Posted on 02/26/2011 1:52:09 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg
"Grace is not a reward for faith; faith is the result of grace." - John Blanchard
"Saving faith is not a native product of the human heart, but is a spiritual grace communicated from on High." - A.W. Pink, http://bit.ly/drXWnO
"It is not faith that saves, but faith in Jesus Christ.... It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that saves through faith. The saving power resides exclusively, not int he act of faith or the attitude of faith or in the nature of faith, but in the object of faith." - B. B. Warfield
Justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. This is the article by which the church stands or falls...There is no gospel except that of Christ's substitution in our place whereby God imputed to him our sin and imputed to us his righteousness. Because he bore our judgment, we now walk in his grace as those who are forever pardoned, accepted and adopted as God's children. There is no basis for our acceptance before God except in Christ's saving work, not in our patriotism, churchly devotion or moral decency. The gospel declares what God has done for us in Christ. It is not about what we can do to reach him. We reaffirm that justification is by grace alone through faith alone because of Christ alone. In justification Christ's righteousness is imputed to us as the only possible satisfaction of God's perfect justice. We deny that justification rests on any merit to be found in us, or upon the grounds of an infusion of Christ's righteousness in us, or that an institution claiming to be a church that denies or condemns sola fide can be recognized as a legitimate church. - Cambridge Declaration
Faith itself is man's act or work and is thereby excluded from being any part of his justifying righteousness. It is one thing to be justified by faith merely as an instrument by which man receives the righteousness of Christ, and another to be justified FOR faith as an act or work of the law. If a sinner, then, relies on his actings of faith or works of obedience to any of the commands of the law for a title to eternal life, he seeks to be justified by works of the law as much as if his works were perfect. If he depends either in whole or in part, on his faith and repentance for a right to any promised blessing, he thereby so annexes that promise to the commands to believe and repent as to form them for himself into a covenant of works. Building his confidence before God upon his faith, repentance and other acts of obedience, he places them in Christ's stead as his grounds of right to the promise and so he demonstrates himself to be of the works of the law and so be under the curse." Galatians 3:10 - John Colquhoun (A Treatise on Law and the Gospel)
Why are you bringing the World Health organization into this? What is your problem with them now? Do you now believe that there is some kind of prophecy against them? Are they Gob and Bob the builder now?
well, I can ask you the same thing...
This is never taught from scripture, yet parroted by many. While the Bible says that (Matt. 1:21 21And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins, Acts 4:12 12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.) Jesus is the savior, but nowhere can one make the fallacious derivation -- where is it per sola scriptura?
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. |
10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. |
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. |
1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: |
Wait -- was this said on another thread?
Rom 12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Do you, METMOM, support the use of condoms, abortion etc. as birth control? just because the Church opposes it?
Do you follow this in your group?1 Corinthians 14:34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the Law. And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.1 Timothy 2:11-15,
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved with childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Goody -- so you believe that, eh? So, then whatever a Catholic or anyone outside your church of one believes or thinks or does is none of your business either, eh?
Goody -- so you believe that, eh? So, then whatever a Catholic or anyone outside your church of one believes or thinks or does is none of your business either, eh?
Paranoia!!!
So, just what is the conspiracy theory you have going now about the World Health Organization (WHO), now??
Does your pastor say that the snake on the emblem is a sign of the anti-Christ?
None of YOUR business. Read my post - don’t twist it for your own agenda. I’m not the one sticking my nose into someone’s private life - just like ROME does. Got it?
Calling in your support staff, I see. How cute.
-- so does he think that it is none of anyone's business to ask Catholics questions about their religion?
So, I guess, since he thinks that it is none of his business to ask us what we think or do or believe, we can expect no more questions from him any more!
Psname None of YOUR business
Ah, so you don't believe in your own beliefs, then, right?
Oh, so you want religion to be completely private and not in public?
Or are you saying it's wrong to ask someone about their religion?
What is the difference between a noun and a verb?
This may seem hard, but pay attention and you may learn it -- a verb denotes some action like in the questioning sentence "Does Hoss know how to read?" -- "know" is a conjugated verb while "to read" is a verb in infinitive form.
Interesting?
Where is Mary taught in Scripture to be elevated in equality with Christ?
I said nothing about Christ’s ability or inability. Christ is God the Son. He is sovereign and eternal.
But he didn’t teach anything about elevating Mary. “No one comes to the Father except by Me” — not, “except by my mother or me.”
Hoss
Please focus. The question was where a website was conflated with belief.....
Hoss
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