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NASB | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; each came with his household: |
Subject: Are Positional and Practical truths true |
Bible Note: Dear Joe (not Steve, my apologies), In Philippians 3, look at what Paul is talking about. Consider context. Look at verse 11 - "In order that I may attain to the resurrection of the dead. Not that I have already obtained it..." Joe, is he not talking about the completed creation? When we stand before God redeemed not only in spirit, but in soul and body also? He is talking about PHYSICAL bodily resurrection in verse 11, is he not? How could you miss this? As I understand it, this perfect can be translated 'complete.' We will not be 'complete' until we have our new resurrected bodies. But our spirit is our identity. And our spirits have been joined to Christ's Spirit, haven't they? As to righteousness, Rom 5:16 says that it is a gift that must be received. How can you earn a gift? 2 Cor 5:21 - When was Christ made sin? When we made righteous (it says made, not declared, brother)? Eph 4:24 - Put on the new self, which in the likeness of God HAS BEEN (past tense) created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Phil 3:19 - the righteousness which comes from God (not ourselves and our efforts) on the basis of faith (not good works or Law-keeping). You said, "Therefore, in one sense Christ's righteousness has been imputed to our account and we have been declared righteous (rather than the "infused" righteousness of Roman Catholicism), but another sense in which that spiritual reality is to be lived out in our day-to-day existence, with a goal in mind and by the power of the Holy Spirit." Bingo! You do understand! So it is, as you say, a spiritual reality. Right! Because it is a reality, we live it out! I have never said, "Let go and let God." What I would say is, walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. My "resting in Christ," which you seem to loathe is far from an inactive, stagnant, lethargic,'robotic'attitude which you seem to think it is. I agree, our wills ARE definitely involved with our outward conforming to Christ's image. But, it is a attitude that says, as Christ did, "God, I trust that YOU and YOU ALONE will be my source for everything I do. And that I will do it only because YOU are doing it through me." This was Christ's attitude. He said that He said nothing and did nothing unless the Father told Him to say or do it. He relied COMPLETELY upon the Father as His source for everything. Let me ask you, Joe, was Christ a 'robot?' Did He 'turn everything off?' No, of course not. He trusted God the Father to operate through Him every moment of His life, even when, in the garden, His human will wanted the cup to pass from Him. This is my goal, brother. Not to keep the Law of Moses, but, rather, the law of Christ. I want to say, as Paul did, "I, Bill Mc, no longer live, but Christ (not the Law) lives in me. And the life I live in my body, I live BY FAITH (not rules) in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. It is anything but 'turning everything off.' It is almost scary to trust God that way. I lived out of my flesh (self-sufficiency) for so many years. My life is now hidden IN Christ. And, trust me, Joe, it is anything but inactive. In Christ, Bill Mc |