Results 1 - 2 of 2
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | Okay to question faith and the Bible? | 2 Tim 3:16 | parpar | 200330 | ||
Hi WOS. Can you tell me why the last word in verse 30, of Rom 8 is in the past tense? Thank you. parpar. |
||||||
2 | Okay to question faith and the Bible? | 2 Tim 3:16 | Wild Olive Shoot | 200339 | ||
I see Doc gave a more sound answer than I could have. I can add John Gill’s comment on that subject as well if it will lend any support. But really, Doc’s answer seemed to address your question rather well. “but eternal glory is here meant, which is what the apostle had been speaking of in the context; is what the elect are predestinated and called unto; and which their justification gives them a right and title to; and will consist in a likeness to Christ, in communion with him, in an everlasting vision of him, and in a freedom from all that is evil, and in an enjoyment of all that is good; and so the great end of predestinating grace will be answered in them mentioned in the foregoing verse: now this glorification may be said to be already done, with respect to that part of God's elect, who are in heaven, inheriting the promises; and is in some sense true also of that part of them which is on earth, who are called and justified; being made glorious within by the grace of Christ, and arrayed and adorned with the glorious robe of his righteousness; by the one they have a meetness, and by the other a right to eternal glory; of which this grace they have received is the beginning, pledge, and earnest: besides, they are already glorified in Christ, their head and representative, and in the view of God, and with respect to the certainty of it, it being prepared and made ready for them, is in the hands of Christ for them, and is insured to their faith and hope. It is an observation of a Jewish writer (n), "that a thing, "which is decreed to be", is spoken of in the past tense:'' this is the Scripture style concerning things decreed, and such is the glorification of all God's elect.” – John Gill Stand in His grace, WOS |
||||||