Three parts sin, three parts salvation
We can see three parts of sin:
The past tense of sin - Death the power to enslave and kill body and soul. (the penalty of sin )
The present tense of sin - Iniquity and its unrighteous root in the heart. (the nature of sin)
The future tense of sin - Transgression and it corruption of mind and body. (the future consequences of sin, greater and greater corruption)
We also see three parts of salvation:
You are saved - salvation past tense. The defeat of the power of the law and sin and death by God and his Christ on the cross. Taking aways the just sentence of death we all deserve and putting it on Jesus making available a new spiritual life to all those who believe so as to take it for themselves and have it. This is what most of us think about when we say I am saved. But wait… there's more...
You are being saved – salvation present tense. Your working out your salvation into your unrighteous heart by the power you have been given to become the sons of God, IE the Holy Spirit. The only salvation you are going to have is the salvation you use – Mat 25:18
You will be saved - Salvation future tense. The destruction of our corrupted bodies, the destruction of the remainder of the wood hay and stubble that still makes up what we are inside, the destruction of our un-redeemed mind, the end of iniquity. All that is left after the all consuming fire of God purifies us, will be what we are in heaven, the spirit of us. Then we will receive a new spiritual body that goes with it, represents it. - 1 Thes 5:23
We can see three parts of sin:
The past tense of sin - Death the power to enslave and kill body and soul. (the penalty of sin )
The present tense of sin - Iniquity and its unrighteous root in the heart. (the nature of sin)
The future tense of sin - Transgression and it corruption of mind and body. (the future consequences of sin, greater and greater corruption)
We also see three parts of salvation:
You are saved - salvation past tense. The defeat of the power of the law and sin and death by God and his Christ on the cross. Taking aways the just sentence of death we all deserve and putting it on Jesus making available a new spiritual life to all those who believe so as to take it for themselves and have it. This is what most of us think about when we say I am saved. But wait… there's more...
You are being saved – salvation present tense. Your working out your salvation into your unrighteous heart by the power you have been given to become the sons of God, IE the Holy Spirit. The only salvation you are going to have is the salvation you use – Mat 25:18
You will be saved - Salvation future tense. The destruction of our corrupted bodies, the destruction of the remainder of the wood hay and stubble that still makes up what we are inside, the destruction of our un-redeemed mind, the end of iniquity. All that is left after the all consuming fire of God purifies us, will be what we are in heaven, the spirit of us. Then we will receive a new spiritual body that goes with it, represents it. - 1 Thes 5:23