2 Timothy 1:9-11
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, 10but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
2007-05-15 03:14:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's beautiful. It tells on the nature of Christ, and the promise of life though Him. Jim
2007-05-15 03:19:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paul says in Ephesians,"It is by grace that you are saved through faith and not by works,it is the gift of God least anyman boast".
Because God knows all He knew we would fall and had a plan for our redemption.
Jesus dieing and resurrecting has now destroyed the power of death.When we die physically we will be raised to new life in Christ Jesus.Like he said in John 8 "I AM the God of Abraham ,Isaac, and Jacob(not was the God) ".
Because being dead yet they live in heaven.From earth to Paradise.After the resurrection of Jesus,"He led captivity captive" he took the saints in Paradise to the real heaven.
2007-05-15 10:23:03 · answer #2 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was prophesied by the prophets,.. of His coming,.. of His death,.. of the rising after 3 days and nights,...
And this prophesy was revealed and brought into fulfillment thru the Messiah, our Lord, Jesus Christ!
2007-05-15 11:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by coco_loco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More support for unconditional election, I suppose. It also makes it blatantly clear that God has had a plan from the get-go and that the entire OT was foreshadowing the redemption that would come from faith in Christ Jesus, faith that is not of ourselves, but a gift from God. (Eph 2:8-9)
2007-05-15 10:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by Soundtrack to a Nightmare 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This basically tells me that we are all spared from a death of soul-life and will live on as he has taken care of the sin problem by his work on the cross. That life (everlasting soul life) will live on because the gospel "which is the work of Christ on the cross", has opened up heaven's gates for us.
2007-05-15 10:18:17 · answer #5 · answered by sassinya 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow! You’re taking a real risk by asking what people think. Here it goes…I think there is about as much evidence for what is suggested in that passage as their is for an invisible flying spaghetti monster. I might as well ask what you think of this Lord of the Rings passage: "It began with the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the elves, immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were given to the race of men, who above all else, desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race...but they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring. And into it he poured his malice, his cruelty, and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all, and in the darkness, bind them."
You see, the Bible, the Qur'an, and the Torah all belong on the same book shelf as Lord of the Rings. They are all fiction mixed with dashes of pseudo-history. I realize that many people derive inspiration from select passages of the Bible, but people also derive inspiration from Shakespeare, and nobody ever martyred themselves for what my man Will ever wrote. Of course, this begs the question, why did God make William Shakespeare such a better writer than himself.
I find it interesting that the passage you chose was one of the morally inspiring ones rather than one of the numerous nonsensical ones. Preachers do the same thing every Sunday morning. They choose a passage that we can relate to rather than one about say, slavery, animal sacrifice, or killing heretics. One that has any doubt about God's endorsement of these issues is simply unaware of how frequently God discusses them. Ironically, he never discusses women's liberation, expunging racism, medical science, or anything useful whatsoever. A humanly written text would be expected to reflect the state of knowledge of the time in which it was written, and the Bible is unashamedly of its time. It is human...all too human.
Let me see if I understand your logic. Life my life by an un-testable, improvable hypothesis and then, after I die, all will be revealed to me. Is that about right? Seems like an odd entrance requirement from an all knowing, all loving God. I don’t even have to be a good person…I just have to believe. Wouldn’t that God know that the human mind values reason and logic over belief without evidence? I find it strange that God would give me a brain and then expect me to check it with my coat at the door of the Church.
2007-05-15 10:38:59 · answer #6 · answered by godofsparta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Timothy needed a spellchecker.
2007-05-15 10:18:04 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The phrase "before the beginning of time" makes no sense since there was no "before" time.
Besides that, sounds like Christianity.
2007-05-15 10:17:23 · answer #8 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I think it's a cheap knock off of Heracles, who descended to Hades and defeated Pluto, and whose followers believed that by faith in him they could have immortal life.
Those Greeks were way ahead of the Judeans.
2007-05-15 10:17:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
That he came and dird for our sin.
2007-05-15 10:18:22 · answer #10 · answered by Cookyduster 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