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NASB | Philippians 3:9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Philippians 3:9 and may be found in Him [believing and relying on Him], not having any righteousness of my own derived from [my obedience to] the Law and its rituals, but [possessing] that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith. |
Subject: Is the sin nature substance or mind set? |
Bible Note: Dear Tim, I was hoping you might jump in at some point. I have read some of your old postings and it is evident you have insightful comments on many subjects. I just ordered 2 books by an author you suggested in one of your past posts on election, Robert Shank. I came out of atheism in 1988 into a Baptist church in which the pastor was a Calvinist. I received some of the same Calvinist arguments when I pointed out the Scriptures that say God is not partial and wants all to come to salvation. I enjoyed reading your insightful posts where you shared your views with Reformer Joe and others who disagreed. I thought you always had great answers to their ojections. I was also so surprised to read your take on Romans 9-11 as I had studied Romans 9 with my friend Deb and we came to the same conclusions you did! We also did not think it was talking about the individual salvations of Jacob, Esau, or Pharoah, but rather about God’s sovereign right to use them to further his purposes on earth. Heb 12:16 says Esau was godless and therefore God foreknew that he could not have given Esau the birthright - which I understood included the spiritual welfare of the family. It would have damaged God’s purposes to do that. And I think that God did not harden Pharoah’s heart against salvation, but against letting his people go. If Gods main purpose in the plagues was to get Pharoah to let his people go why didn’t he just soften Pharoahs heart or kill Pharoah off ! I think the reason God hardened Pharoahs heart is because all the plagues were against Egypt’s false gods and if Pharoah let the Israelites go halfway through the plagues before he had discredited ALL of Egypts false gods then the Egyptians may have just added Jehovah to the rest of their gods that had not been discredited. Over and over it states in Exodus that God did these signs so they would know he is the ONE true God. I read with interest that you said you would be posting some detailed examinations of chapters 9-11 from an Arminian perspective soon. I’m not sure if you have done that yet - I will do a search after I send this to you and read it eagerly. If there is a book that you could recommend on Romans from an Arminian perspective I would be most interested in it. But I am rambling on! Let me get back to your current post to me with regard to the sin nature. First, thank you for your answer. I was asking Reformer Joe specific questions based on previous postings from him. He understood the background of why I was asking those specific questions. I had been mixed up in a Keswick understanding of practical /experiential sanctification which I have recently discovered to be wrong by reading an article on Bible.org about it. To view the article go to the bible.org website, select "Advanced Studies" on the left. Scroll down to pheumatology (the Holy Spirit). Then select "Wesleyan and Keswick models of sanctification". I would highly recommend that you read this article. It is quite excellent. Perhaps you can address this subject in the article you posted in 2 parts on sanctification. I’m thinking that Reformer Joe has the right answers on practical/experiental sanctification. I think you may also benefit from reading his postings to me on that subject and perhaps you can address that view in your article on sanctification too! The next question I am posting about 2Peter 1:4 I am asking with that background in mind. I would be thrilled if you would respond to it also. Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question. Blessings, Pam |