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New International Version. 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness ...
New International Version. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. New Living Translation. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly.
Jan 4, 2022 · Not only is Jesus Christ alive today, but through God’s Holy Spirit—called the “Spirit of Christ” in Romans 8:9 —He lives and dwells within every child of God. The life of Christ in us is our hope of eternal glory.
His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near.
- The Changed Life Requires Putting Off The Old Man (4:22).
- The Changed Life Requires Being Renewed in The Spirit of Your Mind (4:23).
- The Changed Life Requires Putting on The New Man (4:24).
- Conclusion
- Application Questions
Paul’s phrase is literally, “the old man.” He identifies this as being “in reference to your former manner of life.” So the old man refers to all that we were before we were saved, when we were ruled by the evil desires and practices (see 4:19; 2:3). Paul uses the same phrase in Romans 6:6, where he says, “our old self was crucified with Him, in or...
“Be renewed” is a present passive infinitive, which means that it is an ongoing process that God performs in us as we cooperate with Him (see Phil. 2:12-13). The renewing takes place “in the spirit of your mind.” God does the renewing as we obey Him by saturating our minds with His transforming Word of truth. So God’s Spirit performs the work of re...
Again, I believe that the sense is that we did put on this new man once and for all at the point of conversion, but we must continue putting on this new man every day by making true in our experience what is actually true of us positionally. In other words, we must live by applying the truth of the new man in every situation that we face. Paul will...
We don’t all have dramatic conversion, as the apostle Paul did. Many of us that were raised in Christian homes may not know exactly when we came to faith in Christ. But no matter what our experience of conversion, we ought to know that God has changed our hearts. Formerly, we did not know Christ, but now we do, however imperfectly. Formerly, even i...
If a person did not have a dramatic conversion, how can he know that he was truly born again? Cite biblical support.If the “old man” is dead and removed at salvation, why do we still have such an intense struggle against sin?What are some practical ways to be renewed in the spirit of your mind? Be specific.How do lusts deceive us? How can we avoid this deception?Feb 11, 2022 · Some might argue that Jesus' body disappeared in the resurrection, but Scripture teaches to the contrary. Jesus was wrapped in "Glorified Flesh" after being made "alive in the Spirit".
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Feb 12, 2013 · It is God’s own power that raised Jesus from the dead (Eph. 1:20) and God’s own power that raises us to spiritual life (Col. 2:12; 1 Pet. 3:21). This is the power behind resurrection in baptism.
