The
necessity of regeneration arises from the fact that man by the fall has become
dead in sin. Spiritual life is extinct, and, therefore, if any are saved, they
must be regenerated. Life cannot spring from death. Life is a gift of God in all
cases. He breathed into man, when his body was formed out of the clay, the
breath of life. It would be as reasonable to believe that the organized body
could inspire itself with life, as that the dead soul can perform acts of
spiritual life. - Archibald Alexander
The
necessity of regeneration arises from the fact that man by the fall has become
dead in sin. Spiritual life is extinct, and, therefore, if any are saved, they
must be regenerated. Life cannot spring from death. Life is a gift of God in all
cases. He breathed into man, when his body was formed out of the clay, the
breath of life. It would be as reasonable to believe that the organized body
could inspire itself with life, as that the dead soul can perform acts of
spiritual life. - Archibald Alexander