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NASB | Psalm 68:19 ¶ Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 68:19 ¶ Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden day by day, The God who is our salvation! Selah. |
Subject: Salvation: Instantaneous, progressive? |
Bible Note: Dear Nolan, Greetings to you in Jesus' name! I must disagree that salvation is only instantaneous, and always accompanied by a new nature and a new life. I have heard the evangelist's boast that those that 'came forward today are completely new people.' Yet I have witnessed that such is not always the case, i.e. some do NOT change into 'completely new people.' The only conclusion I can draw from this observation is that there was either 1)no faith in those that came forth to claim salvation, or 2) salvation is both instantaneous (certain aspects) AND progressive, and that certain aspects of salvation take longer for some to manifest themselves than others. Otherwise we run the risk of calling some 'unsaved' when God HAS justified them by faith, albeit not yet manifest to "us." All I can say is that it doesn't take very long serving in a 'less desirable environment for salvation' to see this. Is it not possible that God sees that which we cannot? I really do want to bring forth the 'practical aspect' of salvation to our forum. :-) Blessings, My friend, in Christ Jesus, charis |