2 Coríntios 7
R.C.H. Lenski · Citado em PreceptAustin
2 Coríntios 7
Lenski says "God's promise is better than any bond or note on any bank, financial institution, or most stable government, for all these may have to repudiate their bond; God never does so." Related Resources: What are the promises of God? | GotQuestions.org What are the greatest promises in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org How do I know which of God’s promises are for me? | GotQuestions.org What are some of the exceedingly great and precious promises mentioned in 2 Peter 1:4? | GotQuestions.org Postiff - 1. To cleanse. As Christians, we still have sinful tendencies. They need to be continuously cleaned on to eli minate further filth from our flesh and spirit. This is a comprehensive statement. Whatever kind of sinful thing, inside or outside, tangible or intangible— whatever—has to be cleaned out! 2. To perfect holiness. We do this in the fear of God. We reverence God. We realize that we are not perfectly holy and can improve in this area. Notice that the Bible gives the reason for us to do this cleaning and perfecting work: we should do so not in order to be saved, but because we have the promises! Let us cleanse (katharizo) ourselves from all defilement (molusmos) of flesh (sarx) and spirit (pneuma) - "Let us" is an exhortation. Notice the pattern - Paul's present exhortation is based on his preceding revelation. Let us cleanse (katharizo) is in the aorist tense which while not a command, nevertheless calls for a decisive, even immediate (urgent) action. Let us cleanse is also in the active voice which calls for the one to make a volitional choice, a choice of their will, a choice not be enabled by the fallen flesh but by continual reliance on the Holy Spirit Who supernaturally gives us the desire and the power to obey the exhortation (Php 2:13NLT+). Paul says "Don't delay to make a clean and complete break from defilement!" Note ourselves is a reflexive pronoun, indicating one needs to focus on their own faults not those of other saints! Also in using this pronoun Paul includes himself in the exhortation. All means all without exception. God is holy and is calling His sons and daughters to by holy as He is holy (1Pe 1:14-16). In a similar charge Jesus called his hearers "to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Mt 5:48) Peter adds another reason believers can and should cleanse themselves for they have "escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust." (2Pe 1:4) The flesh and spirit could be a figure symbolizing the whole person, the flesh representing the external (acts) and the spirit the internal (thoughts cf Pr 23:7) and together calling for entire man is to be cleansed! Holistic holiness so to speak! Sow a thought, reap an act; Sow an act, reap a habit; Sow a habit, reap a character.
2 Coríntios 7
Lenski writes that “The world’s grief is already death’s shadow closing down.” Wick Broomall says death is “the second death” (Rev 2:11; 20:6, 14). (Wycliffe Bible Commentary - online)