And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Good News.But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
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… in the sense that his immortality is intrinsic to his being. If you know your Bible well enough, you will know that in just a few verses, in 2 Timothy chapter 1 and verse 10, Paul tells Timothy that life and immortality has been brought to light through the gospel, and that in Christ we become immortal. In point of fact, even the heathen have an immortality to them because they will live forever, but not in the presence of God. But the distinction is this, and the reason he says he alone is immortal, is that while a believer discovers immortality from drinking at the fountain of life, God himself is that very fountain. And he is not only immortal, but he dwells in unapproachable light. Like the sun, we need it to see by, but we cannot look into it because it's too intensely brilliant. In the same way, we cannot look into God. Hence, we're told, thirdly, that no one has seen him or can see him. …
… was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. Creation, second thing I want us to see, is a gift of grace. If you ever want to see God at work, look at the first line in the Bible. Most people know the first line in the Bible. Can you read it with me? In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Who created? Who was at work? Did you create? Nope. Did I create? Nope. Were you at work? Nope. Was I at work? Nope. In the beginning, God was at work. Grace was in motion. God was doing what only God could do. He was doing the heavy lifting. Out of nothing, he was making everything that exists. And I want you just to see who was in God doing all this was Jesus. Yes, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, they were there at the beginning making man in our image, but who was the operational part of the Trinity who was actually doing the creating? …
9. “But are there not assertions in Scripture which prove the same thing, if it cannot be inferred from those examples? Does not the Scripture say expressly, “Even a just man sinneth seven times a day?” I answer, No. The Scripture says no such thing. There is no such text in all the Bible. That which seems to be intended is the sixteenth verse of the twenty-fourth chapter of the Proverbs the words of which are these: “A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.” [Prov. 24:16] But this is quite another thing. For, First, the words “a day” are not in the text. So that if a just man falls seven times in his life, it is as much as is affirmed here. Secondly, here is no mention of falling into sin at all; what is here mentioned is falling into temporal affliction. This plainly appears from the verse before, the words of which are these: “Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place.” [Prov. 24:15] It follows, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked shall fall into mischief.” As if he had said, “God will deliver him out of his trouble; but when thou fallest, there shall be none to deliver thee.” 10. “But, however, in other places,” continue the objectors, “Solomon does assert plainly, ‘There is no man that sinneth not;’ (1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chron. 6:36; ) yea, “There is not a just man upon earth that doeth good, and sinneth not.’ (Eccles. 7:20.)” I answer, Without doubt, thus it was in the days of Solomon. Yea, thus it was from Adam to Moses, from Moses to Solomon, and from Solomon to Christ. There was then no man that sinned not. Even from the day that sin entered into the world, there was not a just man upon earth that did good and sinned not, until the Son of God was manifested to take away our sins. It is unquestionably true, that “the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant.” [Gal. 4:1] And that even so they (all the holy men of old, who were under the Jewish dispensation) were, during that infant state of the Church, “in bondage under the elements of the world.” [Gal. 4:3] “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that they might receive the adoption of sons;” [Gal. 4:4] — that they might receive that “grace which is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.” (2 Tim. 1:10.) Now, therefore, they “are no more servants, but sons.” [see Gal. 4:7] So that, whatsoever was the case of those under the law, we may safely affirm with St. John, that, since the gospel was given, “he that is born of God sinneth not.” [1 John 5:18] …