Tag: Faith
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Created in Christ Jesus for Good Works
Cooperative Grace For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to…
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Every Family in Heaven and Earth
THE DIVINE FAMILY OF GOD For this reason, I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, and that Christ may dwell in…
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Faith Without Works Is Dead
JUSTIFICATION What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do…
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Faith Working Through Love
Justification & Sanctification You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ;you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faiththe righteousness for which we hope. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcisionnor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faithexpressing itself…
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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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I Am the Vine; You Are the Branches
SALVATION “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I…
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Let Every One of You Be Baptized
Infant Baptism Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christfor the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to youand to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as…
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May You Be Strengthened with Power
JUSTIFICATION “May you be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit.” Ephesians 3:16 In the context of Catholic teaching, the verse from Ephesians 3:16, “May you be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit,” underscores the transformative work of the Holy Spirit within believers. This passage emphasizes the Holy…
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Not By Faith Alone
JUSTIFICATION 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 son Isaac up to…
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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
UNITY IN The Body of Christ I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond…
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