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Jan 4, 2022 · To be "in Christ" means we have accepted His sacrifice as payment for our own sin. Our rap sheets contain every sinful thought, attitude or action we have ever committed. No amount of self-cleansing can make us pure enough to warrant forgiveness and a relationship with a holy God (Romans 3:10-12). The Bible says that in our natural sinful state ...
- How Should We Live Our Lives in Light of Our Identity in Christ
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- 2 Corinthians 5
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When a person has faith in Jesus, it means that he or she...
- How Should We Live Our Lives in Light of Our Identity in Christ
- What Is Faith?
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- Faith and Justification
Faith shouldn’t be defined as private opinion, creedal formulations, or human passivity (2–5). Gupta argues, rather, that “faith” in Paul carries one of three senses. First, it sometimes means “obeying faith,” that is, “faithfulness” or “loyalty” (178). Philippians and 1 Thessalonians, according to Gupta, emphasize this dimension of faith. Second, ...
Gupta has done readers the service of pressing us to think more carefully and deliberately about “faith” in Paul’s letters. He is correct to explain that, depending on context, the underlying Greek word (pistis) can be rendered “faithfulness,” “trust,” or “faith.” His letter-by-letter exploration of “faith” in Paul helpfully highlights the way in w...
For all these virtues, Paul and the Language of Faithfails to deliver a satisfactory account of “faith” (and “works”) in Paul’s letters. Gupta’s description of faith in relation to the righteousness of justification doesn’t categorically exclude the works that faith performs in obedience to God. He understands Paul to say that “the Christ-relation,...
How, then, are we to understand “faith,” particularly in relation to justification? Throughout Paul and the Language of Faith, Gupta inveighs against those who speak of faith as “passive” (4–5, 135, 143, 183). He prefers the term “receptive” (17). The term “receptive,” in fact, is a preferred term of the Reformation tradition to express the non-pro...
- Nijay Gupta
Jan 4, 2022 · The other possible meaning of “I have kept the faith” is that Paul had fulfilled his divine appointment in this world, viz., that he would be Jesus’ messenger to the Gentiles (Acts 9:15; 22:21). When Jesus commissioned Paul, He was clear that the appointment would mean much suffering (Acts 9:16). But Paul gladly accepted the summons and ...
Jul 18, 2024 · When a person has faith in Jesus, it means that he or she believes who Jesus is (God in human form) and trusts what Jesus has done (died and resurrected). This faith in the person and work of Christ is what saves (see Romans 10:9–10; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4). “Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God” (1 John 5:1).
The expressions “in Christ,” “in the Lord,” and “in him” occur 164 times in the letters of Paul alone, and are indispensable to an understanding of the New Testament. To be “in Christ” does not mean to be inside Christ, as tools are in a box or our clothes in a closet, but to be organically united to Christ, as a limb is in the body or a branch is in the tree.
Jan 9, 2021 · Here’s the list: 1—We are called “the faithful in Christ.”. 3—God has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4—God chose us in Christ. 6—God has freely given us grace in Christ. 7—We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins in Christ. 9—God made known the mystery of His will in Christ.
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While much of Paul's preaching regarding "faith" is about justifying faith (faith that saves), he includes faith as a spiritual gift. As a spiritual gift, "faith" here is not for personal enrichment but instead for building up others within the church (1 Cor 12:4-25; 14:12). And while saving faith is a trust in the knowledge that Jesus Christ ...
