Eventually. I'm hoping you will consider it and tell me what you think.
Well this is what Jonathan Edwards said:
The surest signs of true regeneration [are] when we love those attributes of God that are most reprehensible to the natural man".
On the surface this appears to be sound, but let's analyze it? What is most reprehensible to the natural man? God's holiness, righteousness, justice, and hatred and wrath against sin. So what Edwards is saying that if we love these attributes that is the surest sign of having been born again or regenerated. But is that what the Bible actually teaches?
The first epistle of John is probably one of the best writings to give us the SUREST signs of regeneration, and they are not really corresponding to Edwards criteria. So here is a list from this epistle:
1.
Walking in the light ( 1 Jn 1:7) -- meaning walking in the Spirit and according to the Light of the written Word
2.
Refusing to say that we have no sin (1 Jn: 1:8-10) -- examining ourselves daily, confessing daily, repenting daily
3.
Obeying Christ's commandments (1 Jn 2:3-6) -- walking as Christ walked
These are just a few of the surest signs of regeneration. But each one reading this thread should go through the entire epistle and discover that there are at least another dozen signs which the Holy Spirit has revealed through John. Which means that Jonathan Edwards aphorism should be set aside for actual Scripture.