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Why Is a New Birth Necessary?

Anessa Westbrook

By Anessa Westbrook | Bio

Anessa Westbrook (DMin) is Associate Professor of Bible and Ministry at Harding University. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in Church Growth and a Master of Divinity from Harding School of Theology. Her doctoral research at Fuller Theological Seminary focused on the spiritual development of women.

New Birth and the Restoration of Our Relationship With God

  • New Birth is necessary because sin disrupted humanity’s relationship with God, beginning with Adam and Eve’s choice to do life their own way.
  • God provided a rescue plan through Jesus as the ultimate sacrifice, since no one is without sin and intervention is required.
  • Through baptism and the Holy Spirit, believers receive God’s gift of guidance, power to resist sin, and growth in a restored relationship with Him.

This is question #1 in Anessa Westbrook and Michael Strickland’s New Birth: Conversion and Baptism.

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