Eoghan
Puritan Board Senior
I had already noted the past tense (as had Seth Yi from sermonaudio) it speaks of something done on becoming a Christian. Given the problems of the church at Corinth that is perhaps not surprising. It is also reassuring, to me personally. Having just finished six months (approx) in 1 Samuel the difference between David and Saul is not that one was sinless and the other a sinner, the difference is what they did when confronted with it. David's response was that of a man spiritually alive, Saul's that of a man spiritually dead.
The Corinthian christians were not perfect - their standing before God however was/is/will be not theirs but in Christ. I find this reassuring and expect that my approach to Romans 7 is influenced by the contrast between Saul and David and the past tense of verse 2. Paul does not preclude false profession, in identifying the Christians as sanctified judicially at the moment of trusting in Christ.
[BIBLE]1 Corinthians 1:2[/BIBLE]
Q. Any objections to the past tense of sanctify?
The Corinthian christians were not perfect - their standing before God however was/is/will be not theirs but in Christ. I find this reassuring and expect that my approach to Romans 7 is influenced by the contrast between Saul and David and the past tense of verse 2. Paul does not preclude false profession, in identifying the Christians as sanctified judicially at the moment of trusting in Christ.
[BIBLE]1 Corinthians 1:2[/BIBLE]
Q. Any objections to the past tense of sanctify?