God seems to do this for two reasons: a) because being begotten spirtually by the Holy Spirit after baptism in water is like being resurrected already. '- Youngs Literal Bible. For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. Romans 4:17 KJV: (As it is written, I have made thee a F Can you see now the subtle difference, and why it is important to recognize when God is using present tense to referring to events that are not yet, as though they were already. Bible Verses About Heaven. My Comment: Even BEFORE these people received the Holy Spirit, because they believed, Christ spoke about them as WHITE ALREADY. Hence, the future tense principle is employed by God once again. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Copyright 2023 ReformedWiki. Weve spent our lives telling it like it is. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. Either construction makes good sense; but it seems to me that what is found in our common version is the most simple and natural. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 3But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. A deeper awareness of this principle also caused me alter slightly all my articles on this web site about the subject of justification, because I now know, for example, that when God inspired Paul to write: But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, in Romans 8:9-10, God was NOT speaking figuratively or using death as an analogy to describe justification, as I had supposed. April 2016 C Genesis 1:1-3 (KJV) 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
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