Spinoff: Law vs. Grace?

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

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the Philippians argument

…is not difficult.
 

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Philippians 3:12-16

…because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
Philipians 3:12 NRSV

I see no ‘maybe’ there. He is Christ’s possession. Absolutely. (And when he said it – his now, not sometime later.)

and

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…for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Your translation. Past tense. Is Jesus going to lose his grip?

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Paul says to hold firmly to the word of life. Why would they hold on if they can’t let go?

I am thankful that my ultimate [security] does not depend on my grip! He says it for encouragement, to keep looking to Jesus, because that is where our help comes from. It’s become a cliché, perhaps, about the single pair of footsteps in the sand… when Jesus was carrying us.

Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4