God's used Paul as the instrument to lead Philemon to salvation thereby Philemon owned Paul a greater debt . The imputation of our sins to Jesus , and His righteousness imputed to us is the means of making the Gospel personal to us . Man was created to have fellowship , as a child, with his Father God . God created man for that reason. Man can then enjoy God's love , mercy , and grace in an everlasting relationship with his heavenly Father.
Man can think and reason.
He has self awareness to fellowship with God in a spiritual life given him from above by the righteousness of God imputed by Jesus life and ministry . The calling which God puts in the sinners heart by faith. An example of God's regenerating influence is shown by two students in a physic course. After the class, the first student tells the professor he accepts everything taught. This student, in his religious equivalence , would tell people what he memorized about Jesus .