no respect of persons

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on February 24, 2015 at 11:49am

thanks for this, i've found it very helpful

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Permalink Reply by Leonard T on February 24, 2015 at 11:54am

You are welcome. I am glad it has helped.

Lord Bless,

LT

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on February 24, 2015 at 11:50am

Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond. I know you put care and thought into your replies. 

God bless you all

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Permalink Reply by Amanda on February 24, 2015 at 12:56pm

It helps me sometimes to break down ideas and concepts and thoughts that appear to be very vague and abstract, at first, into smaller bits and pieces. 

I think about this process of salvation as being similar to being a "product" on an assembly line. Don't laugh (well, OK, go ahead).

What we are becoming involves the churning out of a massive process, (but I'm sure it's nothing difficult for God.) For those who have worked in a factory setting, they are familiar with the chain of actions that are performed on an assembly line. 

We have a spirit, a soul, and a body. Salvation is occurring in three phases. The once dead spirit is replaced with a new spirit (Ezekiel 36:26) that is alive and a new heart that isn't stone (hard) anymore but is one made of flesh (soft) and then we receive the indwelling of Holy Spirit (Ezekiel 36:27). 

Our spirits are justifed and regenerated; our souls (mind, will, emotions, intellect) are being renewed; our bodies await their resurrection. 

There's nothing we can do to change the flesh (as far as I know.) It is what it is. We can't reform it or teach it or change it in anyway. We can only, through the power of Holy Spirit, subdue it, bring it under control, or what some call "die to it" meaning, to me, don't walk in it. Walk in the spirit. We already live by the Spirit. We must seek to walk in it. Galatians 5:25. 

Regarding Colossians 3:25, from a commentary:

and there is no respect of persons. The Vulgate Latin and Arabic Versions add, "with God"; which undoubtedly is the sense; he regards not the rich more than the poor; he makes no difference between bond and free, the servant and the master; he will not take the part of the one, because he is a master, nor neglect, the other, because he is a servant, but will do that which is just and right with regard to them both; See Gill on Ephesians 6:9.http://biblehub.com/commentaries/colossians/3-25.htm

Sin has a penalty and requires a reckoning, so to speak, or a settling, and to settle that sin debt, the account must be paid in full and justice must be met. For the saved, Jesus paid it all. In John 12, Jesus says, "“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” (27-28, ESV) The suffering of Jesus was God's will and satisfied the penalty and God was glorified by it. Basically, God never has wrong motives. God's judgment is good and righteous. Romans 2:1-16. Those who are found in Christ are redeemed and He is their substitute for the penalty their sins require; those not found in Him will pay for the wrongs which they have done.

The child of God will suffer divine discipline for the wrongs he or she commits, but not spiritual death in Hell -- not because we don't deserve it, but because Jesus redeemed us from it. We are to mortify the deeds of the flesh (Romans 8:12-17).

The whole chapter, Romans 8, is both encouraging and comforting to me.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on February 24, 2015 at 4:12pm

good points- thanks for this!

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Permalink Reply by Leonard T on February 24, 2015 at 7:01pm

Amanda,

Good word.

Lord Bless,

LT

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