Positional Truth
Positional truth refers to the eternal, unchanging facts about a person's relationship with God, grounded in their position in Christ, established at the moment of salvation. It contrasts with experiential truth, which depends on one's unique personal experiences and the quality of one's fellowship with Christ. While positional truth is secure, personal fellowship can vary based on a believer's choices and actions. This fellowship is affected by the strength of his confidence in who Jesus is and what He accomplished. Understanding positional truth helps believers recognize the strength and ability of their position in Christ, that the righteous man lives by his faith in the quality of that position, demonstrated at Calvary by the personal love God has for each one. For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge [ epignosis – personal, experiential knowledge] of His will in a...