The Race Set Before Us--MMEBS 3

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The Race Set BeforeUs


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The Race Set BeforeUs

Chapter 2

The Prize tobe Won

Our Present& Future

Salvation


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The Prize to be WonOur Present & Future

Salvation

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Salvation is Present.

Salvation is Future.

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Salvation Already Possessed& Not Yet Attained


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Salvation is a Unitary Wholethat consists of Two Aspects

Salvation is a present reality forus.

Salvation is our future destiny.


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Eternal Life is One IndivisibleWhole that Consists of TwoAspects

Presently we have life eternal.

Presently we have not yet

attained unto eternal life.


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John 5:24-29Already raised from thedeadbut

Not Yet raised from the

dead

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John 5:24-29 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word andbelieves him who sent me has eternal life. He does notcome into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now

here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God,and those who hear will live.

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the

Son also to have life in himself. And he has given himauthority to execute judgment, because he is the Son ofMan. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when allwho are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out,those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and

those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. 9

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word andbelieves him who sent me has eternal life. He does notcome into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now

here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God,and those who hear will live.

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the

Son also to have life in himself. And he has given himauthority to execute judgment, because he is the Son ofMan. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when allwho are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out,those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and

those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Not yet. Already.

Not yet.


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Already raised from thedeadbut

Not Yet raised from thedead

(but not in the same sense)

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Hebrews 1:1-2

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Long ago, at many times and in many

ways, God spoke to our fathers by theprophets, but in these last days he hasspoken to us by his Son, whom heappointed the heir of all things,through whom also he created theworld.

Already.

Long ago, at many times and in many

ways, God spoke to our fathers by theprophets, but in these last days he hasspoken to us by his Son, whom heappointed the heir of all things,through whom also he created theworld.


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In these last

days

In thepast

In these last days

The Present Age

The Age to Come


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The NT Restructuring of the OTExpectation of the Last Days

The Present Age

The Time of FulfillmentThe Time of Promise

The Present Age

The Last DaysAlready Realized

The Age to Come

The Structure of the OT Expectationof the Last Days

The Present Age

The Time of Promise

The Last Days

The Time of Fulfillment


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Biblical Imageries of

Salvation

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Salvation is like a Pearl of

Great Beauty and Worth

Salvation is

the Pearl tobe Won


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Salvation is like a Diamond

As the beauty of a diamond ismanifest through its many facets, sothe glory of salvation is manifest

through its many aspects.


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As the beauty and worth of a diamondare manifest through its many facets,so the glory and worth of salvation

are manifest through its manyaspects.

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SalvationJustificationKingdom of

GodRedemptio

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Regeneration

Newcreation

Resurrection

Eternal life

Adoption

Children ofGod

Heirs

Reconciliation

Sanctification

Forgiveness


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of Great Beauty and Worth

Salvation is

the Prize tobe Won


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Salvation is

the Jewel tobe Won


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Salvation is like a Wreath


Salvation is

the Prize tobe Won


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Deliverance Metaphors or Imageries Salvation

AlreadyEph 2:5, 8; Titus 3:5; 2 Tim 1:9 Not YetMatt 10:22; 24:13; Rom 5:9; 1 Thess

5:9; Rom 13:11; 1 Cor 5:5; 1 Tim 4:16; Heb 1:14;9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; James 1:21

Kingdom of God AlreadyMatt 4:17; Mark 1:15

Not YetMatt 6:10; Luke 11:2; Matt 25:31; Acts14:22; 1 Cor 6:9; Gal 5:21

Redemption Already1 Cor 1:30; Col 1:14; 1 Pet 1:18-19; Heb

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Not YetLuke 21:28; Rom 8:23; Eph 1:14; 4:30 23


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Renewal Metaphors or Imageries Regeneration (Born Anew)

AlreadyJohn 1:12-13; 3:3; 1 John 2:29; 3:9; 1 Pet 1:3;Titus 3:5

Not YetMatt 19:28

New creation

Already2 Cor 5:17; Eph 2:10, 15; 4:24 Not Yet1 John 3:2

Resurrection AlreadyMatt 28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 20-21; Rom 1:4;

