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NASB | Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us]. [Rom 1:20] |
Subject: Created "in " Christ Jesus |
Bible Note: Post 2 of 3. Regarding number 4 in post 1 of 3. Scripture teaches salvation comes by the Spirit but it also teaches salvation comes by the Word. Compare John 3:8 [“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit”] with I Peter 1:22-23 [“Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit … having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.”] Rom 1:16: “for it [the gospel – (the word)] is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.” More on how the HS regenerates us – directly, or through medium (the water and the word). John 3:5, “…unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” Again, John 3:8, “…So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” James 1:18, “Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth…” Rom 1:16: “for it [the gospel – (the word)] is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.” Titus 3:5, “…He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit…” Eph 5:26, “…that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word.” 1 Cor 3:16-17, Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. 1 Cor 6:19, Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? Again, from I Peter 1, “… having been born again…through the word of God” Col 3:16, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” Psalms119:11, “Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.” 1 Thes 5:19, Quench not the Spirit. 1 John 5:8, And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one. 1 Peter 3:21, “…baptism doth also now save us…” My conclusion from studying these verses and more is that the Spirit dwells in a Christian to the extent that he lets the word of God dwell in him. There is power in the Word. “…and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) For your consideration, I offer this quote: “There are two schools of thought: there are those who are of the persuasion that man is born again or begotten by the word of God, then there are those that are born again or begotten by the Spirit. I know of no way of harmonizing the two views but by attributing regeneration to the agency of the Spirit and the instrumentality of the truth.” (J. M. Pendleton, “Christian Doctrine.” Also the author of a Baptist Manual used by Baptist Churches.) |