Putting on the Lord Jesus Christ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Putting On the Lord Jesus Christ I. Introduction II. Phase 1/Phase 2 Distinction III. Phase 1 – Salvation Foundation IV. Positional Truth V. Phase 2 – Spirituality VI. Conclusion 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Identification Truth Spirituality: A Complete Package by God’s Plan Phase 1/Phase 2 Crosswork Distinctions Reality through Reckoning The Question of Yielding Spirituality and Obedience: The Law Problem 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Identification Truth Spirituality: A Complete Package by God’s Plan Phase 1/Phase 2 Crosswork Distinctions Reality through Reckoning The Question of Yielding Spirituality and Obedience: The Law Problem 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Aorist Tense “One grammarian describes the aorist tense as one that presents an event in summary, ‘viewed as a whole from the outside, without regard for the internal make-up of the occurrence’ (Fanning, Verbal Aspect, quoted in Daniel Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics). What does that mean in normal English? Simply that a verb in the aorist tense describes an action without analyzing it further. When John 3:16 says God loved the world, the aorist tense merely reports what God did. It doesn't tell us when he started or when he finished (or whether he ever stopped). It reports the bare fact... “Even though the aorist tense doesn't tear apart an action and analyze the details, Greek professors have been perfectly happy to analyze the aorist verb! By looking at the context of the verb and thinking logically about its meaning, you can often fine-tune your understanding and come to more detailed conclusions about the action.” ezraproject.com

“‘Yielding’ as taught by many takes on a wholly negative emphasis, whereas the scriptural concept is very positive. Yielding is often equated with ‘giving up’ a sin or plucking out, one at a time, various things that displease God in one’s life. Such a view obviously concludes that spirituality is never complete, never absolute, since there is always some new sin that needs to be eliminated… “‘Yielding’ is better translated ‘present’ as in Rom. 12:1, where the verbal is an aorist tense of paristano (parastanw), meaning ‘to place beside, to stand by, to present’…The concept of this verb is very positive, similar to a military person presenting himself to his commanding officer for positive service. “‘Presentation’ (yielding) is the attitude that the believer, once the sin nature’s servant, is now God’s servant, Rom. 6:13, 17, 18… “Rom. 6:13 commands the believer to ‘present’ (yield) himself to God as alive from the dead: One does not make himself more alive to God by presenting himself, he is alive because he is ‘in Christ,’ that is, in living union with the Lord Jesus Christ. Presentation means he gives periodic recognition of that fact to God in his mentality… “Walking in the Spirit will evidence itself in this ‘presenting oneself to God,’ particularly as one learns the identification truths of Rom. 6:1-10. Involved is a very positive and conscious concept of being alive unto God, hence ready and available for service to Him, to His plan, to His righteousness.” Ron Merryman, Spirituality…Maturation…Retrogression…, pp. 7, 8

“Romans 6:13: ‘Yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead.’ In almost every instance where this verse is touched upon, the first half receives all the emphasis; indeed, the second half is usually neglected altogether.” Part Five: A Guide to Spiritual Growth, Chapter 61, “Conditions—Cause or Effect?,” p 277 “‘Yield [present] yourselves unto God, as … alive from the dead’ (Rom. 6:13). ‘This is the true place of consecration. For believers to “consecrate themselves to God” ere they have learnt their union with Christ in death and resurrection (identification) is only to present to God the members of the natural man, which He cannot accept. Only those “alive from the dead”—that is, having appropriated fully their likeness with Him in death—are bidden to present their members as instruments unto God’ (J. Penn-Lewis).” Part 1: Principles of Spiritual Growth, Chapter 9, Consecration, pp 37-38 “Consecration does not call upon us to do anything, but to rest in what God has already done.” Part 2: Foundations of Spiritual Growth, Chapter 23, Sanctification and Consecration, p 103