Sensitivity to the gospel is the fruit of regeneration.

The new birth, contrary to what is commonly taught, thing done not merely for but in man, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Some believe that the subject is active in the new birth, and the Spirit employs the Word as God's means of accomplishing regeneration. But the subject, according to Scripture, is spiritually dead, blind, deaf, and dumb. Thus, the sinner is passive, spiritually speaking; but he is actively engaged in sinful acts. If he cannot cease from sin (II Pet 2:14), then he is filled with all unrighteous&shyness. He not only commits things worthy of death, but has pleasure in those who perform such evil deeds (Rom 1:29-32). The Holy Spirit, therefore, must quicken the passive spirit of the sinner making him sensitive to the call of the gospel. Sensitivity to the gospel is the fruit of regeneration. Scriptures classify this as conversion. Conversion will be the subject of study in John 3:14-16. Since the Bible is an orderly Book, we must consider things in their > proper order.

W. E. Best