Category: Soteriology
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That We Might Be Justified by His Grace
JUSTIFICATION & SANCTIFICATION But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared,not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy,he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,whom he richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, so thatwe might…
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There Is No Partiality with God
JUSTIFICATION … There is no partiality with God. Judgment by the Interior Law. All who sin outside the law will also perish without reference to it, and all who sin under the law will be judged in accordance with it. For it is not those who hear the law who are just in the sight…
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We Are the Aroma of Christ
SALVATION “For we are the aroma of Christ to Godamong those who are being savedand among those who are perishing.2 Corinthians 2, 15 In the Catholic context, 2 Corinthians 2:15, which states, “for we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved,” can be understood as deeply connected to the…
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We Have All Received Grace Upon Grace
SALVATION From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.John 1, 16 The verse John 1:16, “From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace,” carries profound significance within a Catholic context. This passage encapsulates the core of Christian belief about the nature of Jesus Christ, highlighting His divine abundance and the transformative…
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You Are Sanctified, You Are Justified
JUSTIFICATION & SANCTIFICATION And such some of you were; but you are washed, but you are sanctified,but you are justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,and the Spirit of our God.1 Corinthians 6, 11 The text from 1 Corinthians 6:11 is part of a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the early…
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You Have Been Saved through Faith
SALVATION For by grace, you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God.It is not from works so that no one may boast, for we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesusfor the good works that God has prepared in advance, that we should live in…
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The Church Fathers: Salvation ll
PERSEVERANCE IN FAITH Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but tremble. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either. Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you,…
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The Church Fathers: Salvation l
SALVATION THROUGH FAITH AND WORKS By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrathand revelation of the just judgment of God, who will repay everyone according to his works: eternal life to those who seek glory, honor, and immortality through perseverance in good works, but wrath…
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The Church Fathers: Justification ll
JUSTIFICATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH AND WORKS For what saith the Scripture that Abraham believed Godand it was counted unto him as righteousness (dikaiosunen).Romans 4, 3 Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified (dikaiousthai) by faithwithout the deeds of the law.Romans 3, 23 Was not Abraham our father justified (edikaiosthe) by workswhen he had…
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The Church Fathers: Justification l
Infused & Intrinsic righteousness Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Fill me with joy and gladness;let the bones which thou hast broken rejoice.Hide thy face from my sinsand blot out all my iniquities.Create in me a clean heart, O God,and put a new and right…
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