tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514316733918143759.post1824461246859994234..comments2021-02-07T10:56:21.628-05:00Comments on Deconstructing Neverland: Normal Christian?Misplaced Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678088467204383307noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514316733918143759.post-14164068712202645022010-12-31T00:47:58.846-05:002010-12-31T00:47:58.846-05:00Micah,
right on brother. It seems to fly in the ...Micah,<br /><br />right on brother. It seems to fly in the face of teaching one another to examine ourselves. Yet still there is Paul in 2 Cor 13:5<br /><br />Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! <br /><br />Now I'm really confused...to examine ourselves is to take our minds off of Christ's finished work on the cross and put it back on our own flesh. <br /><br />Unless...(I'm doing word searches in BLB while I write this)<br /><br />Examine (greek: peirazō) yourselves isn't speaking of introspection (ESV test your faith) but rather a trying or attempting to prove yourself (KJV). <br /><br />If "examine" is a bad English translation of peirazō that gives us the impression that we should look to ourselves for proof that we are in Christ and rather what Paul is saying is to prove ourselves that we are of the faith by realizing that we are in Christ! <br /><br />Then the focus is on being in Christ, on Him and His work and not on ourselves.<br /><br />I'm still digging...Misplaced Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678088467204383307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4514316733918143759.post-49644740433796944262010-12-31T00:00:57.799-05:002010-12-31T00:00:57.799-05:00Bobby,
Here is my initial thought, drawing from t...Bobby,<br /><br />Here is my initial thought, drawing from two passages<br /><br />Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. <br />(Hebrews 9:22)<br /><br /><br />I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. <br />(Galatians 2:20)<br /><br />Of course a further study of the application of the blood of Christ and the implications of the cross of Christ would be helpful here, but as I think of these two passages side by side it appears that the blood of Christ and the cross of Christ each have their own significant roles. This train of thought by Nee certainly emphasizes the importance of the cross as we are crucified with Christ. This makes me think of the differences between the old heart and new heart, the natural man and the spiritual man, the rebrobate and the regenerate. It certainly follows that without the deliverance from our old self, we cannot live in the newness of life that God has called us to, and so the flesh must die, it must be crucified with Christ. I'm right there with you brother with Romans 6 coming to mind. We should walk in newness of life (6:4). Why? Because our old man has been crucified with him, that the body of sin might be brought to nothing so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin! It sounds to me that Nee is right on in his comments here. Amen brother, we need the Gospel everyday!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com