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Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:31
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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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