- Sins remitted (Heb.9:22; 10:18)
- Writing of Law against us cancelled (Col.2:14)
- Old man crucified (Rom.6:6)
- Sin's power destroyed (Rom.6:14)
- Sting of death removed (1Cor.15:55)
- Principalities and powers disarmed (Col.2:15)
- Principalities and powers triumphed upon (Col.2:15)
- Principalities and powers made public spectacle of (Col.2:15)
- Devil's works destroyed (1Jn.3:8)
- Fear of death removed (Heb.2:14,15)
- World crucified to self and self to the world - separation (Gal.6:14)
- Way into the Holiest paved (Heb.10:20) - Access
- Flesh crucified with its lusts (Gal.5:24)
- Man in his sin embraced (justice and love kissed each other) (1Jn.4:10; Rev.1:5)
- Believer justified (Rom.5:9; 8:1)
- Believer sanctified (Heb.13:12)
- Christian given victory power over devil (Rev.12:11)
- Christ lifted up as a sign (Jn.3:14)
- Christ becomes the vision of Christian race (Heb.12:2)
- Christian made possession of heaven (1Cor.6:19,20; 1Pt.1:19)
- Peace with God (Eph.2:16; Ro.5:1; Col.1:20)
- Peace with each other (Eph.2:14-16)
- Believer redeemed from curse of the Law (Gal.3:13)
- New Covenant (Testament) enforced by death of Testator (Heb.9:16)
- Believers perfected (Heb.10:14)
A placebo is a non-therapeutic substance administered under the camouflage of medication to deceive patients into believing that they are receiving medications; this done solely for psychological and not for physiological effects. Placebo may usually be used to compare its effects with the effects of other drugs in drug research. Let's take the case of an experiment that tries to establish whether a particular drug, say to treat weariness, is genuine or merely has the effects of a placebo. Suppose 20 candidates are chosen for this experiment. 10 are given the drug and the rest are put on a placebo while they are told that the placebo is a genuine medication. They need to make sure that the deception is well carried on for the success of the experiment. If both the groups make similar improvements after taking the treatments, the new drug seems to only function as a placebo in effect. The basic hypothesis of the placebo raises the question of mind over matter. Of course, this pushes...
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