The present world is still corrupted and awaits its full transformation (Rom 8:18-25). Believers, then are a new creation in an old world. But the reality is even more complex, for even though believers are new persons in Christ, in that the old person - the old Adam - was crucified with Christ (Rom 6:6; Col 3:9-10), they still put off the old person and put on the new (Eph. 4:22-24). As Rom. 13:14 says, they must "put on the Lord Jesus Christ." Believers await not only a transformed world but also their own final transformation." - Thomas Schreiner, New Testament Theology, p. 32.
No comments:
Post a Comment