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1 | Why did Jesus need to leave first? | John 16:7 | MJH | 215783 | ||
Why did Jesus need to depart before the Spirit could come? | ||||||
2 | Why did Jesus need to leave first? | John 16:7 | DocTrinsograce | 215784 | ||
Hi, MJH... The work of the Son accomplished on the cross is an essential component of God's eternal purpose. Double imputation -- as a completed work -- paves the way for establishment of the church -- the Body of Christ. I've often thought how odd it is when people say, "Oh, if only I could have sat at Jesus' feet! The disciples didn't know how good they had it!" Such an attitude reveals a substantial misunderstanding of what was accomplished on the cross. A believer today -- through the second Comforter -- enjoys an intimacy with Christ that the disciples never experienced while our Lord walked upon the earth. The blessings of the ordo salutis, as revealed in Scripture, are necessarily and logically connected. These doctrines are foundational. In Him, Doc |
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3 | Why did Jesus need to leave first? | John 16:7 | stjohn | 215786 | ||
Amen, Doc, the order of salvation is spelled out pretty well in Romans 8:29-30 "For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified."-- To bad so many refute these things and insist on having a hand in their own redemption, regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification, by ignoring the biblical truth of predestination. Soli Deo Gloria! John |
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