St. Paul's Letter to the Romans gives it classical articulation in the Christian Bible: «For all alike have sinned, and are deprived of the divine glory, and all are justified by God's
free grace alone, through God's act of liberation in the person of Christ Jesus» (Rom.
St. Paul's Letter to the Romans gives it classical articulation in the Christian Bible: «For all alike have sinned, and are deprived of the divine glory, and all are justified by God's
free grace alone, through God's...
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To receive the
free gift of eternal life by
grace alone through faith
alone in Christ
alone.
It is a
free gift of God, offered by
grace alone, through our faith
alone.
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In truth, God's
grace is a
free gift from God
alone.
If by the power of God's
grace we are in a position to accept ourselves as pilgrims, as mortal men seeking their way with difficulty through the darkness, as failing again and again and yet bound in duty to an earthly task; if the Church effects that acceptance by celebrating the death of the Lord, and makes us men of prayer who are really conscious of the future judgment of God, if the Church sends its children strengthened with God's
grace out into their own maturity which burdens them but sets them
free, then the Church by its official ministry has done what it
alone can and must do.
Grace alone seems to have the power to
free us from nature's deterministic instincts; but that doesn't mean that the wisdom and freedom to become fully human in the sense of being able to discern and choose more god - like behavior is easily achieved or sustained.
Thankfully, God has provided an antidote to legalism through the
free gift of eternal life which is received by
grace along through faith
alone in Christ
alone.