tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post1749713171176365694..comments2023-11-04T00:19:12.362+11:00Comments on I'm ramblin' again: Note to Self: Don't Ruin the TextJustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04773963984084893424noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-89537823486717538152008-07-22T11:53:00.000+10:002008-07-22T11:53:00.000+10:00Has this text been important to you over the years...<I>Has this text been important to you over the years?</I><BR/><A HREF="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2007/08/living-out-scripture-meme.html" REL="nofollow">Crucial</A>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-52611193031203213232008-07-20T12:28:00.000+10:002008-07-20T12:28:00.000+10:00JustinHope the sermon goes well. Not sure I get yo...Justin<BR/>Hope the sermon goes well. <BR/>Not sure I get your question?<BR/>I'm not saying that either the old man or the new man always wins, and I don't think that's what Paul is teaching in Romans 7. <BR/>The vindication and final triumph of the inner being which is being renewed by the Spirit, is when Jesus returns to liberate us (8:21) and redeem our bodies (8:23). That is what is on view in 7:25 (which has to be a future rescue because of the future tense of the question it is answering in v. 24).<BR/>GavAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-66863356697269213652008-07-19T22:40:00.000+10:002008-07-19T22:40:00.000+10:00"Don't ruin the text"The exact thought I've been h..."Don't ruin the text"<BR/><BR/>The exact thought I've been having as I prepare to preach what is basically a sermon by Jesus! (Luke14:25-35)<BR/><BR/>phil m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-62957894102537268772008-07-19T12:46:00.000+10:002008-07-19T12:46:00.000+10:00Gav-- Does your 'old man' always lose to the 'inne...Gav-- Does your 'old man' <B>always</B> lose to the 'inner being', or your spirit?<BR/><BR/>I mean <B>always</B>.<BR/><BR/>That is what is being said in 7:14-25, right?Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773963984084893424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22646012.post-69619467875917832212008-07-19T09:32:00.000+10:002008-07-19T09:32:00.000+10:00What intrigues me about this text is that in verse...What intrigues me about this text is that in verse 23 we wait for our adoption as sons, which is in connection with 'the redemption of our bodies'. <BR/>That is interesting because in in verses 12-17 we are already adopted as sons because we have the Spirit. <BR/>I take it that the reference to the redemption of our bodies refers back to 7:22-25. In my 'inner being', in my Spirit, I am already adopted. But in terms of my body, my 'old man', I am awaiting adoption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com