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Why did Paul use a helmet to illustrate salvation?. Protection Hide our old identity. What kind of salvation are we talking about?. Past Present Future.
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Why did Paul use a helmet to illustrate salvation? Protection Hide our old identity
What kind of salvation are we talking about? Past Present Future
Three aspects of salvation:1) Past – justification – freedom from the penalty of sin2) Present – sanctification – freedom from the power of sin3) Future – glorification – freedom from the presence of
Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith [past], we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand [present]. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God [future].
1 Thessalonians 5:8 8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet
Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.