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| NASB | Acts 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. |
| AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 12:1 Now at that time Herod [Agrippa I] the king [of the Jews] arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to harm them. |
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| Subject: The Church Visible and Invisible |
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Bible Note: Dear Ed, Nothing that is spiritual is visible; so your terminology of physical/spiritual is perfectly coincident with Reformed theology. The world is utterly dull to any spiritual things (1 Corinthians 2:14); nonetheless, they appear to me to have a hypersensitivity to sin! I think they gain that ability from the spirit of the age. When we hear them put their finger on hypocrisy (as you used for an example), then we can be sure that it may very well be something for which we ought to be concerned. We shall always have the trares and the goats in our midst until the perousia of Christ. Thus our efforts individually, congregationally, and liturgically -- by the laity as well as the clergy -- is to make the physical church look as much as possible as the spiritual church. The promise that we will one day be like Him is an awesome promise of the final cleansing of the church. Yes, the spiritual church is pure... again, we have the many promises that we will be like Him (1 John 3:2). When we die, our sanctification will sky rocket, such that we will be purified by the consummation of redemption! For the Reformed, we rejoice that God always fulfills His promises. We even speak of hope as "a confident expectation" not a wistful wish. So I agree entirely... let us persevere in walking in those things that God has accomplished. What a joy that we can do so, for He has already done it. Consequently, we ought to make every effort to walk in Him! "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." (John 14:21) Thank you for sharing concerning the doctrine that you hold. It is informative and helpful. In Him, Doc |
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