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Originally Posted by SemperFideles  It was a simple question.
Who is appropriate, then, to say of them that they are in the New Covenant without a danger of being deceptive? Would you say that of somebody in your Church? |
Rich - first, who can say with certainty that anyone is saved (which I would consider to be synonymous with being in the New Covenant)? I know what the gospel says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved." But I am constantly sobered by words such as Paul's when he says:
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2 Corinthians 13:5 5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you-- unless indeed you fail the test?
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Telling someone, with certainty, that they are in the New Covenant is careless. Telling them that all those who have come to faith in Christ are in the New Covenant would be accurate in my book.
Rich - what do you think about telling someone they are saved? (Note that I did not say "New Covenant" because I understand paedo's believe the entire visible church is in the New Covenant) Do you feel comfortable taking that stand or do you fall back to a passage such as 2 Cor. 13:5?