Commentary

 

249 - Newness of Life

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: Newness of Life

Topic: Salvation

Summary: What the Bible calls newness of life is not just a matter of changing our behaviors but of gaining a new heart and a new spirit.

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References:
Romans 6:1, 4
Isaiah 65:17; 66:22
Jeremiah 31:31
Leviticus 3:1, 14, 17, Leviticus 3:23, Leviticus 3:26, Leviticus 3:33, Leviticus 3:40-41
Ezekiel 11:16; 18:30; 36:25
John 3:3
Romans 12:1-2
2 Corinthians 4:16; 5:17, 10
Galatians 6:12
Ephesians 4:17, 24
Colossians 3:5, 9-11
Titus 3:1-5
Revelation 21:1-5
Isaiah 62:1-2

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Arcana Coelestia #8482

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8482. 'And became putrid' means consequently something hellish. This is clear from the meaning of 'putrifying' as something foul and hellish. 'Putrifying' here is used in reference to evil and 'worm' to falsity, for when good becomes evil it is as when flesh or when bread putrifies. The falsity arising from that evil is like the worms produced there by what is putrid.

  
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