Jerry Bridges, The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges, 2002, p. 133.
We do not have the ability to enter the kingdom unless the Spirit of God gives us life through the new birth. We are born again, then, by a sovereign, monergistic (that is, the Spirit working alone) act of the Holy Spirit. Then, as a result of that new birth, we exercise the faith given to us, and enter the kingdom of God.
Jerry Bridges, The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges, 2002, p. 133.