Who Needs a New Birth?
By Editor
"RELIGIONS," says the Christian Register, "as well as individuals, need a new birth; and Christianity needs, and, we hope, is experiencing, a new birth in this age, a renewal of its spiritual life and ethical power." The individual needs a new birth, indeed "must be born again," because in his natural state he is totally unfitted for the service of God and for the society of holy beings. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit," said the Saviour, and the apostle assures us that "the carnal [fleshly] mind is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be," hence the necessity of being born again, born of the Spirit. But why must Christianity be born again? What change is demanded in Christianity to bring it into harmony with God? Can the Register suggest any improvement in the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ? Is it not true that Christianity is as perfect now as it ever was, and that it is professed Christians who need a new birth?