Faith precedes regeneration, and from experience also because I had to hear the Gospel first and foremost and then the Lord by His Spirit convicted me of sin causing me to see my sin the way he saw it which empowered and enabled me to repent and believe. Which led me to be born again or regenerated and we know that the Holy Spirit was sent to convict the whole world of sin and not just some John 16:8-9 which I believe has to work alongside the Body of Christ and the Great Commission, Romans 10 is also very important in all of this. And I think it's very important also to note that I had a praying mother that had prayed for me for 16 years prior to me being born again. She just went home to be with the Lord and her husband and her children at the age of 96 last year. After Jesus she's the love of my life.