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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:31
AM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] revelation
It seems to me that people are mixing their terms up. Is this list of
definitions agreeable?
revelation
Disclosure, exposure, unveiling or
telling of something that was previously hidden or unknown. As applied to
religious matters, it is the making known the previously unknown character,
nature and precepts of God that can only be understood by those attributes
being spoken by God through a prophet appointed by Him. Revelation is usually
applied to the miraculous diclosure of information to a prophet by God, rather
than through the results of study in which knowledge is acquired that was not
previously understood.
illumination
To brighten,
clarify or explain. In relation to religion, it is not a direct revelation
from God, but is a result of careful study, prayer and the action of the Holy
Spirit in which a believer is given the ability to understand the spiritual
matters. Illumination is given in measure to every believer.
redemption
In the sense of a buying back from the possession of another or a release
from an obligation or contract. A payment made by which such a release is
obtained. Applied to Jesus Christ as the "Redeemer" of mankind from judgment
for their sins, by His death on the cross in payment for the penalty of those
sins. The redemption payment is validated through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, which guarantees and assures that the payment by Jesus
Christ was sufficient and acceptable to God.
justification
The act of God in which He pardons
sinful men and declares them just and guiltless. It is a judicial act and
pronouncement, assigning the righteousness (rightness) of Jesus Christ to the
sinful believer who has believed in Christ for salvation, and thus the
individual is placed in a right relationship with God.
regenertion
The sovereign act of God in changing the
nature and character of a person by renewing the heart (mind) and affecting a
new set of beliefs and desires by which the person can relate to God in a
personal manner.
sanctification
To set apart, cleanse or purify. It
is that action which God performs within the the believer as to
changing the nature and character of the person. There is instantaneous
sanctification which occurs at the point of salvation, by which God sees the
believer as clean and pure because of the covering work of Jesus Christ. There
is progresive sanctification by which a believer, through a continual
process is transformed into the image of Jesus Christ, through dedication,
study of the Bible, consciousness of sin and action by the Holy Spirit. There
is final sanctification, in which the believer will be mature in
character, body and spirit and occurs at the coming of Jesus Christ, whether
that happens at the death of the person or the actual second coming of Christ
for His church.
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