John 5:25; Rom 6:4; Phil 3:10

Not YetJohn 5:29-29; 6:39-40, 44, 54; 11:24; 2 Tim 2:18 1Thess 4:13-18; 1 Cor 15:1-58

Eternal life AlreadyJohn 3:36; 5:24; 6:47; 6:54; 1 John 5:11-13

Not YetMatt 12:32; Mark 10:29-30; Rom 2:6-7; 6:23; Gal24


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Family Metaphors or Imageries Adoption

AlreadyRom 8:15; Gal 4:5; Eph 1:5 Not YetRom 8:23

Children of God AlreadyRom 8:14-17; Gal 4:4-7

Not YetMatt 5:9; Rom 8:19; Phil 2:15 Heirs

AlreadyRom 8:14-17; Gal 3:26-29; 4:4-7; Titus 3:7

Not YetMatt 25:34; 1 Cor 6:9-10; Heb 6:12; 1 Pet 1:4

Reconciliation AlreadyRom 5:10-11; Col 1:22; 2 Cor 5:18; Eph 2:16

Not YetCol 1:20

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Cultic Metaphors or Imageries

Sanctification AlreadyRom 1:7; 1 Cor 1:2; 2 Cor 1:1; Eph 1:1; Phil 1:1;

Col 1:2 Not Yet1 Thess 3:13; 5:23; Eph 5:26-27

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Legal Metaphors or Imageries Forgiveness of sins

AlreadyActs 2:38; 10:43; 13:38; 26:18; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14;

Heb 10:22 Not YetMatt 6:14-15; 1 John 1:9;

Righteousness (Justification) AlreadyActs 13:39; Rom 3:21-26; 4:25; 5:1, 9; 8:30, 33;

Gal 3:6

Not YetMatt 12:36-37; Rom 2:13; 3:20; Gal 5:5

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Our future prize may be described as the kingdom,salvation, redemption, eternal life, resurrection,sonship, an adoption, an inheritance, sanctification,perfection, and righteousness. Yet in every case theprize is the same: the possession of the eternalinheritance in the kingdom of God (The Race Set Before Us,p. 79).

Salvation is

the Prize tobe Won


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We do not claim that we have presented everymetaphor used in the Scriptures. . . . Our point is thatthere is a diversity of metaphors that convey the ideathat our salvation has been inaugurated but is not yetconsummated. (The Race Set Before Us, p. 79).

Sometimes writers speak of inheriting

the kingdom (Mt 25:34; 1 Cor 6:9; 15:50;Gal 5:21; Eph 5:5; Jas 2:5) and on otheroccasions of inheriting eternal life (Mt

19:29; Mk 10:17; Lk 10:25; 18:18). Itwould be a serious error to conclude thatinheriting the kingdom is distinct from

inheriting eternal life (pp. 79-80).


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When the Scriptures speak of winning the prize, occasionally theimage of a crown is utilized. For example, believers will obtain acrown of life (Jas 1:12; Rev 2:10), a crown of righteousness (2 Tim4:8) and a crown of glory (1 Pet 5:4). Some interpreters

understand these terms to refer to a reward that is above andbeyond eternal life, reserved only for faithful Christians. On thecontrary, we maintain that each of these crowns is a metaphor forobtaining the heavenly inheritance. That is, apart from receivingthese crowns, no one will be saved on the final day, for to be

saved is nothing short of being crowned with life, righteousnessand glory. (The Race Set Before Us, p. 83).

The crown

to be wonis salvation.


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We conclude . . . That the prize to be won isnothing other than eternal life itself, entrance

into the heavenly kingdom and finalredemption. Nothing less than our eternalinheritance is at stake, and thus the issue ofperseverance is weighty indeed (The Race Set

Before Us, p. 86).

The prize to

be won iseternal life.


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