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.