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NASB | Ephesians 4:23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 4:23 and be continually renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh, untarnished mental and spiritual attitude], |
Subject: A fresh mental and spiritual attitude? |
Bible Note: Hi Kalos, Amen to your post and quote of The Baptist Faith and Message. I worked for a Baptist Chaplain in the Army for 17 months, almost married a Baptist girl, and have attended Baptist churches often and enjoy the people. I would like to talk about two of the sentences in the expression of the faith. 1) "He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption." Ephesians 4:30 which shows that this Person can grieve. "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." My view of Ephesians 1:13 is that we are sealed in Him with the holy spirit of promise. Verse 7, "In all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of His will..." Verse 11, NKJ, "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance...Verse 13, In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed [in Him, or being sealed in Him], you were sealed with the *holy *spirit of promise, "who [NU text reads which] is given as a pledge of your inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory." So I would say that God seals us with the holy spirit of promise. The holy spirit is the down payment or pledge of our inheritance in Him. Ephesians 1:11, NKJ, "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will." 2) "His presence in the Christian is the guarantee..." What I would point out is that the expression of faith does not say "His Presence in the Christian is the guarantee" but rather His presence. So I agree that His presence or holy spirit or pledge or down payment is the guarantee. And the guarantee does not mean that we will be full of Christ but that we are brought into the fullness of the stature of Christ. I have chemo therapy tomorrow so I must go to bed. Thank you for your ongoing contributions to the discussion. From the heart, Ray |