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Warren Wiersbe on Church Age New Creation - Dispensational (2 Corinthians 5:17)

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"In this church age, believers are new creations—something not available in prior dispensations in the same way. We have the indwelling Spirit, union with Christ, new nature. The church is the community of new creations awaiting the rapture when our bodies will match our spirits." — Warren Wiersbe. Dispensational church age new creation.

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2 Corinthians 5:17

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