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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:21 He made Christ who knew no sin to [judicially] be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we would become the righteousness of God [that is, we would be made acceptable to Him and placed in a right relationship with Him by His gracious lovingkindness]. |
Subject: Righteousness of God? |
Bible Note: "After reading your profile I'd like to know your position on Truth. You wrote that the Holy Spirit reveals truth. Is God's Word transcendent or is Truth being continually revealed?" Hi, mommapbs! From what the Bible teaches,it is both: Jesus Christ spoke about building his Church in Matthew 16:12-20--there was no rule/organizational book dictated; the disciples were working on the notion of the Chruch--some of them, as Peter, thirsty for more, but astute or scared enough not to demand to know more than what was given them. Jesus spoke of the Paraclete, One who would come in His name and reveal the complete Truth: I still have many things to say to you but they would be too much for you to bear now. However, when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth, since he will not be speaking of his own accord, but will say only what he has been told; and he will reveal to you the things to come. (John 16:12-15) What I also find interesting is that Jesus promises not to leave us orphans; that He and the Father will dwell in us; that the Holy Spirit will also dwell in us! (John 14:17-23) During the special gathering at Pentecost the Holy Spirit came upon the Twelve (Acts 2:1-12) and there was a significant change in the Apostles' understanding and devotion (Acts 3:1 through 4:31)... The Church continued gathering disciples and growing in power and knowledge. There were still missing bits and pieces (Paul, the Name...); so it came to be that Christ brought Paul into the fold (Acts 9:1 - 31). And those who preached the Name did not become known as Christians till Barnabas' and Saul's (Paul) stay at Antioch: Acts 11:26. We can see a succession of the Truth being revealed according to God's Plan! In Genesis 3:15 we see the battle unfolded but we have very little information; this battle is described in more details in Apocalypse (Revelation) 12. The Truth, though existing completely in God and in His Divine Plan, is revealed to us by degrees, all according to God's Will! Just look at Matthew 24:1-2, 3-14, 15-28, 29-31, 32-35, 36-44, 45-51; and 25:31-46... though all of these passages speak of the end of times, there are intermingling of accounts; temporal and spiritual succession of things; revelations of things to come directly sorrounding Jesus' contemporaries (as the desctruction of the Temple the establishing of Christ's Chruch) and of both persecution of Christians and the end of times and the final Judgment. But not all was crystal clear! Paul refers to the Coming of our Lord as eminent and within their lifetime (1 Thessalonians 4:13-17)... Some time later they begin to realize that though our Lord's Coming is eminent, it is not necessarily happening within their lifetime: 2 Peter 3:3-18. This is an excellent demonstration of the imperative Truth existing in a set time frame which is not revealed to the Apostles--partial revelation is given to Peter by the Holy Spirit to quench the usurpers' assail on the Church. Partial revelation is given to John (Apocalypse 1:10 and 4:2) about the completeness of time; but he is not made aware of what truly is transpiring (has he been transported to the various time frames or is he seeing a revelation of things to come). Though set at the beginning of Creation, John, is not given a schedule to give to manking so that we may know everything about the things to come! mommapbs, I hope this clarifies my statement and satisfies your query. God Bless! Angel |