their being (the ‘inner man’, 2 Cor. 4:16; or what he also calls the heart, Rom. 2:29; 6:17; Eph. 1:18), Christians will never be more resurrected than they already are! Christian existence across its full range is a manifestation and outworking of the resurrection life and power of Christ, the life-giving Spirit (Rom. 6:2ff.; Eph. 2:5–6; Col. 2:12–13; 3:1–4). These considerations need to be stressed in view of the tendency in much historical Christian thinking to de-eschatologise the gospel and
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