The perfect righteousness of Christ and His atoning death are the ____ for the new birth.

• A. Provisions
• B. Prerequisites
• C. Foundations
• D. Grounds

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that the new birth is brought about by what God provides in Christ. The perfect righteousness of Christ and His atoning death supply the resources God uses to effect regeneration in a sinner. They serve as the means by which the Spirit applies grace to the individual, making new life possible. In this view, regeneration isn’t earned by human effort or conditions met by the person; it’s enacted by God through what He has provided in Christ.

If we used terms like prerequisites, it would imply the believer must do something first to qualify for the new birth, which shifts the focus to human effort rather than grace. Foundations or grounds would emphasize a starting point or basis for justification rather than the resources supplied for new life; provisions, by contrast, highlights the actual means God furnishes to bring about the birth.