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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ [that is, grafted in, joined to Him by faith in Him as Savior], he is a new creature [reborn and renewed by the Holy Spirit]; the old things [the previous moral and spiritual condition] have passed away. Behold, new things have come [because spiritual awakening brings a new life]. |
Subject: Isn't it a relay race? |
Bible Note: Dear John: I hope you won’t be disappointed. I hope too, to give you something to rejoice in, and nothing with which to disagree. When will we know everything about God? I know nothing about that, but thank God, I already know him. I suppose I will know him better tomorrow. We have such wonderful things to look forward to, today and in the hereafter. Tell me what you think. Won't it be fun if the Lord would set us up as teachers, to explain some things to the angels and prophets? Take our salvation, for example. The prophets carefully researched and investigated this salvation. When long ago they spoke about God's kindness that would come to us, they did not understand it. They tried to find out what time or situation the Spirit of Christ kept referring to whenever he predicted Christ's sufferings and the glory that would follow, but it was a mystery. God told them that the things they had spoken were not for their own benefit but for ours. But listen: What the prophets had spoken, the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven, has now made known to us, has now made known to us, has now made known to us! Eye had not seen, nor ear heard, nor had it entered into the heart of man, they things which God had prepared for those who would love him. But God has revealed them unto us, has revealed them unto us, has revealed them unto us, by his Spirit. These things, the things that we now know, the angels desire to look into. They come into our assemblies. They look at us. They are still trying to understand. I wonder if they will ever fully understand, even in glory. Some things, I think, cannot be understood except by experience. I think that When I sing redemption’s story They will fold their wings For angels never felt the joy That our salvation brings. They know, I think, that he is holy. I wonder if they understand that God is love. We may have to tell them a few things about him, whom, having not seen, we loved; in whom, though on earth most of us never saw him with our natural eyes, yet believing, we rejoiced with joy unspeakable and full of glory. |