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Originally Posted by jmcrae
If by "Christian" you mean what Christ taught, I've just given you that.
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No, you gave us Roman Catholic dogma.
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It speaks of it in the present tense because we are in the process of being saved
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Again, if we're in the process of being saved, then why does the Bible say that we can know now that we are saved now? Why does it keep on referring to salvation as something that we can know that we already have?
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but you will never find it being used in the past tense (a finished process), unless the writer is speaking of persons who are already in Heaven
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No, Paul says several times "you are saved", speaking to those in the church he is addressing. He says, "that you may know that you are saved", speaking to those in the church he is addressing.
These people are not in Heaven. They're very much alive. That's why Paul is writing to them.
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but never in the past tense about people still living.
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And I disagree. He speaks several times in the NT about those still living knowing that they are saved.
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