Tag: Faith
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Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ’s Afflictions
OBJECTIVE & SUBJECTIVE REDEMPTION I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh, I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. I became its servant according to God’s commission that was given to me for you, to make the…
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Let Every One of You Be Baptized
Infant Baptism For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must becircumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money froma foreigner-those who are not your offspring.Genesis 17, 12 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,by putting off the body of the…
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Not By Faith Alone
Justification by Faith & 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, 28 Was not Abraham our father justified (edikaiosthe) by workswhen he had offered his…
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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
The Mystical Body of Christ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were calledto the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith,one baptism, one God and Father of all,who is above all and through all and in all.Ephesians 4, 4-5 In Protestantism, it is believed that anyone who professes faith…
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We Are God’s Fellow Workers
Cooperative Grace For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.1 Corinthians 3, 9 This verse emphasizes the collaborative relationship between believers and God in the work of His kingdom. In its primary signification, Paul articulates the notion that he and his fellow apostles are not merely servants but rather co-laborers actively…
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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 Protestants of the classical reformed tradition often hold the view that Catholics misunderstand the nature of being declared just…
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You Are the Body of Christ
The Mystical Body of Christ For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to…
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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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