must precede faith and for support you submitted a verse that has nothing with regeneration?
Because the dead are hostile to God and cannot please God (Rom 8:6-8); therefore, they will not, nay, they CANNOT say, "Jesus is Lord."
First of all, Paul includes himself in Rom 8:6 by declaring he is carnal (Rom 7:14). And Paul has recorded many times in scripture that Jesus is Lord. So your idea that Rom 8:6-8 supports your regeneration before faith theory crashes and burns.
Right; regeneration not required. Yet OP states:
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You know I disagree, but Ok.
Yes, as a believer, and as an apostle writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit -- your point?
How?
But I have used the verse, so your statement is obviously false.
No Spirit, no ability to believe the Gospel (1 Cor 12:3), still stands unrefuted -- face it, you're attempting to refute Scripture. ?
Is the person "speaking by the Spirit" and who says "that Jesus is Lord" regenerated?
Yes.
Prophesy / Word of Knowledge. You are aware that the "Gifts" were active in the OLD TESTAMENT also, aren't you???
Not necessarily. Folks manifested the GIFTS regularly in the Old Testament, back when being indwelled by the Holy SPirit was impossible.
To call Jesus Lord; as in:
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Ok ... whst's next, according to you?
Um...wha? Oh. I get it. I understand the verse in the fuller context of scripture, and you deny it's meaning to the fuller context of scripture. Got it. It seems the op assumed everyone understood.