Those who teach the born again (regenerated) before faith view argue that going from death to life, and from life to death, is instantaneous. A man is either dead or alive, they argue, and there is no in between. But, it seems to me that the above texts (and others like them) show that this is not the case. Necrosis (Greek word used to describe dying) does not always denote an instantaneous action but may be a process. One is dying, that is, he is losing life (strength or life force). The fact is, we can be both more dead than we are, and we can be more alive than we are. If this is so, then the Hyper Calvinist' argument about being dead or alive, and not being linear, is false.
What think ye?
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