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NASB | Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 11:7 By faith [with confidence in God and His word] Noah, being warned by God about events not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his family. By this [act of obedience] he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which comes by faith. [Gen 6:13-22] |
Subject: Quality of faith |
Bible Note: Hi, Terrib... Paul goes through a very careful argument in Romans 4 that Abraham was saved the same way we are saved. I have to admit that this is more particularly a Reformed Baptist doctrine. We are not as strongly covenantal as our Presbyterian brethren. Nor are we as strongly dispensational as, say, Plymouth Brethren or even other Baptists. Excuse me if I make some comments without looking up the particular verses. Having seen your posts on the forum for a while, I know that you will be able to pinpoint them yourself if you choose. Scripture states clearly that Christ is the only means of salvation. (We've discussed that in the forum before.) The Bible is very particular to state that Christ was "the lamb slain from the foundations of the world." As stated above, Paul takes pains to describe how Abraham was saved. Consequently, we affirm that the sins of the elect (from Adam onward, even on into the future) are atoned for at that one crucial point in history. I believe I called it a "fulcrum in time" in a recent post. I like what Loraine Boettner said, "We are creatures of time, and often fail to take into consideration the fact that God is not limited as we are. That which appears to us as past, present, and future, is all present to His mind." You see, we live -- and probably always will live -- within the context of time. God does not. In fact, from Genesis 3:15 onward all of history is about one thing to our God: the restoration of creation from the fall. I'm going to go back to dealing with S. W. But in the mean time, I hope this explains my thinking. I hope my poor powers of explanation haven't gotten in the way! If you can think of some holes in this thinking, I'll be happy to try to address them. In Him, Doc |