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  Chapter 19 — two-part experience: faith, then accept new life; same for every
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# Faith Then Accept the New Life

**Author:** Dean Rush  
**Book:** *Flying Free* · **Chapter 19:** Trials Can Lead to Victory – Look Beyond the Horizon  
**Full book:** [deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md](https://deanrush.net/downloads/flyingfreebook.md)

## Context for the Reader

After Romans 6:4, Dean warns against treating the secular world as the crisis exit, then reduces the Christian response to two movements: faith, and accepting the new life. Status disappears — pilot, teacher, pauper stand on the same ground.

This lesson is the simple two-step Dean wants remembered under pressure.

> Voice note: Everything under **Dean's excerpt** is Dean's original prose (lightly cleaned only). Sections marked **Biblical foundations**, **Scholar sidebar**, **Takeaways**, and **First-time learner** are enrichment for Asker / first readers — not Dean speaking.

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## Biblical foundations (preface)

Dean’s two-part framing tracks classic believe-and-receive patterns without adding religious clutter. Scripture pairs trusting Christ with entering the life He gives.

| Dean's claim | Scriptural undercarriage |
| --- | --- |
| Secular world is not the final crisis exit | Friendship with the world enmity with God (James 4:4); trust not in princes (Psalm 146:3) |
| Christ provides new opportunity if we believe | Whoever believes has eternal life (John 3:16, 36) |
| First: faith | Without faith it is impossible to please Him (Hebrews 11:6) |
| Second: accept the new life | As you received Christ, so walk in Him (Colossians 2:6); put on the new self (Ephesians 4:24) |
| Same offer across vocations and class | One Lord, one faith (Ephesians 4:5); no distinction (Romans 3:22–24) |

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## Dean's excerpt

### Two parts, no special class

He is talking to all of us who believe that the secular world will help us out of a crisis. Christ, through Paul’s writing, is saying He will provide a new opportunity if we will believe. He becomes even more specific in Romans where it is further simplified. It is a two-part experience. First, we must have faith; and secondly, we must accept the new life. There is nothing complicated—it is the same whether for a pilot, teacher, or pauper.

> **Scholar sidebar — Simple is not shallow**  
> Dean fights both worldly self-rescue and complicated gatekeeping. Hebrews 11:6 and Colossians 2:6 support faith then walk. Ephesians 4:5 keeps pilot and pauper in one faith. “Accept the new life” means receive and live what Christ gives — not invent a third religious ladder.

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## Takeaways

1. **World-as-savior is a false hope in crisis.** Dean names the misbelief directly.
2. **Christ provides opportunity through belief.** The offer is personal and active.
3. **Two parts only.** Faith; then accept the new life.
4. **Nothing complicated.** Simplicity is deliberate pastoral design.
5. **Pilot, teacher, pauper — same.** No vocational spiritual caste.

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## First-time learner

### What is Dean saying in one sentence?
Getting out of crisis God’s way is a two-part experience — have faith, then accept the new life — the same for a pilot, teacher, or pauper.

### Why mention the secular world?
Because many default to markets, medicine alone, or status as ultimate rescue; Dean reorders trust toward Christ without despising ordinary means later in the healing story.

### Key verses to read with this lesson
- **Hebrews 11:6** — Faith that pleases God.
- **John 3:16** — Believe and live.
- **Colossians 2:6** — Receive Christ; walk in Him.
- **Ephesians 4:24** — Put on the new self.
- **Romans 3:22–24** — No distinction; justified by grace.

### A simple practice
Write two lines only: (1) “Today I put faith in Christ for ___.” (2) “I accept new life by taking this concrete step: ___.” Do the step within 24 hours.

### How this feeds Ask Dean
Seed material for: *What two parts does Dean teach for new life? Is the offer different for pilots? Why not trust the secular world alone?*