When were the truths about our new divine nature and spiritual salvation revealed?
The truths about believers’ new divine nature and spiritual salvation were unknown until they were revealed in the writings of the Apostle Paul. There, Scripture teaches that those dead in trespasses and sins are made spiritually alive, receiving a new divine nature and all that salvation brings.
Les explains that after answering the questions of carnal people, Paul shifts gears and sets forth profound doctrines concerning our eternal state and the resurrection from the dead. At the core of Christian belief is the power of resurrection, first in salvation. Ephesians 2:1 says that those dead in trespasses and sins are made alive spiritually in this life, raised from a dead spiritual existence to an existence filled with the Spirit of God. This includes the new divine nature and all that salvation brings, and all of this was unknown until the writings of the Apostle Paul.