 The gospel maintains that through this belief, the barrier that sin has created between man and God is destroyed, thereby allowing God to [[Regeneration (theology)|regenerate]] (change) the believer and instill in them a new heart after God's own will with the ability to live righteously before him.This is what the terms "[[Born again]]" or "saved" almost always refer to.In the "[[Westminster Shorter Catechism]]", the first question is