God requires a contrite heart for someone to be born again.
The definition of contrite, as in a contrite heart God will not despise.
Hebrew meaning is "to be crushed", in other words, we are so devastated by our sin we are crushed if we are contrite.
If someone was not contrite, realizing their sinfulness and confessing it then they have never been born again.
How could anyone remain prideful and superior if they had been "crushed by their own sin" to trust in Christ?
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