key Christian doctrine formally known as eschatological tension , but better understood by the phrase already / not yet. It means that one one hand, your salvation is already fully accomplished - you are completely saved. But on the other, we've not yet fully experienced it. Bad things keep happening.

Looking at what Christ has already accomplished helps you wait patiently for that which has not yet been / not yet distinction. Yet a time is coming when Christ will return with a "sharp sword coming out of His mouth striking down So part of Isaiah's prophecy is already taking place, but is not yet fully realized. can patiently wait for that which has not yet come to be.

You're already fully saved even though you do not yet fully realize all the benefits of it. Second, by his power we too are already now resurrected to a new life. standing there at the finish line, cheering you on the way parents encourage a young child in a race, but yet But today be reminded that "you too are already now resurrected to a new life." Yet you live in tension: we often say that we are already fully resurrected, but we do not yet fully

Yet His atonement effectively redeems  from every people, tribe, nation, and language  all those and

Are you ready to cross into the Promised Land?           Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give the Promised Land , and while that promise is certain, you're not quite to the banks of the Jordan yet and us need to follow in order to be prosperous and successful as they enter the Promised Land: Get ready Are you ready? Be strong and courageous - The LORD repeats this command three times.

Today's diverse church landscape really isn't all that different from the variety of emphases present already

someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet In this way, God demonstrates His own love toward is, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died Even though we've already have been fully reconciled to God through Christ, we've not yet begun to realized Although we've already learned so much as we've read through the Bible together this year, in many ways the best is still yet to come as we unpack the glorious details of this tremendous peace with God that

Yet the truth and substance of these things remain for us in Jesus Christ, in whom they have been fulfilled As Jesus teaches us in the Sermon on the Mount, the Law is much more than a collection of do-nots. First, praise God that Jesus has already  fulfilled your coventantal obligation to perfectly abide by

When God has already given you what you need, you don't need to ask for more. and have a mindset of continual prayer, God enables you to see and utilize the resources He's often already people in a godly manner about this grace of God, to give him the glory and to humble all pride, and yet But it's not wrong for you to immediately rely on the resources that God's already given you to solve Living with a mindset of continual prayer - albeit, often not formal prayer - will help you be ready

Paul's statement here is profound; you have already become the perfect person you will be for all of But the fact that you can't (yet) see or touch your new re-created self doesn't diminish the reality to think this way, your spiritual aspect is even more 'real' than your physical) your re-creation is already Yet notice that today's passage is more than just a recitation of indicatives detailing what God has But yet notice that this imperative is set in a passive voice - be reconciled.