Paul's View Of Salvation

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[24] For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope for what is seen? For in hope we were saved ties to the redemption of our bodies (v 23) in the future bodily resurrection from the dead, we were saved. Humanity is saved from the certainty of death, with the promise of eternal life. Interestingly, Greathouse and Lyons point out, “This is one of those rare times when Paul speaks of salvation in the aorist tense as a completed action.” This expresses Paul’s confident hope in God’s purpose and power for the restoration of all things. Dunn states, “So far as hope is concerned we are already saved; but hope itself is not the completion of salvation. The balance achieved here in this one phrase between the Already and Not yet of the …show more content…
As a summation of Paul’s argument from the beginning of his letter up to this point Paul is laying out the implications of the present reality in relationship to the promised future experienced in Christ. Out of the experience of our present sufferings two realities become clear. First, is the eschatological implications of God’s active work on behalf of the believer through the Holy Spirit. And the second, is the perfecting work of the Holy Spirit as evidenced in verse 27 and the intercession of the Spirit for the …show more content…
God not only desires to intimately know all things about his creation, but he actively works for the good of all creation. This is a call, that while the Holy Spirit is aiding us in our weakness, we are called to participate in the work of God as he is actively renewing all things. As 2 Peter 3:11-12 asks, “What kind of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God.” The Spirit’s intercession in prayer and help in our weakness enable us to live lives of holiness and godliness while we actively wait for and seek the Lord’s return. Romans 8:17-27 is, as it was for its original audience, a call to holy living in the face of our present time and troubles while we eagerly await our future glorification upon the Lord’s

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