New Life

Pastor Martin completes the survey of New Testament analogies for regeneration by examining two more dominant figures beyond the new birth: the new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:10, Galatians 6:15) and the new life or spiritual resurrection (Ephesians 2:5, Colossians 2:13). He then draws together the three analogies — new birth, new creation, and new life — and shows they teach three common denominators. First, the exclusiveness of the divine agency (no one cooperates in their own birth, creation, or resurrection from the dead). Second, the efficacy of the divine power (God has no stillborn children; new creation always results in transformation; resurrection imparts real life). Third, the graciousness of the divine motive (but God, rich in mercy, for the great love wherewith He loved us). He closes by directing awakened sinners to seek the Lord on the promises of Isaiah 55.